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Old 6th June 2007, 05:41 PM   #1
josh stout
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Default Song Dynasty style shoudao

Chinese minorities often show stylistic elements from much earlier periods in Chinese history. Here is a Yi minority chopper that is almost identical to Song shoudao that are otherwise only found in period art as depicted on Thomas Chen's website.

http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/catalog.html

I suspect the shoudao is the originator of many choppers of similar size.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j6...duation366.jpg
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Old 9th June 2007, 09:03 PM   #2
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Hi Josh,
Thank you for posting the interesting link and comments on these Chinese weapons. There is not a great deal of data on these readily available and limited knowledge base in general on them, thus equally limited response.
It seems most I have ever learned about Chinese and Korean swords has been through Scott Rodell and Philip Tom and the material they have produced concerning them. The 'Seven Stars' catalogs are truly a goldmine of data!

I think you're right on target with thoughts on the reoccurrence of many weapons from much earlier times in the production of more recent forms. I know this is the case in many cultural spheres where proud traditions are revived inspirationally, as seen for example in India and in the Qajar weapons in Persia.

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