Ancient Chinese weapons of ancient weapons

1, Wu and Yue's famous sword

Spring and Autumn period, mutual hatred of Wu and Yue two countries, but the same with the casting of the sword is well known in the world, we can be fully proved by the surviving objects, the technology of the mastery, craftsmanship of the gorgeous, can be said to be unparalleled, especially the surface of the body of the sword, not only has a mysterious pattern of gorgeous, in two thousand five hundred years later today, is still cold and sharp as new, this processing technology still remains a mystery, as sharp as new. This treatment technology is still a mystery.

At this time, steel weapons also came onto the scene, perhaps there was enough knowledge of the forging and smelting of bronze weapons, or perhaps the technology of folded steel was inherited from the experience of building bronze weapons, in any case, the standard of steel weapons in this period was indeed a long way ahead of the world.

Famous swordsmiths such as Ouyezi and Ganjun made a number of famous swords: Ganjun, Moxie, Zhanlu, Juque, Pure Hook, Longyi, Tai'a, Gongbu, and Yu'intestines, etc., and even though the actual objects have not survived, we are still fascinated by the fame of these swords.

'Wu Yue Spring and Autumn Annals' recorded Xue Candle commented on the pure hook sword: "light like the Qu Yang Hua, sinking as if hibiscus began to be born in the lake, its text such as the line of the stars, its light as the water of the overflowing ponds," In addition, the Tai'a sword "looming In addition, the Tai'a sword "towering wings like the waves of flowing water", Gongbu sword "Wen like flowing water never stop", as well as: turtle Wen, Amanli, Lixing, overflowing water, ice release, mountains, abyss, water waves, beads obeisance, running water, and so on to describe.

2, qin dynasty long sword

the late warring states of qin has been bronze sword, iron sword and use, at the same time the sword type system has also changed, the length had been added to the one hundred centimeters or so, long and narrow sword, the surface has been carefully ground, and a layer of chromium salt oxides, appearing with a black luster, can prevent corrosion and rust, shaanxi qin tomb unearthed a lot of long swords are almost like a new system, while the other weapons such as: beryllium, Spear, Shu, arrowheads, etc. are also the application of this method.

This length of the bronze sword in the past is unimaginable, due to the hard and brittle nature of bronze, too long sword is very easy to break, so the length of the sword has always been limited, the Qin dynasty long sword hardness as treated medium carbon steel, but can have this length, after the excavation quite incredible.

After scholars' research, found that the body of the sword regularly for a number of segments of the bundle, the width of the body of the sword section by section becomes narrower, while the thickness of the proportionality of the increase, so that its physical properties to achieve a very perfect point, it is said that the Terracotta Warriors unearthed a large number of fragments of the bronze long sword pressed the example.

After removing the fragments, the long sword immediately rebounded back to its original state, which can be seen in this kind of bronze sword toughness is excellent; at this time can be said to be the second and last peak of the bronze weapons.

3, ring head iron knife

This in the Western Han period the development of new soldiers straight and single-edged, the head of the sword into a flat circular ring, generally known as the "ring head iron knife", there is no obvious sword grid, handle to the wooden pieces of the clamp beam, and then tightly bound to the thick rope, because of the long for the chopping and quickly replace the long sword, but also due to the great increase in demand, the Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the establishment of iron officials throughout the country. Because of the increasing demand, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty set up iron officials all over the country, specializing in the production of iron, and smelting has also made great progress.

The Eastern Han Dynasty used a hundred chains of steel and local quenching technology, making it more tough and sharp, with the Han Dynasty to the four directions of the strategy, the East and Japan, the West to the Western Regions, it can be said that the fame spread far and wide, and this form has been used to the period of the Wei, Jin and the North and South Dynasties. Japan at that time to the ring head iron knife all accept, and proceed to copy, later on the development of the Japanese sword has a very far-reaching influence, still retain a lot of physical evidence can be proved.

During the Wei, Jin, and North-South Dynasties, the double-attachment style of the belt system appeared, changing the way of the knife, which has been used to the present day; in addition, this time, a new type of knife was also developed, with a slightly curved body and a sharp tip, which made it more suitable for chopping, and its shape was very close to that of the later generation of knives.

4, the knife of the Western Nations

This period is a very open era, frequent exchanges between the various ethnic groups, Central Asia's "Damascus steel" (also known as "Uzi steel") by the Silk Road at this time, this Uzi steel is not General folded steel, showing a special fine pattern, the production method is still a mystery, since ancient times, the person who got it as a treasure, it's sharp, tough, corrosion-resistant straight to the ancient and modern proud.

Tang Dynasty and the Western region of the extremely close relations, to obtain this sword is understandable, but I do not know whether to obtain this technology? At that time, Persia, cannibalism to China, many people, which can be able to artisan? Or maybe they regarded it as a secret technology and forbade it to be disseminated, however, during the campaigns with the cannibals in the Tang Dynasty, it was possible to capture it and it is not known. All these are to be studied by future experts and scholars.

5, Longquan sword

While the sword on the battlefield has no use, but formal occasions are still mainly to wear a sword, folk also practice swordplay, even if the weak scholar, always like to hang a long sword in the study, to show that the martial arts, Taoism is more for the weapon, with the legend of the penetration of the sword's original color was fuzzy, full of many non-functional swords!

The Longquan Sword is the most common sword produced in Zhejiang Province.

Longquan in the Ming and Qing dynasties are famous for making swords, because of the material is good, rigorous production and enjoy a reputation, the most prosperous time, only this place, the sword number even up to dozens of more than, and then to the demand for the day, and strive to mass production, and the knowledge of the goods of the day fewer, made by the futility of the sword, reduced to the wall of the wall decorations, the technology is gradually declining, the Longquan seven-star sword on our common, there are few masterpieces, that is, this is the reason.

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