In recent times, the news that electric vehicles should wear helmets has exploded on the Internet, and helmets are in short supply for a while, and helmets are sought everywhere in the circle of friends. Throughout the history of our country, it can be found that the helmet with protective effect has been dating back for a long time, and even can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, which is now more than 3,000 years old.
In 1921, China began the first archaeology of scientific significance, and now in the history of one hundred years, we have discovered many tombs of ancient people, and we have also had a multifaceted understanding of the dressed life of ancients. In ancient times, the frequent wars have naturally become the focus of people's attention, in addition to distinguishing between the infantry and cavalry in the war, we also studied the helmets of soldiers of various dynasties, and finally found that the soldiers' helmets will have a tip on the top, what is going on?
The oldest helmets found in China are from the Shang Dynasty, most of these helmets are made of leather, and a few are made of bronze. After the advancement of iron smelting technology, the Spring and Autumn Warring States and the later Qin Dynasty period were helmets made of bronze. 420 years later, China entered the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and due to frequent wars, helmet technology also developed rapidly. After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the wisdom crystallization of the dynasties was included, and the helmet became more and more refined, and the phoenix-winged helmet, the Kasa-shaped helmet, the nameless helmet, and the bowl helmet appeared successively.
These helmets have different shapes, but they are all designed to fit the shape of the head, and there is a small tip on the top, which is always called "lightning rod" by posterity, but in fact, it is not used to protect from lightning, but has a variety of functions.
The first effect is to use it as a scaffold, the ancients marched to fight, need to cross thousands of mountains and rivers. If it is a cavalry, it can also reach the point of "guanshan degree like flying" with horsepower, but ordinary infantry can only carry bags and weapons to camp, and at this time cooking utensils have become a huge burden. Therefore, most of them will choose to use the helmet as a pot, and the tip can pierce into the soil, saving a gap to burn the fire.
The second role is to help the general judge the state of the soldier. People generally look up when morale is high, and bow their heads when morale is low, which also facilitates the generals to boost their morale and make decisions based on their state. After all, taking the initiative to attack when morale is low is tantamount to looking for death. And different colors, but also suitable for judging the enemy and us, there are so many barracks people, every day and busy, basically no one can recognize the face, if there is no sign, it is easy to be injured by mistake.
The third use is buffer protection. The main role of helmet armor and the like is to protect the human body, and the tip of the gun on the helmet can also better help the helmet to buffer the pressure. The last role is a backup weapon, generally speaking, the weapons of the warriors are long guns, and the barrels are basically made of wood. If the tip of the gun is cut off, taking a piece of wood on the battlefield is simply a belly and back enemy, then you can put the tip of the gun on the top of your head to the broken wood and continue to use it to kill the enemy.
Since 1931, China has been caught in the war with Japan, but it has not worn the same helmet as the ancients, mainly because it has got rid of the era of cold weapons, but this does not mean that the helmets designed by the ancients have no effect. Many things have the characteristics of the times, it is not only in line with the characteristics of the times, but also has an unexpected effect, we also have to sigh that the ancients were really smart.