24 March 2015

Tang Pa (鎲鈀)

Drawing of a military-style Tang Pa, from 'Bing Lu (《兵錄》)'.

Da Bang (大棒) and Jia Dao Gun (夾刀棍)

Chinese Quarterstaff
A Da Bang and a detached Ya Zui, from 'Ji Xiao Xin Shu (《紀效新書》)'.
Da Bang (大棒, 'Big club' or 'Big staff'), also known as Gun (棍, staff) or Bai Bang (白棒, 'White club' or 'White staff'), was the Chinese version of quarterstaff. It measured seven chi in length and three jin eight liang in weigh. The Chinese had a long history of using quarterstaff as battlefield weapon, especially in Northwest China.

22 March 2015

Mail armour of the Ming Dynasty

Ming Chinese Hauberk
Mail armour, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'.
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