Chinese horse harness
| Chinese horse harness | |
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Chinese horse harness |
| Use: | armor |
| Region of origin / author: |
China , gunsmiths |
| Distribution: | China |
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A Chinese horse harness is a protective weapon from China.
description
A Chinese horse harness is made of steel and fabric . He's worked in the manner of a brigantine . The armor consists of small metal plates that are made to overlap. They are connected to one another with chain links and are covered with fabrics such as silk or brocade . So that the panels cannot slip inside the fabric, they are fixed from the outside with rivets . The horse harness consists of two parts: one protects the head and neck of the horse, the other the back, sides and upper legs. Movable, metal-covered fringes are attached around the horse's nose and hang down from the nose area like a curtain. The Chinese horse harness is attached to the horse with leather straps. Another version resembles armor from Tibet . It is believed that it was taken over by Tibetan troops who fought against the Chinese empire in the Tang Dynasty . Due to this construction, the horse harness is light and yet resistant to sword blows and lance stabs. Because of the use of many rivets, this armor is similar to the armor of Chinese palace guards and high military personnel.
literature
- David Andrew Graff: Medieval Chinese warfare, 300-900 BC Chr. Verlag Routledge, 2002, page 42, ISBN 978-0-415-23955-4
- John R. Finlay, Norton Museum of Art, Colin MacKenzie, Jenny F. So: The Chinese collection: selected works from the Norton Museum of Art. Norton Museum of Art Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8348-0532-3
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Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 99, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5