Bicycle was invented by China, but why did Germans apply for a patent?

Bicycle was invented by China, but the German applied for the patent. Things like this are not only bicycles, but also many other inventions and cultural heritages, and patents have been applied by other countries. The reason is that China had no patent consciousness in ancient times, and its understanding of the importance of science and technology was too conservative. In addition, there is little communication with other countries, so this will happen.

Nowadays, it is recognized that the first person who invented bicycle in the world is French Sifrak. He invented the bicycle in 1790. The bicycle invented by Sifrak is made of wood. It has no handlebars, pedals and chains, and the cushion is very low. In addition, people need to step on the ground with their feet and pedal their bicycles backwards to move forward.

But before the Frenchman Sifrak, in fact, during the Qing Dynasty in China, a China man named Huang Lvzhuang had invented the world's first bicycle, even one or two hundred years earlier than the West. The bicycle invented by Huang Lvzhuang is more than three feet long and can be ridden by one person. A crank bike can be started without being pushed by others.

However, whether it is Huanglvzhuang in China. France's Sifrak invented bicycles, but they didn't get the invention patents of bicycles. Because the invention patent of bicycle was applied by German delaisse, delaisse invented bicycle in 18 16, and applied for a patent in the same year.

Why is Sifrak, a Frenchman who also didn't apply for a bicycle patent, recognized as the first person to invent a bicycle? This is what we said at the beginning. There was little communication between China and other countries in ancient times, which led other countries not to know that China invented bicycles in the Qing Dynasty, so even if the first bicycle was invented by China people, it was still not recognized, let alone patented.