Editor's note: In the first feast of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Taoyuan Haojie Sanjie Yi beheaded the Yellow Turban Hero's first meritorious service, it is said that (Guan) Yun Chang made the Green Dragon Yanyue Knife, also known as "Leng Yan Saw", weighing eighty-two pounds. The author used the screen name for seventeen years is also called cold saw, the following cold saw to talk about cold saw.?? The earliest appearance of weapons with a knife body mounted on the long wooden handle can be traced back to the late Shang Dynasty of the Bronze Age, and the anti-rolling blade effectively prevented the wooden pole from moving forward. The author believes that this is the prototype of the crescent knife. ▼ The Palace Museum's late Shang Dynasty long-handled knife is 31 cm long, and the back of the knife has three wears to hold the handle.
▼ Luoyang Museum West Wednesday bronze long-handled large knife with a long handle is 30 cm long, and the back of the knife has three bronzes to hold the handle.
After entering the era of han steel, the position of the hammer and halberd in the immediate long weapon was more important, because the horse harness was not perfect, the cavalry lacked a fulcrum under the foot, and the long pole knife could not meet the needs of the general warrior, but there were still some seven-foot large knives that the fierce general could use on the horse. The textual accounts include Chen An (?) of the Western Jin Dynasty to the Sixteen Kingdoms, which is praised in the Song of Longshang. –323), which was the use of both long knives and hammers to fight on horseback. The song says that when Chen An fought, "the father of the horse forged the saddle, the seven-foot large knife was as turbulent as turbulence, the eight snake spears were left and right, and there was no present in ten swings." The JinXun Xun Law Ruler is about 23 centimeters now, and the 7-foot large knife is 161 centimeters long, and compared with the snake spear with a total length of 414 centimeters on the horse, the long rod knife can play a small role in the battle front. For details, please see the previous article: "Weapon Spectrum| Is the Eight Snake Spears One Foot Or One Hundred and Eight Inches?" Tell us about the history of the development of the long riding gun in ancient China? "Physical object, please refer to the Eastern Jin Dynasty long-handled large knife head, the total length of 46.5 cm, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Eastern Jin Tomb excavated.
▼ Mingren painted the Crescent Moon Knife "Wu Bi Zhi" In addition to the dragon swallow, the knife face is decorated with fire beads, and the text of the moon mask knife has been changed to the Moon Knife
▼ MingRen's painting of the Crescent Moon Knife "Compilation of Chips and Sea Charts" was copied and copied
▼ The Qing Dynasty painting Ofe Moon Knife "Illustration of Imperial Ceremonial Instruments" is only decorated by Dragon Swallow.
▼ The Qing dynasty painting Yanyue shaped wuke knife "Illustration of Imperial Ceremonial Instruments" can not be called Yanyue knife in the Qing Dynasty classics.
I believe that without saying, many friends can see that there are at least two types of crescent knife shapes here: one has a long and complex knife chain; the other is a very short knife chain. The tin is the metal cap at the lower end of the handle, and the sharp bottom is the tin. What is it used for? Some friends will say that the short chain will be convenient to insert on the ground, and it can also be turned over as a weapon, but what is the main use of the bulky long chain? In the previous article, the author talked about seeing real guys, who still believes that ancient warriors used dozens of pounds of weapons? The secret of lifting heavy weights: counterweights. Obviously, those "Yanyue Knives" with counterweights are not actual combat weapons at all, but serious Martial Arts knives, acting like barbells.
▼ The physical Wuke knife in the picture is said to have been used by Lu Xiangsheng in the late Ming Dynasty to practice martial arts:
In the "Biography of Liu Ling in Ming History Volume 247", it is said that the iron knife used in the sword is one hundred and twenty pounds, and it is immediately rotated like a fly, and the world is called "Liu Da Dao". In the Ming Dynasty, one pound was about 1.193 pounds in modern times, which was converted into Liu Ling's big knife, which was about 143.2 pounds in the present. It is indeed very heavy, not a lie, Liu Ling can make the movement, but did not say that the battle will use this? The confusion in the commentary novel and the copying of the literati books caused the confusion among the public about various crescent knife types. Let's look at a few typical examples: Qiu Yue's weapons described in the Water Margin: sprinkling zhuyi, water mill rod, dragon swallowing head, Yan Yue-like, and three stop knives. What is the three-stop knife? In the commentary, it is said that the knife head is three feet and three inches, the knife shaft is three feet and three inches, and the knife is three feet and three inches, with a total length of nine feet and nine inches. Isn't this just an exaggerated description of the Wuke knife? No wonder he hung up soon after he appeared, taking a barbell to the battlefield, and clearly going to send heads. The description of the Crescent Moon Knife in the Compilation of the Chart of Chips: The sword is not as wonderful as the Wozi, but its knife techniques are numerous, and those who are highly skilled and can read through it are not difficult. However, the GuanWang Yanyue Sword was powerful, and its thirty-six sword techniques, the soldier's staff, were indomitable, and the sword class took this as the first. The description of this paragraph is very suspicious, in the end, is it a combat weapon or a Martial Knife? This should be a morale-boosting statement, because the destruction of the enemy uses the strength of the team "Mandarin Duck Array" instead of the Crescent Moon Knife. There is another sentence behind him that is still relatively true: the knife should be long, and it must first pass through the horse's head, and then pass through the horse's tail. In fact, there is a third type of crescent knife, and it is not enough to know what the third type is like and what books to read. It's easy to see the real thing! For example, if you look at the thickness of the blade and the state of connection with the handle, the artifact will speak.
▼ Shandong Daoyou collection of Qing Dynasty combat knives, blade length 71 cm, the thickest place about 0.9 cm
▼ The author's old Tibetan Ming Dynasty honor guard knife, the blade length is 56 cm, the thickest place is about 0.6 cm.
The author has summarized hundreds of antique crescent knives and believes that these three forms are in a state of coexistence. Combat weapon: the blade has multiple ridges, the size depends on the user's physical strength, the blade and the handle wood connection is stable, the handle is mostly oval, the grip is strongly directed, the southern crescent blade body is small, and the connection with the handle is mostly brass-type. The northern crescent knife has a larger knife body, and the connection with the handle is mostly an insertion structure. The local characteristics are obvious, and the Tongzhi X year large knife produced in Shaanxi is very representative. Honor guard: flat or thin ridge, pay attention to decoration, the handle is mostly round, and little attention is paid to the firmness of the connection with the handle wood. Acting weapons: Wuke knife: made of all iron, in the shape of a crescent moon, exaggerated huge tail, pay attention to the counterweight relationship. The author feels that all kinds of military books must be read, but the actual product should be paid more attention to, dear readers, you say yes? This article is the original manuscript of the Cold Weapons Research Institute. The original outline of the editor-in-chief and the author Leng Yan saw, any media or public account without written authorization shall not be reproduced, and the offender will be investigated for legal responsibility.