The sword has a history of thousands of years in China. The world respects it as the "ancestor of all weapons", and it is well deserved. Swords have become the objects sought after by countless people who practice martial arts and love martial arts because of their lightness to carry, brilliance in wearing, and quickness in use. But who invented the sword is still an unsolved mystery. Many experts have selected the top ten famous swords in ancient China based on the value of ancient swords. However, the records of the top ten famous swords are mostly found in ancient books or ancient legends. Some of them do exist, but some are just the products of legends or literary renderings. The four famous swords that I will introduce today actually existed in Chinese history.
1. Goujian Sword of King Goujian of Yue
This sword was made by Ou Yezi, a famous swordsmith, requested by King Goujian of Yue. In December 1965, archaeologists unearthed more than 600 artifacts from a Chu State tomb in Jiangling, Hubei Province, including this bronze sword. Archaeologists present recalled that a mining team member inadvertently cut his finger while holding a sword, causing bleeding. Someone tried his edge again, and with a little force, he cut through the 16 layers of white paper. This sword is cold and extremely sharp. After more than 2,400 years, the decoration is still clear and exquisite. In addition, "things are named after people", which has high historical and cultural value. Therefore, this sword is praised by people of the world as "the best sword in the world". , can be called our country’s national treasure. This sword is now collected in the Hubei Provincial Museum.
2. Qin King Sword
This sword is actually just a Qin sword unearthed from the No. 2 pit of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. It is not known whether it is the sword worn by Qin Shihuang. But because it was bent by a high-level military official in the Terracotta Warriors for more than 2,000 years, it straightened itself after being unearthed, and the blade was still sharp and not rusty. This strange scene shocked people at home and abroad. According to testing, this sword was made using chromium salt oxidation technology, which was invented by the United States and Germany in the 20th century. It is hard to imagine how the Qin Dynasty did it more than two thousand years ago. This sword is now collected in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum.
3. The Nine-Dragon Sword
The Nine-Dragon Sword is the burial sword of Emperor Qianlong. In Chinese history, the largest antique player and collector was none other than Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. During his reign, he widely collected famous paintings, ancient manuscripts, and rare antiques. After his death, these rare treasures were buried with him in the underground palace of Yuling. The Nine Dragon Sword was one of the buried treasures. It was not until the warlord Sun Dianying robbed the tombs of Cixi and Qianlong that the Nine Dragons Sword reappeared. However, Sun Dianying gave the sword to Dai Li of the Kuomintang in order to get rid of the public pressure of tomb robbery. And this was also the last time the sword was fully presented in people's eyes, because on March 17, 1946, when Dai Li was flying to Nanjing with the Nine Dragon Sword, the plane crashed directly into a mountain, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone, and the fire burned several people. Hours later, by the time the Nine Dragons Sword was found, there was only a pile of scrap iron fragments left.
4. Zhanlu Sword
This sword was also made by the swordsmith Ou Yezi. According to legend, the first person to obtain the Zhanlu Sword was King Zhao, but the person who owned the Zhanlu Sword There is more than just King Zhao. Later, the Zhanlu Sword was passed down several times. It is said that it was obtained by Xue Rengui in the Tang Dynasty, and later passed to the hands of Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the twelfth year of Shaoxing (1142), after Yue Fei and his son were killed, the whereabouts of the Zhanlu Sword were unknown. Although some of the above four famous swords are in tatters and some are missing, they still have left a heavy mark in the history of China's sword culture for thousands of years.