Was flint used to make a fire in ancient times? How to operate specifically?

Humans have used fire since the Paleolithic Age. Nowadays, lighters and electronic igniters are common things in people's production and life, which are mainly used for ignition in cooking and smoking. However, in ancient times when technology was underdeveloped, how did people make a fire? \x0d\ According to the data, at first, lightning fire was the kindling of human beings, and later, artificial fire was invented. Looking through historical documents, the ancient tool of making fire was called "incense", and the methods of making fire were woody incense, golden incense and stone incense. \x0d\ wood, that is, drilling wood for fire. According to legend, in ancient times, Huang Sui, the leader of Huang San, created a method of artificial lighting. Later, people used a bow drill to make fire, which was the development of drilling wood directly by hand. Drilling wood for fire ended the history of primitive human beings and created the source of Chinese civilization. \x0d\ golden embarrassment, that is, focus on fire. In the Zhou Dynasty, people invented the positive image, also known as the lucky image, the golden image and the fire mirror, which was a metal concave mirror or a pointed cup. Jinsui concentrated the sunlight on one point, causing flammable materials such as Ai to catch fire. Because the young can't make a fire on cloudy days or at night, they coexist with other ways of making a fire for a long time. \x0d\ Embarrassment of a stone is like knocking on a stone to get fire. Since the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, people have ignited moxa or paper (called tinder) with sparks generated by the impact of iron pieces on stones, and then ignited with flaky wood and hemp poles (called lanterns and candles). The stone used is called flint, commonly known as flint or flint. It is a relatively common siliceous rock, and it is easy to produce Mars when hit by iron. \x0d\ In the late Qing Dynasty, this technology was further developed. In the early years of Guangxu, a tool called sickle was widely used. Fire sickle, also known as fire knife, is a kind of skin with iron blade, which contains flint and tinder. When in use, put a little tinder on the flint, strike a spark with the iron piece, and the tinder will be ignited immediately. Fire sickle is one of the necessary instruments for smoking dry tobacco and opium. \x0d\ The hookah uses another kindling fold. This thing is also called fire medium and mango. The main materials are homemade paper soaked in bletilla striata juice, cotton, reed wadding and so on. , dry and roll into rod or rope. After the fire pleats are ignited, a dark fire is blown out, which can be put into a copper tube or a bamboo tube for a long time. When a cigarette needs to be lit, it can be rekindled by taking it out and blowing it. \x0d\ In fact, matches were introduced to China in the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865) when the falx folds became popular. At that time, they were called matches or spontaneous fires. Matches are thin stems made of flammable wood, one end of which is immersed in medicinal materials to become matchheads, and the surface brushed with phosphorus on one side of the packaging box can be quickly ignited. The appearance of matches made it easy to make a fire, so soon, things such as fire mirrors, flints, fire sickles and fire folds were gradually eliminated, and finally faded out of people's lives. \x0d\ A lighter appeared behind the match. The earliest practical lighter is wick type, which was invented by the French in 1920. After World War II, gas lighters appeared again, around 1950, and the technology became mature. Since then, there are many kinds of lighters, and the ignition devices are also divided into friction type and voltage type. These ignition devices were later developed into special electronic igniters, which were widely used in gas stoves and other aspects. Lighters are superior to matches in wind and moisture resistance. After the invention of lighters, they gained popularity all over the world. \x0d\ Now, from the perspective of practicality and environmental protection, people basically leave matches and become auxiliary tools for making fires. However, the sticker on the matchbox is favored by collectors and is one of the four major collections today. Collectors also give their ideas a poetic reputation, called "Spark". \x0d\ The use of ignition tools has changed from cumbersome to convenient, and the structure has changed from simple to complex, but the basic principle still originated from ancient times. The invention and development of kindling tools have condensed the wisdom of people at all times and in all countries, and they are an indispensable part of human life in the past, present and future.