Draw strength of Chinese, Mongol and Manchu bows

jiao · Post by **jiao** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:15 am

i see a drawing in library, it depict the chines ming dynasty emperor hunting, the bow has long ear(syhia?), no more differ to the picture uli posted, the drawing called 明英宗射猎图（也许是宣宗记不太清了）

stephen, i am sure you can find more bow in drwing BOOK(古代中国画图集），if no copyright restrictive i am sure i can post more picture if i can use a dc

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:32 am

Jiao, please scan a small part of the picture which shows the bow, and also add the name of the source of the picture, then it's ok. 只有您把有关图片显出那张弓的那小部分扫描一下，并加上图片来源的说明，就可以了。

Dwanyin · Post by **Dwanyin** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:46 pm

Hi everyone,

What an amazing site with loads of information!! I'm so glad I found this website. Thanks!

I happened to have some pictures of chinese bows from a Song dynasty painting (中興四將圖), they look a bit different from the other Chinese bows on this website.

Dwanyin · Post by **Dwanyin** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:59 pm

Second bow from the same painting:

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:16 am

That is indeed a painting from the Song Dynasty; but the gentleman is a Khitan of the Liao Kingdom. The bow is a descendant of the Khotan bow. The design dominated bowmaking in China (and far to the West) from about 100AD to the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1360s), when a more Turkish bow design became popular.

S.

Draw strength of Chinese, Mongol and Manchu bows

Hi

second bow