Daily Life in Han Dynasty —— Cold Weapons of the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period

      Time: 14:30 am. 14th, Dec., 2019

      Place: Academic Hall of Xuzhou Museum

      Tel.: 83804412 (Please contact us a week in advance)

      Age: 7-10 years old

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      Introduction:

      Time of the Course: 14:30, 14th, Dec., 2019

      (Considering the cold weather, time will be adjusted to Saturday afternoon from the beginning of this course. The room has air-condition.)

Place of the course: Academic Hall of Xuzhou Museum

The Number of Participant: within 30 people

Age: 7-10 years old

The activity is free of charge and please sign up by Wechat

Cold weapons generally refer to the weapons and equipment that can directly kill the enemy and protect themselves in battle without using the thermal strike system and thermal power mechanical system such as gunpowder and explosives. In a broad sense, cold weapons refer to all equipment for battle in the era of cold weapons. In the narrow sense, cold weapons refer to the weapons without gunpowder, explosives or other incendiary materials, which can directly kill the enemy in battle and protect themselves.

Bronze Sword collected by Hunan Provincial Museum

Sword of King of Yue Collected by Hubei Provincial Museum 

      At the end of the Spring and Autumn period, people mastered the smelting technology of raw iron and at the end of the Warring States period, Chu Kingdom in the south and three Jin Kingdom in the north began to equip their troops with iron weapons. The Warring States period is a period of rapid development of iron smelting technology in China.