Chinese Jian sword

KuKulzA28 · 27th January 2012, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by yuanzhumin

Kukulza,

I'm in Taichung now where I spend the Chinese New Year with my inlaws.

I wish you and all the members of this forum a happy chinese year of the dragon!

In Taiwanese, the 2 traditional wishes are:

’Kiung hi!’ (translation : in mandarin, ‘Gong qi !)’ May you be successful!

and ‘Tchiok li gei gong ! (in mandarin : ‘Zhu ni jiankang !’ - wish you a good health).

Warm regards,

yuanzhumin

Thanks yuanzhumin... ah I wish I could have be in Taiwan with my relatives during the New Years...

David R · 18th March 2012, 11:27 PM

Re these heavy jian, I have seen them referred to as Village Jian. Made for and used by the village militias, who being peasant farmers for the most part had no problem with the weight of their weapons. Simply forged, but good san mei blades. There is quite a thread about them on "Great River".

nalan1978 · 19th March 2012, 07:17 AM

龙泉剑(longquanjian)

19th century

睚眦（yazi）Son of the dragon

18th March 2012, 11:27 PM	#2
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,135	Re these heavy jian, I have seen them referred to as Village Jian. Made for and used by the village militias, who being peasant farmers for the most part had no problem with the weight of their weapons. Simply forged, but good san mei blades. There is quite a thread about them on "Great River".

19th March 2012, 07:17 AM	#3
nalan1978 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19	龙泉剑(longquanjian) 19th century 睚眦（yazi）Son of the dragon