Assertion: gunpowder | /r/HasProperty | developed in china
Facets:
value: for display at religious festivals
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Someone keeps reediting the beginning sentences of the article stating that "Gunpowder was developed in far eastern countries, notably in India and China, for display at religious festivals.
text: Unless someone specifically quotes a source in which India is said to deserve mention as co-inventors of gunpowder along with China (a claim which I don't think anyone has seen in other sources), I will continue to edit the sentence to state that "Gunpowder was developed in far eastern countries, notably in China initially and later in India".
text: The 1986 version supports the accepted tradition: gunpowder was developed "in China and moved slowly to Muslim lands and thence to Europe" (page 106).