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The Sword of Goujian (traditional Chinese: 越王句踐劍; simplified Chinese: 越王勾践剑; pinyin: Yuèwáng Gōujiàn jiàn) [1] is a tin bronze sword, renowned for its unusual sharpness, intricate design and resistance to tarnish rarely seen in artifacts of similar age.
In Chinese mythology, in various sources, associated with much related mythological material, various swords are said to have been forged by Gan Jiang (who studied under Ou Yezi) and Mo Xie (also transliterated as "Kan Chiang" and "Mo Yeh"), who were a husband and wife pair and eponymous makers of paired swords [20] Gan-jiang was the male, Mo ...
A Chinese coin sword-shaped talisman made from Qing dynasty era cash coins on display at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden. Swords are a common theme on Chinese numismatic charms, and coins were often assembled into sword-shaped talismans. Most Chinese numismatic charms that feature swords often show a single sword.
In military culture throughout history, the sword symbolised the warrior's soul. Chinese sword culture idealizes sword skill and regards swords as a virtue and a symbol of personal social and cultural accomplishment. [10] The sword embodies the spirit of the Chinese people and has been praised in art works and legends for thousands of years.
The sprawling burial site — which dates back over 2,000 years — was discovered during an excavation last summer in Xiangyang, a city in China’s centrally located Hubei province, according to ...
The swords of the medieval Chinese Tang dynasty (many of which are preserved in Japanese museums) are made with this lamination technique of a harder steel core wrapped in a softer steel jacket. Jacketed lamination techniques, as well as repeated hammering and folding techniques, date to at least the ancient Chinese Han dynasty of 202 BC to 220 AD.
Besides specialty weapons like the butterfly dao, Chinese swords are usually 70–110 cm (28–43 in) in length. However, longer swords have been found on occasion. [2] Outside of Ancient China, Chinese swords were also used in Ancient Japan from the 3rd to the 6th century AD, but they were succeeded by native Japanese swords by the middle ...
Nguyen added that the team planned to recreate the 2,000-year-old curry based on the ingredients found at the site. People were likely enjoying curry in India about 4,000 years ago, as evidenced ...