From 4600 to 3300 years ago, the word "Yi" similar to the human back bow has been found in the inscriptions of Dongyi bones in Longshan culture period, and "from big to bow" has the original basis.
Before the establishment of Qi in BC 1045, there was a Dongyi tribe living here. According to experts' research, bows and arrows appeared in China about 28,000 years ago, making it the first country in the world to invent bows and arrows.
At that time, fishing and hunting tribes gradually improved their hunting equipment in the process of long-term hunting. They first fought wild animals with their bare hands, and later learned to throw stones and clods. The earliest arrow was very simple, probably originated from javelin. Later, ancestors simplified them into arrows and used them with bows to form a set. ? Use a tree stick or bamboo pole, cut it into an arrow shaft with a certain length, and sharpen one end to make an arrow.
The real origin of the arrow should be the stone age of primitive society. People grind stone pieces, bones or shells into sharp shapes and install them at one end of the shaft to make arrows with stone arrows, bone arrows or shell arrows, which is a big step forward compared with arrows cut with wooden sticks and bamboo poles. Later, the slingshot was invented by using the elasticity of branches, and finally the bow was invented.
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In modern times, with the appearance and use of firearms, cold weapons such as bows and arrows gradually withdrew from the war stage. However, bow and arrow hunting was once favored by royal families all over the world for a period of time in the upper class because of its fitness function, competitiveness and entertainment.
With the progress of human history and civilization, archery has gradually become popular and civilian, and developed into a sport for people's entertainment and leisure in modern social life.
Modern archery began in England. Since 1673, the Fang Scotton Silver Arrow Competition held in Yorkshire, England has continued to this day. ? Archery was listed as an Olympic performance in 1900 and 1904, and as an Olympic competition in 1908.
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