Longquan sword, also known as Longyuan sword, began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and has a history of more than 2,600 years. It is a famous sword in ancient China, clean and noble. The legend was cast by two swordsmen, Ou Yezi and Ganjiang. According to legend, Ou Yezi and his generals dug up the Tsz Mountain to cast this sword, and let out the stream in the mountain, leading it to the seven pools next to the sword casting furnace, which were called "Seven Stars".

After the sword is finished, looking down at the blade is like climbing a mountain and overlooking the abyss. It is ethereal and deep, as if there is a dragon lying there. It's called "Long Yuan". So this sword is called "Seven Stars Dragon Garden" or "Dragon Garden Sword" for short. In the Tang Dynasty, the word "Yuan" was changed to "Quan", which was referred to as "Seven-Star Longquan" or "Longquan Sword".

2. Ganjiang Mo Xie

Ganjiang, a native of the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, was the most famous blacksmith in Chu. His sword was very sharp. When the king of Chu knew it, he ordered the lieutenant to cast a sword for him. Later, he and his wife Mo Xie were ordered to cast two swords for the King of Chu, one as a general and the other as Mo Xie. Knowing that the king of Chu was grumpy, he entrusted his male sword to his wife and passed it on to his son before giving the female sword to the king of Chu. As a result, he was really killed by the king of Chu.

When the son became an adult, he successfully fulfilled his father's last wish, killed the king of Chu and avenged his father. This legend praised the swordsmen's superb skills, the spirit of writing swords and the heroic spirit of teenagers, and criticized the cruelty of the rulers.

3. Dragon crescent moon blade

Guan Yu, a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, used a heavy cavalry broadsword. According to historical research, the dragon crescent moon blade used by Guan Yu, a famous star of the Three Kingdoms mentioned in novels and legends, did not exist at that time. The real dragon crescent moon blade is a weapon that only appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Guan Yu's crescent knife, formerly known as "Moon Covering Knife", was first seen in Wu Jing's Collection of Instruments.

According to the schema, the body of the "moon-shielding knife" is wide and long, shaped like a half-chord moon, with a forked blade on the back, and the knife wears a hole, with a dragon-shaped spit at the joint between the body and the handle and a long rod at the end. ? . The curved knife and phoenix-billed knife in the eight-color knife are similar in shape to the moon-covered knife. Although there were subdivisions at that time, this kind of broadsword with long handle and back blade was basically called "crescent knife" in later generations.

As a heavy weapon, crescent knife is powerful, but it is not popular in the fighting battlefield because of its large size and high manufacturing cost. It is mostly used in martial arts, array methods and drills to show military power, or as a ceremonial weapon for court guards and halogen books. In the early Qing dynasty, it even became a prop for military exercises to assess arm strength.

4. Zhan Lujian

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous sword maker Ou Yezi cast one of the five famous swords. Zhan Lu, named after the King of Yue, should have a certain meaning. In ancient times, the word "Zhan" was clear, bright, heavy, joyful and profound. The word "Lu" means pure black, pupil, hound and the greatest victory.

Ou Yezi, a sword-maker, was born in Ningbo, and was a Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. He is a famous sword maker in history, the father-in-law of another famous sword maker and the father of Mo Xie.

5. Fishbone Sword

An ancient famous sword, Zhuan Xu stabbed a dagger into the belly of a fish to assassinate Wu Wangliao, so it was called the fish intestine sword, which was the sword of the brave. This allusion comes from Historical Records Biography of Assassins, and it has also been mentioned in books of past dynasties. "Biography of wuyue's Ambassador Liao Wangchuan in the Spring and Autumn Period" asked Zhuan Xu to stir-fry fish with a fishbowl sword. "This means that a small dagger can be hidden in the belly of a fish.

Fishbone Sword, also known as Fishbone Sword, is said to have been cast by Ou Yezi, a sword-casting master, for the King of Yue. He used tin from the purple mountain. If the copper in Yuexi is struck by lightning, it will be the essence of heaven and earth. Made five swords, namely Zhan Lu, Tsunku, Xie Sheng, Fish Intestine and Jueque. Xue Zhu, who is good at fencing, was invited to visit his fortune-teller. Xue Zhu's fencing skills are like channeling, and he feels the information contained in the fencing.

So he replied: "fishbone sword" violates the principle and cannot be obeyed. I will kill the king, and the son of the king will kill my father. "This sword is against reason and order, and it is used to kill your father. Later, the State of Yue presented a treasure to the State of Wu, so the sword was transferred from the State of Yue to the State of Wu. According to legend, He Lv, the prince of Wu, that is, Gongziguang, once got three of these five swords, namely, Eliminating Evil (Pan Ying), Fish Intestine and Zhan Lu.

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