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The Ubisoft video game For Honor features the playable character "Zhanhu", based on the Jinyiwei. The drama Under the Power (Chinese: Jin Yi Zhi Xia), directed by Yi Tao, features the character Lu Yi, who is a Jinyiwei. The drama The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, produced by Jackie Chan, prominently features characters that are in the Jinyiwei.
Brigandine armour was used during the Ming era and consisted of riveted plates covered with fabric. [78] Partial plate armour in the form of a cuirass sewn together with fabric is mentioned in the Wubei Yaolue, 1638. It is not known how common plate armour was during the Ming dynasty, and no other source mentions it. [79]
During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), brigandine began to supplant lamellar armour and was used to a great degree into the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). By the 19th century most Qing armour, which was of the brigandine type, were purely ceremonial, having kept the outer studs for aesthetic purposes, and omitted the protective metal plates.
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people , the majority ethnic group in China.
Depiction of lamellar armour on the right and brigandine armour on the left, Ming dynasty - 1368 to 1644 . Protective clothing and armour have been used by armies from earliest recorded history; the King James Version of the Bible (Jeremiah 46:4) translates the Hebrew סריון, siryon [1] or שריון, śiryon "coat of mail" [2] as "brigandine".
Some Ming loyalists formed a remnant state, the Southern Ming dynasty, in southern China to resist the Qing dynasty. Its nominal ruler, the Longwu Emperor , also granted Qin Liangyu a marquis title. Meanwhile, Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan again, and Qin Liangyu attempted to resist him, but was defeated and forced to retreat, allowing Zhang ...
Mianfu (Chinese: 冕服; pinyin: miǎnfú; lit. 'coronation costume') is a kind of Chinese clothing in hanfu; it was worn by emperors, kings, and princes, and in some instances by the nobles in historical China from the Shang to the Ming dynasty. The mianfu is the highest level of formal dress worn by Chinese monarchs and the ruling families in ...
The feiyufu appeared in the Ming dynasty and was unique to the Ming dynasty. [11] It is a form of tieli decorated with flying fish patterns. The feiyfu was also a type of cifu ( Chinese : 赐服 ; lit. 'presentation clothes'), a form of clothing which can only be bestowed by the Chinese emperors to those whom he favoured, [ 12 ] [ 8 ] and were ...