When did the "eighteen weapons" begin to appear? According to ancient records in China, knives, guns, bows and arrows were all made by the Yellow Emperor. The "Twenty-eight Weapons" were created by military strategists Sun Bin and Wuqi during the Warring States Period. In fact, these weapons appeared much longer than Huangdi, Sun Bin and Wuqi. At least in the Middle Stone Age, our ancestors began to know how to make and use primitive weapons such as wooden sticks, stone knives and axes for self-defense and hunting. Arrows made of stones, animal bones and mussels have also been found in 20 Neolithic cultural sites all over China. Bronze casting knives, guns, cymbals and other weapons were used in Shang Dynasty. During the Warring States period, I knew that iron was used to cast weapons. In the Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the Warring States period, people's livelihood had to use iron to cast weapons. In the Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties, due to the further development of metallurgy in southern China, steel was widely used to cast knives, guns and swords, and various important weapons began to increase. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, bronze weapons were replaced by steel. By the Ming dynasty, the "eighteen weapons" had basically been completely finalized. The word "eighteen weapons" is not found in ancient books. Wuza originated in Ming Dynasty, and Jianji was won by Chu people in Qing Dynasty. Both books have only eighteen martial arts. Obviously, the word "eighteen weapons" was created by later generations. What weapons does "eighteen weapons" refer to? Due to the differences of times, regions and schools, the interpretation of "eighteen weapons" is not the same. To sum it up. There are more than ten different sayings in ancient and modern times. According to Five Miscellaneous Notes and Sword Notes, the "ten weapons" are bows, crossbows, guns, knives, swords, spears, shields, axes, cymbals, halberds, yellow, mallets, dragoons (sticks), forks, rakes and heads. Later people called it "Little Eighteen." Hanwu was founded in the fourth year of Yuanfeng (BC 107). After strict selection and sorting, 18 weapons were selected: spear, boring, knife, spear, whip, mace, sword, hammer, grab, halberd, bow, cymbal, axe and so on. Sticks, guns and forks. During the Three Kingdoms period, Lv Qian, a famous weapon appraiser, rearranged the "eighteen weapons" ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty into nine long weapons and nine short weapons according to their characteristics. Nine lengths: knife, spear, halberd, spear, boring, shovel, stick, gun and fork; Nine short: axe, walking, card, arrow, whip, sword, mace, hammer and grab. Today, the general explanation of "eighteen weapons" in martial arts circles is knife, gun, sword, halberd, axe, cymbal, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, grab, boring, stick, crutch and meteor. From the above, the weapons listed in the Eighteen Martial Arts are similar, but they are very rich in form and content. There are Changle instruments and short instruments. Soft musical instrument, double musical instrument; There are hooks, barbs, sharp points, knives, bright and dark; Offensive and defensive; There are hits, kills, hits, throws and blocks. It can be seen that the weapons listed in the Eighteen Martial Arts are all weapons of ancient masters (about 400 kinds), which are the most commonly used in actual combat.
Ji is a musical instrument, which began in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It evolved from ancient weapons. Ji has the saying of "a dragon", that is, the dragon head, the dragon mouth, the dragon body, the dragon four claws and the dragon tail. Its head can be saved, its mouth can be sharp, its body can lean against it, its claws can be grasped and its tail can be wagged. There are the following formulas: explore the dragon's claws, the black dragon enters the hole, the lazy dragon turns over, and the oolong wags its tail. Ji can be divided into immediate Ji and retreat Ji. Hold it in both hands, or you can hold a pole in one hand and an iron beam in the crescent moon in the other. The halberd pole is longer than the broadsword and can dance flowers. As the saying goes, "the sword has no head, and the halberd has no flowers." The halberd handle can be used by changing from left to right, and it looks like a poke stick. Therefore, there are many differences between different schools of halberds, and the six-way halberd method is the best. The basic usage of halberd is to stick, lean, split, cut, hook, hold and lift. Dragon halberd (single crescent, painted with a dragon on the pole, decorated with red paint, and hung with colorful cymbals called leopard tail.