ATARN presents: Chinese Archery [part 1] 

While the general construction of these bows is similar throughout Asia, there were profound differences in design features of these bows. Korean bows are short and very fast, late Chinese bows were built for shooting really heavy arrows. A different beast entirely.

A must-see video from Scott Rodell: Traditional Manchu Archery of the Qing Imperial Guard

Nice clip Stephen! It's nice to see you again. I am going to forward the links to our one-list and share these with my friends. Greetings from Turkish archers.

It's not a Mongolian bow, but a Qing dynasty bow a.k.a. "Manchu bow". Despite their size they were also used from the horse, no problems there when you cant the bow. The Mongolians have used several types of composite bows, there is no one "Mongolian bow". Today's Mongolian bow is a shortened Manchu bow, which they used during the Qing. (Shortening of these bows is a rather new development.) At the time of their great conquest, the Mongolians primarily used a bow with static, non-contact ears.

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Actually like with any weapon, all will evolve over time. Therefore its always more interesting to understand how each bow evolves in each nation. I say this because Chinese Bow technology and Know how has pretty much been lost due to the Cultural Revolution, Unlike their Korean and Japanese Counterparts, who still have makers of their own respective bows.

He's Using a Qing Dynasty Bow, by that time Mongolian Bow technology would have been infused into Chinese bows Either in the Yuan Dynasty or After the Qing Subjugated the Mongolians. Though I am more interested in Han Dynasty Bow's Since there you will get a representation of how the bow evolved.

The string on the big bow is too long. It is a rawhide string, which has stretched in Hong Kong's humid climate and under high tension from the bow. I didn't understand the second comment.

FANTASTIC sir! thankyou for sharing this knowledge.

Noticed a little splinter on one of the loops. I did the same thing to my bow when I finally learned how to put the string on my own.

Interesting video - that large bow looks like it'd be a heck of a shot. My only issue is in the stringing - on the big bow the string looks WAY too long... on the smaller bow there was no effort made to ensure the string didn't lose twists and so get longer.

I don't know if it's just me but my new horse bow seems incredibly difficult to bend far enough to reach the string

That's an interesting way to string a bow. Would that work for a recurve or longbow?

look up Cinnabar Bows based in Nth California which imports Mariner bows from China

I am a fan of Chinese archery and Manchu archery but when people start saying it is 4000 years old , I find it hard to believe, could you point me in the direction of proof of this.

Even when stringing with a helper, it is probably a better idea to use just one knee on the grip of the bow.

Can you recommend a quality Chinese-style bow that can be obtained in (or shipped to) the US?

Merci beaucoup !

please respond where can u buy them in US and they still availble in china

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I think that some vendors are selling Chinese style bows on the Internet. I have no recommendations, though.

Where can I purchase a bow like that?

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At 8:10 , no way that was fully drawing that bow. That bow has several inches left to get to full draw... Just kind of funny when you are talking about reaching full draw at the same time as not reaching anywhere near the full draw of that bow...

That's like saying that every sword with two edges is the same thing.

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Please visit it archeryhistory com . And you can find chinese bow there. It's not same as Mongolian bow.

agree~!

good day do you have composite bows for sale?

isnt that mongolian archery. they were exert horse archers mabye the best there has been.

mongolian bow is shorter.....because they have to shoot when they riding the house

that large bow is not designed for shot, that is designed for show archer's power。。。 那个大个的弓是力弓。。就是武举人 或者是演杂技的用。。打仗不用那个。射了没几箭就拉不开弓了。在中国战场那么多人的情况下就是作死。。。

that surely is MONGOLIAN bow

korean bows look way different than chinese and mongol bows....

lol @ "this is also a chinese bow"

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I think its an mongolian bow!

It's for sure Mongolian bow. From Manchu dynasty string bridge added to Mongolian bow. Please just search in google.com as "Mongolian bow".

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Do some more googling, you'd be surprised. :)

eBay!!

And learn to string it alone

So sad that Mongolians losing everything they used to Chinese name. And becoming Chinese this chinese that