Chinese Swords Collection Ⅱ, Ming dao(明刀), Chinese swords in authentic Ming dynasty style. The first
Chinese Swords Collection Ⅱ, Ming dao(明刀), Chinese swords in authentic Ming dynasty style. The first five pictures belong to a very famous sword, 慈沆 (Ci’hang), literally means mercy and dew. Mercy is its spirit; dew describes how its blade is like. The appearance and forging technology of Ci’hang are gorgeous. Picture 6 is the straight blade type sword. Other pictures are 雁翎刀( Yanling dao), meaning the blade is slightly curved like a feather of wild-goose. Yanling dao was very popular in Ming dynasty. One of its types was 绣春刀( Xiuchun dao), literally embroidery spring swords. Xiuchun dao was the sword exclusive to 锦衣卫Jinyi Wei, aka brocade-clad guards who were secret police been given orders directly from Ming emperors. So Xiuchun dao kind of symbolized the extreme power of Ming emperors. See collection Ⅰ, Tang dao, part Ⅰ and part Ⅱ; collection Ⅲ, Qing dao. -- source link
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