How did archers in ancient China usually shoot arrows?

The Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi 'an is a very worthwhile place, and it is worth visiting again. When you see them at every age, you will have a different understanding of life.

This is not an advertisement, and I am not as good as Niu B to speak for the Terracotta Warriors Museum in An.

I didn't digress, because there was a gentleman in the Terracotta Warriors in Xi 'an. He is the only one in the whole museum that has not been restored, and it is also the best preserved. He is also the "treasure of the town hall" of Xi 'an Terracotta Warriors Museum! He doesn't stay in the pit with other terracotta warriors. He is in a glass cabinet, under the strict protection of layers, under the dim light of the museum, separated by a thick layer of glass. Looking at him quietly, you will have an impulse to cry, and you can't tell whether it is moved or sour. Perhaps this is the heavy emotion that has brought us for thousands of years.

Kneeling figurines, dressed in battle robes and armor, have a bun on the left side of their heads, crouching on their left legs, landing on their right knees, and holding crossbows with their hands on the right side of their bodies. The sculptures of kneeling warrior figures are more elaborate than ordinary pottery figures, with vivid expressions, bun, nails and soles, and the original paintings of cultural relics are well preserved, which truly shows the battle scenes in the Qin army.

Three traditional archery methods of ancient bows and arrows; They are Mediterranean shot, string shot and Mongolia shot. Because ancient bows and arrows didn't have string clips, thread control mainly played two roles: holding arrows and pulling strings.

Mediterranean shooting is mainly played by westerners.

We mainly use Mongolian style in China. In this way, we hook the string with our thumb, press the thumb with our forefinger and middle finger, and hook the string with our right hand, so that the arrow shaft is on the right side of the bow. If you use the Mongolian string pulling method, you must put a ring on your thumb, also called finger pulling.

Therefore, all decorative ornaments have a practical effect at the beginning, just like pulling your fingers. At first, they usually have bones. Their function is to protect their fingers. Later, they developed into decorative materials, and more and more gold and jade materials became available.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a special article "Bow Artificial Bow" in Kao, which made a detailed summary of bow-making technology. In the following two thousand years, no matter in China or Asia, the manufacturing technology of compound bow has changed fundamentally compared with the examination records.