Bronze artifacts shine for thousands of years, witnessing the passing of the "Southern Silk Road"
Before the invention of firearms, the bow and arrow were the "king of war" on the stage of Cold weapon. As the saying goes, "Those who speak martial arts first call them bows and arrows. Regardless of the heavy armor and sharp swords on the soldiers' bodies, as long as they have a sufficient scale and technical allocation of bows and arrows, they have the ability to defeat the enemy. The excellence, range, and speed of archery often determine the outcome of a war.
However, in the passage of time, the bows and crossbows in the bows and arrows, as well as the feathers and shafts in the body of the arrows, have mostly disappeared. Often, only small arrowheads have traveled through the vicissitudes of time, becoming a carrier for today's remembrance of the "King of War" of the past.
In the "Pioneering Xinjiang and Expanding Land" exhibition hall on the second floor of the Municipal Museum, more than 20 exquisite and small Warring States arrowheads still emit a faint and cold light under the illumination of the lights.
Arrow, commonly known as arrow, refers to the blade of an arrow and is an important component of ancient weapons.
Triangular, with blades on the wings, deep grooves between the wings, inverted spines, and short collars, unrelated to the front of the collars. The collars are triangular in shape. The length of this triangular arrowhead ranges from 2.8 centimeters to 5.2 centimeters. And another type of double winged long collar arrowhead is also made of bronze material, with two wings, a flat body, long and wide wings, a square shaped long collar, a slightly circular arrowhead, and a length between 2.8 centimeters and 5.2 centimeters.
"The triangular arrowhead was unearthed in 1975 from a pit tomb in Xinjiang Village, Muping Town, Baoxing County. The double winged long collar bronze arrowhead was unearthed in 1990 from a stone tomb on the Hanta Mountain in Xinjiang Village, Longdong Township, Baoxing County." Cheng Shufang, director of the Publicity and Education Department of the Municipal Museum, said that the double winged arrowheads can be divided into solid round collar type and hollow hole (sound: poor) type. The solid circular collar type is fixed by inserting the arrow into the hollow arrow shaft, while the hollow hole type is fixed by directly inserting the arrow shaft into the hole at the tail of the arrow shaft. In the Central Plains, the solid round collar type is commonly used, while the Nomad use the hollow hole type. During this period of war, the arrowheads cast by various countries were also different, with stronger penetration than before, and the development of the double winged arrowheads also reached its peak.
Since the end of the Spring and Autumn period, there have been three winged arrowheads, which can be divided into circular collar style and hole style. "Cheng Shufang said that the three winged arrowheads are divided into three wings on the arrowhead, with a section of an inward concave triangle, which is the triangular arrowhead displayed in the museum. In the late Warring States period, the State of Qin began to equip the army with a large number of triangular arrowheads.
Ge is a common hook killing weapon in ancient times. The "Ge" in "Jin Ge Tie Ma" refers to it.
The great event of the country lies in the worship and military service. As the main combat weapon of the pre Qin era, the bronze dagger was heavily equipped with military equipment. Although it has gone through the consumption of war and the rust of time, there are still many remnants left behind.
In the exhibition hall of "Long Ancient Road" on the second floor of the city museum, there are several bronze daggers of the Warring States Period, one of which is a Korean weapon of the Warring States period, the "Seven Year Lushi" bronze dagger, which is made by casting technology. Due to its long history and severe damage to the tombs unearthed, the body of the Ge was severely corroded, resulting in a relatively dull copper green color overall.
The bronze dagger has strong combat performance, with fast and close contact, and great assassination power, suitable for group charging or tank charging.
Due to age, war wear, and other reasons, most of these bronze swords are now incomplete. The several bronze pieces exhibited in the city museum, to be more precise, should be the heads of the bronze ones.
"These bronze daggers were handed over to the municipal museum from the Yingjing County Cultural Administration Office and the Baoxing County Cultural Administration Office." Cheng Shufang said that the bronze daggers were the most common fighting weapons in the Bronze Age of China. The horizontal blade, made of bronze, was equipped with a long handle. It was a unique Cold weapon with a long handle in ancient China. It was also the most commonly used and important fighting weapon for chariot soldiers. It could be wielded in a large range in ancient wars, and could be hooked and pecked It can be pushed and swept, and has extremely strong lethality, making it particularly suitable for use in tank attacks. Car warfare was the main form of warfare during the pre Qin period. As the chariots roared and passed, the bronze dagger was the decisive weapon on the battlefield, to the point where it became synonymous with force and war and remained forever in Chinese characters.
"The Spring and Autumn Warring States period was a period of great turbulence in History of China. The biggest feature of this period is the decline of the royal family, the rise of princes, and the long-term war for hegemony." Cheng Shufang said that in order to seek hegemony, countries have successively carried out internal reform and strengthened their strength. The bronze ware of this period not only still bears the basic characteristics of Western Zhou bronze, but also shows some new features, which are the local cultural characteristics. Although iron was available during the Warring States period, the vast majority of weapons and some tools were still made of bronze, and traditional ritual vessels were also made of bronze.
"In the ancient army, Ge was a necessary weapon to equip every soldier." Cheng Shufang said that from the Xia Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, Ge existed throughout the Bronze Age, and it was not until the Warring States period that the bronze Ge was replaced by an iron halberd.
"At the beginning, iron weapons were very precious, mostly owned by nobles, and bronze weapons were still the regular weapons of ordinary soldiers." Cheng Shufang told reporters that in the late Warring States Period, with the increase in the use of iron weapons, bronze Ge was gradually eliminated, and Ge, a weapon popular in the Bronze Age, disappeared after the Western Han Dynasty.
In the process of history, Ge, who accompanied ancient soldiers on the battlefield and helped ancient emperors expand their territories, ultimately failed to withstand the development and changes of the times. As the production technology of iron weapons becomes more and more mature, Ge, a weapon that once dominated the battlefield, cannot resist its own fate of being eliminated. When the smoke of war dissipated and peace arrived, Ge, who was shining with cold light, was abandoned in a corner by the soldiers. With the dust of history buried underground, thousands of years later, some of the surviving Ge no longer had a murderous aura, and the bronze green rust on his body corroded his sharpness, leaving only a few legendary moments for modern people to study.
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