A carriage is a kind of horse-drawn carriage that carries people or goods. Carriage has a very long history, almost as long as human civilization. Until the19th century, the carriage was still a very important means of urban transportation.

People like the elegance and poetry of horse-drawn carriages, and they like to take them and walk leisurely through country roads or old streets in cities to visit friends. With the appearance of trains and cars, the wheels turn faster and faster. At this point, the golden age of carriage came to an end.

History of carriage in China

Archaeological excavations in Anyang Yin Ruins show that China had already used two-wheeled carriages in the late Shang Dynasty. The origin of the carriage in China has always been a concerned but unresolved issue. In this regard, the academic community is arguing endlessly. Some scholars in China hold the view that the carriage originated in China, while others hold the view that the carriage in China originated in the grasslands of Central and Western Asia or Eurasia.

China's ancient carriages were used for fighting. Generally, it is a single chariot (axle), two wheels, square cart (carriage), driving four horses or two horses. There are three soldiers in the car, the middle one is the driver, and the left and right are responsible for fighting. There are many kinds of cars, light cars, dull cars and electric cars. Chariots were first used in the Battle of Gan commanded by Wang.

Since then, the scale of the war has become larger and larger, and the chariot has become the main force of the war and the standard to measure the strength of a country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, "the country of a thousand riders" and "the country of a thousand riders" appeared. In the Han dynasty, with the rise of cavalry, chariots gradually withdrew from the war stage. 1980, two large painted bronze carts were unearthed on the west side of the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Lintong, Shaanxi.

The first car in front is a two-wheeled single-axle structure, and four horses are driven in front. The rail is a transverse rectangle with a width of 126 cm and a depth of 70 cm. There are fences on the front and sides, and there are doors for getting on and off at the back. A shield is placed on the right side of the vehicle, and a copper crossbow and arrow are hung in front of the vehicle. There is a round umbrella on the bus, and a bronze official statue with a height of 9 1 cm stands under the umbrella. Its name is Li Che, also called Rong Che and Gao Che. When riding, it stands on the car.