The Tibetan People's Valuing of Bow and Arrow

The bow and arrow is a powerful tool for the Tibetan people to solve their livelihood and a weapon commonly used by them.

Archery is a traditional cultural program of the Tibetan people, which embraces many ancient national customs and remnants of early culture. According to the archaeological excavation, there are stone chains unearthed in the cultural site of Chamdo Karuo, proving that the highlanders had already learned and used the bow and arrow to serve themselves at that time, and the bow and arrow had already become a powerful tool for solving the problem of people's livelihood. The Tibetan historical book "The Feast of the Sages" contains that in the ancient times on the Tibetan Plateau, "initially there were more than ten larger tribes, among which weapons such as bows and arrows appeared one after another". To the Tubo period, Tibetans "bow and arrow never leave their bodies". Dunhuang found the "hunting injury compensation law" further proved that the hunting industry in people's lives in the status of the main tool for hunting is the bow and arrow; Tubo is a military power, every year there are conquests, and thus draw the bow has become a man must specialize in a skill.