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Post by kk on Jan 30, 2020 15:10:04 GMT
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Post by pgandy on Jan 30, 2020 16:58:58 GMT
I always enjoy watching LK Chen preform. Judging from a previous video his strength is amazing. You are lucky to have him to demonstrate your swords.
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Post by kk on Jan 30, 2020 18:37:47 GMT
It is LK Chen's sword, all these swords are his creation. I am the translator far far away from a very safe distance ...
I will not go near that sword, not even with a 10 foot pole, make it 20, that Striking Eagle is almost 5 foot long.
All joking aside, LK Chen is a passionate person, he actually went to the Nan Yue Tomb to get an exact measurement of the sword,
and make sure the blade/handle proportion is correct (about 3:1). One cm off and the sword will handle differently.
The Striking Eagle is the first time, anyone care enough to reproduce the King's beloved sword. He buried with 10 swords, 5 on each
side of his body. And the longest sword is right next to him, and that today, is made the Striking Eagle in form and dimension.
The original sword have jade fittings, fit for a King and Striking Eagle is a step down using replica of same period bronze fitting as seen
at the end of the video.
Anthropologist measured the remain of Zhao Mo, the King and find that he was not a very tall person, about 5 foot 4 and for years since
the 1980, scholar have been debating why he make such a long sword ? Striking Eagle is up to the height of his shoulders.
There were 2 schools of thoughts.
1. This is a ceremonial sword and only a King can have sword this long.
2. Some scholar think the story behind the Striking Eagle was a bit sad. They study the recorded history and the geo-political scene of the time, an reconstruct a plausible story for the Striking Eagle.
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Post by kk on Jan 30, 2020 19:29:16 GMT
When Zhao Mo came to the throne, the kingdom was in a bit of transition crisis because the powerful old king have been in control and had lived to over 100 year old that the throne had to pass on to his grandson Zhao Mo because the old king out survived all of his sons. The neighbor state took this opportunity to immediately invade Nan Yue (Of course !) Zhao Mo choose not to fight but send an S.O.S message to the big brother, the Han Empire. Han Empire responded by sending a huge column of troops and the neighbor backed off without a fight. So without a drop of blood, the crisis was resolved. At least that was what Zhao Mo thought initially. In Han's time, as is today, there was no free lunch. Than came the Han general telling Zhao Mo that it would be very nice to thank the Han Emperor in person. And to have Zhao Mo paid him a visit in Chang An. All the minister know this was a trap and once Zhao Mo got to Chang An, he would be taken hostage, and Nan Yue state would be no more. Zhao Mo so told the Han general that he was not well and could not travel. Han general insisted (with the huge army camp outside the city) so Zhao Mo had no choice but to send his eldest teenage son as a "guest" to the Han Court. When his son left, Zhao Mo knew that this was the last he saw of him. With great sadness, Zhao Mo turned to sword collection (Why would anyone with all the money and power do that  ?) And forged a sword the height of a teenager. That sword, the scholars surmised, remind King Zhao of his son and when Zhao Mo died, this sword was laid next to his body. So this is a story some scholar speculated behind the longest ancient sword in China, which is brought back to life as the Striking Eagle by LK Chen. |
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Post by sirbruncvik88 on Feb 1, 2020 2:42:50 GMT
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