摘要
该文介绍了门巴族的计数、度量衡、历法、医药卫生和桥梁建筑等传统科技：计数中有１２个基数词，计算时有十进位制和二十进位制；在度量衡中，有较丰富的计算长度和容积的计量单位，计算面积和重量的计量单位尚没有；传统历法属物候历，根据草木的荣枯变化等物候现象将一年分作１２个节令月；传统医药以使用植物药为主，能治疗一些常见的外科和内科疾病，已有了一定的卫生保健知识；门巴族擅长建桥，以门巴木桥和藤网桥著名。
This paper gives an introduction of the traditional science and technology of the Monba nationality in the fields of counting, metrology, calendar, medicine and bridge construction. In counting, the Monba people have twelve cardinal numbers, namely, the numbers from 'one'to 'ten' plus 'twenty' and 'half'. They use the decimal system and a twenty-based carrying system. In metrology, they have quite a few measurement units for length and capacity. They measure the area of their land by the quantity of seed they sow in the land, and estimate the weight of an object by the observation of its volume. Their calendar is phenological. Basing on such phenological plenomena as the growing and withering of plants, they divide a year into twelve seasonal months. In traditional Monba medicine, herbal and animal drugs are mainly used to cure some common diseases in surgery and internal medicine. Besides, they have acquired certain knowledge of sanitation to keep healthy. Being skilled in building bridges, they are famous for the construction of wooden and rattan bridges.
出处
《中国科技史料》
CSCD
1995年第1期11-18,共8页
China Historical Materials of Science and Technology
关键词
门巴族
传统科技
计数
度量衡
Monba nationality
traditional science and technology
