Great Ming Military

Written accounts of both Frederick Coyett and Albrecht Herport focused on describing Koxinga's soldiers at Battle of Baxemboy, of which ...

A Guo Xing Ping, National Museum of China.

Aftermath of the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, depicting Chinese troops wearing heavy lamellar armour, possibly Tie Ren. Artwork taken from ...

Like many Chinese weapons, the famous Zhan Ma Dao (斬馬刀, 'Horse-chopping sabre') has been subject to a lot of misinformations and m...

Bamboo armour A Qing period bamboo hat helmet, probably used by the militia. (Source: Trocadero ) Ming army never made use of bamboo bo...

UPDATED MAY 4, 2022, minor update NOVEMBER 10, 2023 A Ming Dynasty matchlock arquebus found in Xuzhou.