Ting Kia
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| Weapon type: | armor |
| Designations: | Chinese brigantine, Ting Kia |
| Use: | Protective weapon |
| Creation time: | around 1644 |
| Working time: | until about 1911 |
| Region of origin / author: |
China , military |
| Distribution: | China |
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The Ting Kia ( Chinese nail armor ) or Chinese brigantine is heavy armor from China.
description
The Ting Kia was used in the second half of the Qing Dynasty ( Manchurian daicing gurun ; Chinese 清朝 , Pinyin qīng cháo , W.-G. ch'ing ch'ao , 1644 to 1911), also known as the Manchu dynasty. It was only used at the imperial court and therefore gives the impression of a pompous coat, but this is not the case. Under the outer fabric of dark blue satin is a heavy scale armor, which consists of elongated plates. The various individual parts, namely the apron, groin protection, left shoulder flap, forearm and neck protection are all individually covered and then put together. The fabric is fixed with brass rivets .
The iconography on the uniforms of the Qing Dynasty was strictly regulated. There are several dragon symbols on the Ting Kia that refer to the rank of the bearer. A dragon with five claws and a dragon head depicted on the front is only available to the emperor. A dragon with five claws and a dragon head depicted from the side represents a prince, and so on. The Ting Kia shown here shows a kite with four claws and the head of a dragon. This thus indicates a prince of the third rank. In Taoist teaching, the dragon is also a symbol for Yang , light, growth, the active and determining principle, as well as for water, clouds, rain and fertility.
A jacket and high boots belong to the complete uniform. There is another version called the "False Brigantine". The brass rivets are present on this, but the scale armor underneath is missing.
literature
- Jonathan Fenby: Modern China. The fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present. Ecco, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-166116-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ting Kia in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, inventory no. 1884.31.27 , English, accessed September 27, 2012.