What are the types of bows and what are the special features of each?

The bow can be divided into two categories: "straight bow" and "recurve bow". A "straight bow" is a straight piece of wood or bamboo strung with a string; a "recurve bow" is a curved material with a large curvature that is bent in the opposite direction and strung to make it more flexible. In addition, according to the production method, the bow can be divided into "single bow",

"reinforced bow", "synthetic bow" three. A "monobloc" bow is a bow made by simply bending and stringing one type of body material. "Reinforced bows" are made by twisting and reinforcing the body of the bow with a string to increase the elasticity of the bow. "Synthetic bow" is made of animal horn, bone or bamboo, etc., this bow is sufficiently elastic, powerful, long range, but the production is more complex, the bow also has the size of the long and short points, usually use the big bow and adult body length, short bow is mostly used for cavalry. In China's ancient northern and northwestern nomadic people with short bows, while the southeast region of the ethnic minorities with long bows. It is said that people around the Central Plains at that time called these people who used big bows "Yi", and it is interesting to break down the word "Yi" into the words "big" and "bow". "bow".