简介:ChineseabacushasbeenhailedasthefifthgreatinventionofancientChinaafterthecompass,papermaking,printingandgunpowder.Dr.Tsung-DaoLee,afamousphysicist,oncesaid,Ourforefathershaveinvented,ataveryearlytime,thebestcalculatingmachine-theabacus,whichisstillwidelyusedinthenation.TheZhusuan(AbacusCalculation)MuseumofShanxiMerchantsislocatedinQixianCounty,oneofthehistoricallyculturalcitiesofChina.Astheexhibitsonviewinthemuseumarerichinvarietyandgreatinage,themuseumbecametheonlyoneinChinathatfeaturestheabacusmethodologyofShanximerchants.DuringtheMingandQingperiods(13681911),Shanximerchants,whoinventedafinancialaccounttransferralsystemtoreducethedeliveryofcashfromoneplacetoanother,wererichandinfluentialacrossChina.AndsuanpanorChineseabacusisoneofthenecessitiesintheirpiaohaosorbankingfirms.Hencethesaying“Withtheclackofaabacus,10,000taelsrollin.”So,mostchildrenofthesewealthymerchantslearnedtodobusinessbylearningfirsthowtocalculateonanabacusframe.
简介:渐近2008翘首企盼渐行渐近2008年,凯歌将奏精英展。在第29届奥运会即将来临之际,我们这个东方古国在新世纪向全世界发出了豪壮的声音,扬起了冲刺的风帆!