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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bowtarist on May 25, 2016, 06:12:40 pm

Title: Traditional Chinese Arrows (questions)
Post by: bowtarist on May 25, 2016, 06:12:40 pm

Anybody have any info or links to making trad Chinese arrows? Like length of fletching, I know it's not tall, but more the height of the shaft diameter. Maybe 90 cm long. I have some replica bronze heads a buddy sent me I'd like to make a display. I've googled it so I have been that far. Just thought I'd check you all here. Have a gooder and Thx, dp

Title: Re: Traditional Chinese Arrows
Post by: Urufu_Shinjiro on May 25, 2016, 06:15:42 pm

This may be helpful:

http://www.manchuarchery.org/arrows

http://www.manchuarchery.org/manchu-war-arrows

Title: Re: Traditional Chinese Arrows
Post by: bowtarist on May 25, 2016, 07:03:35 pm

That is really good stuff Urufu. May have what I need folks. Knew I could count on the PA forum. It's a gooder! 😃😃😃 dp

Title: Re: Traditional Chinese Arrows (questions)
Post by: loon on May 25, 2016, 10:21:36 pm

That's Qing dynasty though... bronze would be much earlier?
Earlier Qing arrows before firearms were used had fletchings that looked like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/5CwvFCs.jpg)

Ming and possibly earlier arrows from the more Southern China were often bamboo.

Guess there's the ATARN facebook group

Arrows found with the Khotan bow, Xinjang (not quite China at the time), Han to Jin dynasty

(https://i.imgur.com/JMEd8tf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/erLS7u1.jpg)

Title: Re: Traditional Chinese Arrows (questions)
Post by: bowtarist on May 26, 2016, 01:44:02 pm

Sweet! Thanks loon!! dp