What was the research on photography in ancient China?

There were eight pieces of Mohist optics and pinhole imaging in ancient China. Excellent craftsmen and lens makers have made optical instruments with the function of photographic black box, and studied and made a photographic instrument. However, due to their lack of understanding of photosensitive chemistry and lack of theory and practice, they failed to combine optics with chemistry and become a practical technology.

Research Characteristics of Ancient Photography in China

The appearance of photography, as a new technology, has brought benefits to mankind, and it is the most ideal means to record images for a long time, marking the beginning of an information age in history. Photography provides a technical means for a new art category. In modern society, it has been integrated into the forms of graphic art and multimedia art..

The appearance of photography has promoted the development of applied optics, photosensitive chemistry, photographic machinery and other related disciplines, and since then, it has kicked off the rapid and comprehensive March of mankind into the information age, opened up a new field for human culture, studied the general understanding of the history of western photography, and studied the content and prehistory of photography in the history of ancient science and technology in China.