The Qing Dynasty had a "special" arrow for hunting, why only the king could use it?

The Qing Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, ****transmission of twelve emperors, from Nurhachu to establish the Houjin regime, a total of 296 years. From Huang taiji changed the name of the country for the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the country 276 years. From the Qing soldiers into the customs, the establishment of a national regime counted for 268 years. The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, and the Qing Dynasty won the world by bow and horse, and the tradition of mounted archery of its ancestors was inherited, and the martial spirit of the Qing warriors "based on mounted archery" was also established.

Because of this, the Qing Dynasty's bow and arrow development level reached the peak of the dynasty, the bow and arrow is also a variety of types. Qing dynasty Manchurian eight banners army with arrows are divided into three categories, namely, cloak arrows, piercing arrows, as well as whistle arrows. Cloak arrows were mostly used for close range shooting and were very powerful. Pierce arrows were used for long-distance shooting. Sentry arrows have a special shape, almost not much lethality, but after shooting can sound, mostly used for practice shooting, signal transmission, wartime early warning, expulsion of wild animals, etc., but there is a kind of arrows, in the Qing Dynasty, only the monarch can use, the other people can not be used.

The Qing Dynasty, every autumn will be held hunting activities, the most famous paddock is the Hebei region set up the "Mulan paddock", this paddock is the establishment of Kangxi, since the establishment of the later monarchs will often hunt in this paddock, but also because of this "Mulan paddock" has become the monarchs of the time. "has become the best place for the monarchs at that time.

In the Qing dynasty film and television dramas we often see the monarch hunting, full body armor, which is mainly to protect the monarch's safety, the monarch's armor is the Ministry of the Interior by a special process of manufacturing and become the ability to prevent arrows is extremely prominent, but this armor can not prevent an arrow, this arrow is "Emei needle arrow", its belongs to the type is "stabbing arrow". Emei needle arrow is the sharpest, killing power of its amazing, only qualified to use the person can only be the monarch himself.