China's Tang Dynasty, a dynasty that represents China's prosperity and prosperity. Numerous ornate words were given to this glorious dynasty. As the center of world politics, economy, culture and diplomacy at that time, the Tang Dynasty was the brilliant starting point of ancient Chinese civilization. It was the largest empire in the world at that time, because its strong army and sharp military strength made the pace of expansion unstoppable.
Marching combat is inseparable from sophisticated weapons and equipment, at that time the Tang knife was a combination of horses and horses, each soldier needed to carry a short-handled long knife, and various standards of Tang knives ran through the internal and external wars of the entire Tang Dynasty. The stable economy and the demand for war have made the forging technology of steel weapons advance by leaps and bounds. At this time, heat treatment, as well as the well-known Baimalin Steel, Baotou Steel technology has been greatly developed.
However, with the change of the times, with the historical development of China, forging technology has not been inherited and developed again and again, and gradually disappeared into the dust. As a representative of the flourishing development of steel swords, the Tang Dao is now a private speculation in ancient books, and it is sad that they can only glimpse the true face in Japanese museums.
Today, putting aside national prejudices, Xiaobian takes you to count the Chinese Tang swords that are lost in Japan and are treasured by Japan. Most of the surviving items are preserved in the Imperial Palace, major shrines and major museums.
1. Kashima Jingu Tang Daikyō
The only "Tang DaDao" that some scholars are completely convinced of. It was made around the beginning of the 8th century. This knife is characterized by its length, reaching a total length of 256 cm and a blade length of 223 cm. Typical straight-back, cutting-edged construction. Dao Tan is an obvious Han style, and another confirmed reason is the rare Tang Dynasty Sheng knife box preserved with this knife - "Tang Yue". This model is also known as "gold copper black lacquer tang straight knife".
2. Gold and silver tungsten with Tang da knife
This is the most familiar Tang knife collected in Japan (basic articles about Tang knives will mention centimeters, and the blade is long). This Tang knife is usually 97.9 cm and the blade length is 3-2.2 cm. The same is straight back, cut blade made. The difference is that the tip of the knife is a double-sided blade (in today's day this is called the Tang knife opening blade). It is equipped with gilded gold on a silver background, through-carved tang grass pattern, and the handle of the knife is a mackerel handle, and its decoration is very intriguing and elegant, very flavorful.
3. Gold and silver flat off horizontal knife
Horizontal knives made in the eighth century were used both as personal weapons and as religious ritual supplies of the ancient court. Its stalk is 14.9 cm long. Blade length 35.2 cm. The stem is narrower than the body of the knife, wide at the front and narrow at the back, and the tail is perforated (a very characteristic part). It is now in the Shosoin Temple in Nara, Japan.
4. Silver jewelry inlaid with gemstones Tang short knife
This short knife is a pair of preservation, and the handle and body of the knife are bent in the same direction. It is also hidden in the Shosoin Temple in Nara, Japan. The sheath of the knife is wrapped in silver head and has no pickaxe. The sheath of the knife is covered with silver, and the carving is in the shape of tang grass and flowers, and the blue glass beads and white pearls are forward. Tie a long knife plate, and the inscription "Lady Tangerine Offering". The appearance of this short knife indicates that in the early Tang Dynasty, the tang knife had already appeared curved blade, not the invention of the Japanese, but after it was introduced to Japan, the popularity of the machete was faster. The above four are national treasures of Japan's Tibetan Tang swords, at the same time Japan also collected a lot of Sui Dynasty famous swords, Sui and Tang due to historical reasons, the development of its system of weapons is basically no gap, here also to give you a brief introduction to a few.
1. Water Dragon Tang Knife
The Sui Dynasty treasure knife, made of cutting blades, quenched out of the straight blade pattern through the overburdened blade. The fittings are rumored to be Japanese post-matching. It is 80.2 cm long and 62.3 cm long, and is now in Shosoin Temple, Nara, Japan.
2. Propylene pepper forest
The Sui Dynasty steel knife Chengzi Jiaolin Sword, Chengzi is the era name, and "Jiaolin" is considered by some scholars to be the name of the craftsman who made this knife. Produced in the seventh century AD in China, the blade length is 65.8 cm. It is now housed in Shitennoji Temple, Japan.
3. The Seven Star Sword is similar to the Water Dragon Sword, which was made for the classic sword cutting blade of the Sui Dynasty and passed through the overlying blade, which shows that the overburden blade technology was very mature at that time. The blade is decorated with the pattern of the Big Dipper and the auspicious cloud pattern.
Conclusion: This article is not an article that incites ethnic hatred, but only to let friends at home understand that when China stood at the peak of the world, the top level in the casting of steel weapons had a profound impact on the surrounding countries, so that it is still regarded as a national treasure and cherished today. It is also an appeal for the inheritance of today's traditional cultural skills, hoping that everyone can correctly understand the essence of the real traditional craftsmanship, stop being the ancients, wantonly waste and lose, but have become a weapon for others to make a name for themselves.