The chinese bronze as the representative of the most advanced technology

Since become the military's power hit the main cavalry, accompanied by a change of tactics and equipment innovations, fast cavalry charge, the force of the one-handed sword is of course still piercing the enemy, be hit, but the momentum also large enough can be voted out of the cavalry into the difficulties of being beaten, immediate short soldiers apparently special emphasis on its cutting performance, coupled with robust iron has also been very mature, swords, then gradually replaced as long knife , and in the late Han Dynasty completely withdraw from the battlefield, but its symbolic significance has never faded in the minds of Chinese people's color, and even a combination of the mystery of Taoism, was covered with a layer of occult thick veil. As for other types of China bronze, a craftsman would grasp accurately the ration of tin and copper to make good quality vessels depending on the hardness of the casting.
The sword of this period often loaded with jade as a thousand years later, the sword has been rotten, Yu Jian ornaments already its fine texture and ornamentation human treasure has become an indispensable items in the jade; In addition, fencing has been valued, regardless of the nobility, martial arts cavalier still like swordsmanship, sword, we can say: sword on the battlefield, the decline it has always been to maintain the status of the king, but in the civil. Inscriptions can be thought as the greatest feature of Chinese bronze. This development in the Western Han Dynasty recruits straight body and a single blade, the sword into oblate circular, commonly known as the "ring chestnut" there is no obvious sword grid, handle wood chips folder beam, and then tightly tied rope , due to longer than chopped and quickly replace the sword, but also due to a surge in demand throughout the country.
 The Han Dynasty set up a Rail Officer, responsible for managing iron production, and smelting also has made significant progress, the Eastern Han Dynasty used chain steel and local quenching technology to make it more tough and sharp, with a little Han Dynasty by the Quartet, East and west Western, said Wal-Mart spread far and wide, this shape has also been extended to use the Southern and Northern Dynasties. On account of the special ruling forms of old-aged China, the bronze is confined to the upper class. Japan overall receiver on the first ring of iron knife, and proceeded to imitation, a very far-reaching impact on the later development of the Japanese sword, and still retain a lot of kind is to certify that. Southern and Northern Dynasties, there have been dual of Fuer type of wear-line, changing the way with a knife.
 This approach has been adopted so far; also developed a new type of knife, the blade is slightly curved, the tip sharp after oblique, more suitable for hacking, its shape and future generations of knife type have been very close. Shi Tang Dynasty, the development of a new type of knife, the knife first acyclic iron shank wrapped wooden clip stems, wrapped around outside the wire rope, knife wrapped metal ornaments, knife handle and sheath are gold Journal of jade inlay, wrapped in shark leather, very ornate, Japan called "Tang-like sword, since the House position is still the same type handed down for reference, after careful imitation of the Japanese as the basis for the development of later samurai knife. The chinese bronze as the representative of the most advanced technology of metal smelting and casting, is mainly used in the ceremonies, rites and wars.