According to records, the earliest matches were invented by the Chinese in 577 AD. It was during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when wars broke out. The Northern Qi Dynasty was besieged from both sides, and supplies were in short supply, especially fire, which made cooking a problem. At that time, the concubine He and a group of palace maids magically invented matches, but matches in ancient China were just a kind of fire-starting material. It was later introduced to Europe during the Marco Polo period. Later, Europeans used this basis to invent modern matches, which were once called "matches" by the Chinese. "Match" can make fire through friction. The person who invented this kind of match was Walker from England. In 1826, he used gum and water to make a paste of antimony sulfide and potassium chloride. He applied it to the match stem and clamped it on sandpaper and pulled it to create a fire.
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