Ge Ji is the most distinctive bronze weapon with Chinese characteristics
Bronze combat weapons can be divided into four categories: halberds, spears, swords, and miscellaneous weapons, among which the halberds have the most Chinese characteristics.
Bronze Ge is a single pointed, two edged bronze weapon mounted horizontally on one side of the handle, and is the most important bronze fighting weapon of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. The figure below shows the most common short beard and piercing spear during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The part of it that runs horizontally to the left and has a sharp edge and a blade is called "aid", which is the basic part of the bronze spear that effectively kills enemies. The tip of the aid is called "Feng", the upper and lower side blades are called "Upper Blade" and "Lower Blade" respectively, and the part of the lower blade that is curved and sagging after the repair is called "Hu". The other parts of "inner", "edge", "appendix", "upper tooth", and "lower tooth" are shown in the diagram. Bronze dagger can be divided into long strip dagger, triangular dagger, and hooded dagger according to its shape. It can be divided into straight dagger, round head dagger, and qiguan dagger according to its internal shape. It can be divided into clip dagger and hooded dagger according to the method of fixing the handle.
Bronze halberd is a Cold weapon with more than two blades. Its appearance can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, and it developed during the Western Zhou period. However, it became the main equipment in the military as a fighting tool, which was already late for the Eastern Zhou period.
The bronze halberd mainly consists of three different basic forms. One of them is the whole piece casting, mainly classified as the cross shaped clip inner halberd. The main types include the "hook halberd" with no sharp peak at the upper end, the "hook halberd" with a backward hook, and the "spike halberd" with a sharp peak at the upper end, which can sprint like a spear. In addition, there are some hollow halberds and irregular halberds. This type of halberd was mainly popular during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The second is the combination of spear and spear with a halberd, which means adding a spear head - halberd spike - to the top of the spear above the spear, forming a weapon that can be used for both horizontal and direct attacks. The halberd in this form can be traced back to the mid Shang Dynasty, but it was mainly popular during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The third is the Duoge halberd, which means installing 2-3 heads on the same staff, with optional thorns at the top of the staff. This type of halberd is mainly popular from the late Spring and Autumn period to the mid Warring States period, mainly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In addition, there are a small number of special-shaped halberds with unique shapes and integrally cast, which coexisted with the halberd combined with spears and multi halberds in the Warring States period.
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