Showing posts with label mural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mural. Show all posts
3 July 2018

The evolution of shields in China — Part 3: Song to Qing

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The  Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms  that followed the downfall of Tang Dynasty was a period of chaos and upheaval. Eventually, the northe...
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5 June 2018

The evolution of shields in China — Part 2: Northern and Southern Dynasties to Tang

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MINOR UPDATE MARCH 4, 2024 The Uprising of the Five Barbarians overran North China in 316 AD and caused the downfall of Western Jin Dyna...
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24 May 2018

The evolution of shields in China — Part 1: Shang to Han

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A couple days ago I chanced upon this  interesting article in Periklis Deligiannis's blog. It is nice to see that ancient Chinese milit...
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10 October 2017

Traditional Chinese and Byzantine armour components: A brief introduction and analysis

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Left: An unnamed commander or guard in Chinese-style "Cataphract" armour. Middle: Wu Dao Jiang Jun (五道將軍), one of the Chinese ...
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1 June 2016

Lamellar and scale armours of the Ming Dynasty

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For most of China's history, lamellar armour and, to a much lesser extent, scale armour were the most widely used armour types in Chines...
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16 February 2016

Some thoughts on why Chinese never developed complex hilts on their swords

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Extant jian probably dated to Ming period. "Why Chinese/Japanese/other cultures never developed complex hilt" is a question t...
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22 December 2015

The ghost-faced warrior monks of the Shaolin Monastery

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Section of a mural depicting Shaolin warrior monks training with their weapons. From 'Shao Lin Wu Seng He Lian Tu (《少林武僧合練圖》)',  S...
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