The swords of China's past dynasties look like this!

The swords of China's past dynasties look like this!

Shang Dynasty-Spring and Autumn Bronze Sword: According to the unearthed cultural relics, the earliest sword was produced in Shang Dynasty, with short, willow leaves or pointed triangles. It was originally made of copper with a short handle and can only be regarded as a self-defense weapon.

Shang dynasty broadsword with short handle (bronze): China's iron smelting was invented in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the technology of making iron sword appeared at the latest in the early Spring and Autumn Period. But at this time, the manufacturing technology of smelting iron and steel sword is not as superb and popular as bronze casting sword.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period-Gou Jian Jian Jian Jian, the King of Yue:1In the winter of 965, the bronze sword of the State of Yue was unearthed in the Chu Tomb of Wangshan, jiangling county, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, which was a national first-class cultural relic. The sword of the king of Yue was carefully forged by Gou Jian, the king of Yue, after years of experience. Because the sword is plated with a layer of chromium-containing metal, it is stainless for thousands of years. Bronze swords began in Shang Dynasty. At that time, its leaves were generally short, shaped like willow leaves, and its production was relatively rough. After the late Spring and Autumn Period, the production of bronze swords reached maturity, and the story of "Gou Jian, the King of Yue" happened in this period. Typical bronze sword type.

Qin bronze sword (willow octagonal sword): Qin is another peak in the development of bronze sword. At this time, the bronze sword is 90 cm long, even 140 cm. Long handle, both hands can be used. Chromium oxide is widely used as the antirust layer of bronze swords. This was in BC. Invented in 700 years, lost for more than 2000 years. In the 1930s and 1950s, it was invented by Germans and Americans. Qin bronze sword is not only long, but also sharp. Some swords are unearthed without rust, clean as new, and have sharp blades. After testing, it can scrape through 18 paper at one time.

Four-sided and Eight-sided Steel Han Jian: The length of steel sword reached1.2m in the middle and early Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 0). The extensive use of bronze knives and steel knives; The ring sword looks like. A steel knife is as long as a steel sword. The emergence of composite steel (for example, composite steel and sandwich steel) and quenching technology. This method will become the unique style of China after the sword in 2000. The technology of repeatedly forging steel has gradually matured. By the middle of the Han Dynasty, it had become a famous steelmaking technology. This method will also become the unique style of China after the sword in 2000.

The first sword of the Han Dynasty: During the Western Han Dynasty, with the long-term battle with Xiongnu, cavalry developed rapidly and became the main force of the northern grassland. The rapid popularization of ring-head knives is closely related to this. The pre-Qin dynasty was just a bronze knife with a length of twenty or thirty centimeters, which was generally used as a tool. By the Western Han Dynasty, the length was greatly increased, and the weapons used in the war were increasing, which became the common weapons of cavalry. The Han sword was gradually replaced by the ring sword.

Yongchu 6-year steel knife. In the sixth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the blade was narrow and straight with a round head. Although this kind of knife has changed a little occasionally since the Han Dynasty, its characteristics of narrow blade and straight body continued for about 1000 years, and it was gradually replaced by a wider blade knife with richer colors. The shape of Ring Shoudao not only continued in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties and Five Dynasties in China, but also spread to Japan, where China had been a teacher in ancient times. Since the Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Central Plains gave gifts to the Japanese king many times and became the object of Japanese imitation. Now, although the Japanese knife has become more curved towards the back of the knife, it still retains the characteristics of its ancestor, the ring-headed knife, which has a narrow blade and a straight body.

Han-Three Kingdoms Wudi Dao: Hubei Ezhou Museum. From the early days of the Three Kingdoms to the end of the Sui Dynasty (220-6 18), hundreds of steelmaking technologies were continuously spread. China people also invented the technology of making blade lines by burning soil and quenching the blade (burning the blade with covering soil). Tao Hongjing's "Records of the Sword" said: "The master of Shu ordered Park Yuan to make 5,000 knives, all of which were linked by blades, with 72 flutes carved at the mouth and the handle running through them."

In the Sui Dynasty, there was a knife shape made of cutting edge and pickaxe. Originally shipped from India and Middle Eastern countries, Uzi Damascus was used to make weapons. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a more advanced casting method (raw and cooked method) appeared. Tao Hongjing of Qi, Liang and Southern Dynasties first recorded the method of pouring steel. In the Northern Wei and Qi Dynasties, Wan Huaiwen made a very sharp "iron knife" in this way. Xie Ping weapons made in this way are tough and sharp.

Tang Zhi Dao painted with black paint, flat paper painted with gold, copper and black paint, tangdao cabinet, Japanese Kashima Shrine collection. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty initiated Zhang Jiuling to compile Six Codes of the Tang Dynasty, and its volume 16, Preface to the Armory, recorded that tangdao classified "there are four kinds of knives: one is an instrument knife, the other is a guillotine knife, the third is a horizontal knife, and the fourth is a strange knife." In China, there is no real object "tangdao" except the ring-head instrument knife. On the shape and style of "tangdao" from many records and overseas collections.

199 1 Tang Huan's hand knife unearthed from Doujiao Tomb in Nanliwang Village, Chang 'an County, Shaanxi Province.

Song Pudao: The war situation has become more diversified, and the exchanges between ethnic groups have also increased. There are many kinds of weapons in Song Dynasty. "Wu Yao" describes the weapons and equipment of the army in the Song Dynasty with pictures and texts, including hand knives, machetes, drip knives, ear knives, moon-shielding knives, halberd knives, eyebrow knives, phoenix-billed knives and pen knives, which vary widely. Due to the government's restrictions on folk weapons, a ju that can be disassembled as a tool knife and equipped with a long pole as a weapon is more popular.

Song Jian: Knives are the mainstream, while swords tend to be collected and decorated.

Because the Yuan Dynasty was controlled by Mongols, it can be said that the influence of Yuan Dao on China Dao was a revolution. Because the Yuan Dynasty broadsword generally pays attention to bending, this bending degree is very suitable for beating horses. In fact, the greater the curvature of the knife, the shallower the depth of cutting, which means that weapons like swords will cut deeply into objects. However, the curvature of the knife is large, and its force is much stronger than that of the straight weapon. While weapons like swords are used in Touma, although they are cut deeply, they are easy to break. In a word, Yuan Dao directly influenced Mao Yan Dao, Yanling Dao in Qing Dynasty and now China Army Command Dao.

The waist sword with wild goose wings in the middle of Ming Dynasty was decorated with eight treasures of silver.

Knives in Qing Dynasty are the most diverse in the history of China War. Some are transformed, some are homemade, some are tributes, and there are many shapes. The most important marching weapons are only knives and swords, and the rest are only used for practice and self-defense. There are also unified military standards, such as waist knives (Yanling knives, The Lancet knives, swallow-winged knives, etc. ) and short knives such as straight knives, hunting knives and knives. Martial arts knives and bagua knives are widely used in various military styles in China, which were developed from oxtail knives made by the government or the people in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.