In ancient times, westerners had armor when fighting, but China seldom had armor. Why?

In ancient times, both the East and the West had armor. In ancient times, westerners had armor when fighting, but China had little armor. This is a misunderstanding, influenced by film and television dramas.

Armor is a tool for human beings to protect their bodies in armed conflicts. Also called armor, armor. Among them, helmet refers to the armor that protects the head; Armor and armor are protective devices to protect the body, but they are mainly important organs to protect the chest and abdomen. Judging from the unearthed objects, ancient armor was mostly made of leather such as rhinoceros and shark, and painted on it; Leather armor consists of a body, sleeves and a skirt. The knitting method of nail plate is that the left piece presses the right piece horizontally and the lower piece presses the upper piece vertically; The stomach is also composed of 18 nail plates. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, armor included "training armor" and "real armor" in addition to leather armor. Armor training time is earlier, mostly made of silk and thick cotton, which belongs to the category of cloth armor. Armor appeared in the mid-Warring States period, and its predecessor was bronze armor, which is a relatively simple animal breastplate. During the Warring States period, armor was usually made of iron sheets in the shape of fish scales or willow leaves, and was made by perforation and assembly. In ancient times, the so-called "golden armor" existed in both east and west. It's just that the nobles gilded their armor to show off their status. As for gold armor, its protection principle should be similar to that of chain mail, and it belongs to flexible armor. Its advantages are good air permeability and small absolute weight, but its disadvantages are poor protection ability, and it can't resist strong blows and stab wounds, and it can definitely be pierced with one shot.