The contents of the illustrated book of traditional Chinese weapons

"The major events of a nation are in the rituals and the military", and since ancient times, China has attached great importance to the production and development of weapons that are closely related to war. China's traditional weapons are a collection of culture, history, science and technology, art, skills in one, branded with a national brand.

The development of traditional Chinese weapons has gone through a long historical process, the germ of which can be traced back to primitive society. At that time, human beings made tools such as bows, arrows, knives, spears and clubs from stones, bamboo, wood, bones and horns in nature by chopping, polishing and baking. After entering the class society, with the emergence of tribal wars, many production tools evolved into weapons, weapons manufacturing technology continues to improve, and the scale of production is expanding.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, bronze was an important material mastered by people. South in the combat to the chariot-based, hook, peck class weapons popular. In the development of bronze weapons at the same time, chariots, warships, bows and arrows, leather armor, sculls and shields, ladders are also integrated into advanced technology. From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period to the Song Dynasty, the development of weapons entered the Iron Age. Cavalry became an important means of combat, spear and halberd a class of sprint weapons popular, knife and axe and other chopping weapons also began to increase. At this time, the bow and crossbow range increase, shipbuilding technology tends to mature, long-distance stone-throwing machine and other weapons appeared. Since the Song Dynasty gunpowder more and more for war, has appeared burning, explosive, tubular three major categories of firearms, so that the development of Chinese weapons into the era of firearms and iron and use, this situation has continued to the end of the Qing Dynasty.