Meaning of battle robe

The battle robe is the battle armor worn by ancient soldiers in battle.

Armor is an important defensive equipment in China's ancient wars, and its role on the battlefield is equivalent to a soldier's life support, and there are many different kinds of armor that have appeared in various eras throughout history. The earliest appearance of armor time is in the Xia Dynasty period, this time Si loom thought of using thick animal skin and other materials to produce protective gear to reduce the damage of arrows, and then really effective to pacify the rebellion, which formed the earliest leather armor.

The term "war robe" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, when the Tang poet Meng Kai wrote in his poem "Poetry - Emotions": "In the Kaiyuan era, the border troops were given floss garments, which were placed in the palace. A soldier who was wearing the robe wrote a poem, "A soldier on the battlefield, how can he sleep in the cold? Robe made by hand, know who falls side?" Since then, the word "robe" has been widely used, referring to the soldier's armor.

China's ancient war robe evolution:

Shangzhou period, the emergence of bronze armor, although the body's defenses are still leather armor, but for the head of the defensive ability to be greatly strengthened. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, because of the frequent outbreaks of war and the improvement of smelting technology, armor became more complete, from the previous can only protect the chest and head to protect the entire upper body.

Till the Han Dynasty, because of the iron and steel forging technology, the production of iron armor is also more and more refined, from the rough Za armor development of the armor fine fish scale armor, and so on, and finally gradually replaced the status of the leather armor into the battlefield the main use of the armor.