MAKING OF THE BOW: THE STRING PAD
WHEN IN THE 16TH CENTURY AD MANCHURIAN WARRIORS ATTACKED CHINA THEY WERE ARMED WITH HIGHER QUALITY AND MORE EFFECTIVE BOWS THAN THEIR ADVERSARIES. SIX CENTURIES EARLIER, IN THE TIME OF THE MONGOLS, THE SOUTHERN TERRITORIES OF MANCHURIA WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR ARROW-MAKING INDUSTRY. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMANSHIP TRADITIONS THAT DURING THIS ERA THE MANCHURIANS WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A SLIGHT INNOVATION IN THE BOW THAT WOULD RENDER AIMING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCURATE, THE MANCHURIAN STRING-PAD. The Manchurian-type recurve bow was equipped with a string pad underneath…
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