The traditional pike in ancient China is

A gun is a weapon with a pointed handle. Another name of the gun is "Er", and Qing Louis: "Slang for the army of Wang Jian of Shu, the gun is called" Shoulder "." The gun is also called' a Zhang Wei' and' things are different': "Emperor Yang Di changed the name of the gun to a Zhang Wei." The history of guns can be traced back to primitive society. The original pike just sharpened the club head. Popular Literature: "Cutting wood hurts and stealing guns." Guns in the Han Dynasty are shaped like spears, mostly long wooden poles or bamboo poles, with sharp spear heads and spear tassels. According to legend, the wooden handle gun made by Zhuge Liang is as long as two feet (about 6. 7 meters) and two feet and five feet (about 8.3 meters) long bamboo guns. "Choose pike method. On the Long Spear: "The name of the gun is the eight spears of ancient times." The length of pike for different purposes is not equal. The guns used in car fighting and riding fighting are obviously long, the guns used in step fighting are obviously short, the guns used in guarding cities and villages are obviously long, and the guns used in attack are obviously short. Long guns can reach more than eight meters, and short guns can reach as much as 1.3 meters. The iron gun used by Li Quan in the Song Dynasty was seven or eight feet (2.3-2.6 meters) long and weighed about 20 kilograms (from Qidong dialect). "Wu Ji" records: "Sha Jun's pole is eight to twenty-four feet long" and "Jing Yanmu's gun is nine feet and seven inches long". People who practice martial arts in later generations usually take "Zhang Ba Da Gun", "Seven-foot Flower Gun" and "Six-foot Double Gun" as the standard.

There are many kinds of guns. In the Song Dynasty, there were double hook guns, single hook guns, cone guns, grab guns, ring guns, flat wooden guns and revolvers. In the Qing Dynasty, there were snake guns, flame guns, crochet guns, tiger tooth guns, Yanling guns and cross sickle guns. Guns were the most popular in the Song and Ming Dynasties, creating various styles and uses of guns, which were widely used in infantry and cavalry.