There was a long-handled double-edged knife in the Tang Dynasty. What kind of knife is it?

As an important war material of the army, the strange sword in tangdao was used as a military item in the middle of Tang Dynasty. It is forbidden for people to build and keep it privately, and it should be the long sword of the Han Dynasty (Han: a long sword called "broken horse sword" is also called "horse-cutting sword", which should be used by both hands).

The long sword unearthed in Han Dynasty is 140 cm long. It can be speculated that after the development of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it became a two-edged sword with an extended handle. So far, no archaeological materials have been unearthed. The "falling knife" and "three-pointed double-edged knife" in Wu kiln in Song Dynasty may be the direct descendants of the knife in the late Tang Dynasty.

Extended data:

There are four kinds of weapons used in Tang Jun, namely, instrument knife, barrier knife, horizontal knife and stranger knife.

According to the record of Lingcheng Tie in the Sixth Canon of Tang Dynasty, there are four kinds of knives: one is instrument knife, the other is barrier knife, the third is horizontal knife and the fourth is unfamiliar knife.

Today, the word "tangdao" is the general name of four knife systems in China in the Tang Dynasty, not a certain knife; Because before the Tang Dynasty, the military generals of every dynasty, from the emperor to the marshal, liked to use swords as weapons for fighting and etiquette, and did not have the habit of using sabers;

Therefore, there is no record of the word "Tang Dao" in ancient China.

As a kind of knife, "tangdao" did not exist in the history of the Tang Dynasty and before. However, because there will be different special needs or demands in different periods, the "sword" worn by both emperors and generals will not be really straight and sharp; Because this kind of weapon is difficult to use on the battlefield.

There are more than one kind of strange Dao, which is a general term for long soldiers. The early strange Dao was the ancient "sabre". Most counties in the Tang Dynasty made their own armaments. Due to different military needs, there are many kinds of strange knives, including extended horizontal knives and three-pointed double-edged knives (with extremely long handles).

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