The Length of Guan Yu's Weapon Qinglong Crescent Moon Blade in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Guan Yu and Qinglong crescent moon blade are two inseparable nouns. Guan Yu made the dragon crescent moon blade famous all over the world, and the dragon crescent moon blade accompanied Guan Yu all his life. In all the temples in the country, Guan Yu always has a dragon crescent moon blade beside him.

After three vows in Taoyuan, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei vowed to fight for the restoration of the Han Dynasty. So they each made a weapon. Liu Bei is a double-edged sword, Zhang Fei is a snake spear, and Guan Yu's is a dragon crescent moon blade. The three brothers, with three peerless magic soldiers, started fighting on the battlefield. Cheng Zhiyuan, the general of the Yellow Scarf Army, was the first person to see the power of the Dragon Crescent Moon Blade. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the author did not pay much attention to the battle between Guan Yu and Cheng Zhiyuan, perhaps because Cheng Zhiyuan was too light in order of magnitude compared with Guan Yu's other rivals. Guan Yu's sword fell, so he cut Cheng Zhiyuan in half.

Next, in order to set off the power of the dragon crescent moon blade, Luo Guanzhong wrote a masterpiece. First of all, Hua Xiong, one of Dong Zhuo's most powerful generals, was the 18th Route Warlord of Lien Chan. Finally, Guan Yu volunteered to participate in the war. Before Guan Yu went to war, Cao Cao took a glass of wine to see him off. Guan Yu said, don't worry, wait until I come back to drink this wine. When Guan Yu came back, this glass of wine was still hot. So Guan Yu cut off Hua Xiong's head and didn't spend much more money than Cheng Zhiyuan.

Then, Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou fought Cao Cao in Guandu. Many parts of Cao Cao were killed by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and finally Sir Guan Zhong had to kill them all easily with a dragon crescent moon blade. After Guan Yu's five passes, six generals were beheaded, almost all of whom fell with knives and axes.

After Guan Yu's death, his dragon crescent moon blade was taken away by Wu Dong's general Pan Zhang. But without its owner, it is impossible to exert its due strength. Pan Zhang was killed by Guan Xing in the war with Guan Xing. Since then, Guan Yu and Qinglong crescent moon blade have been regarded as symbols by later generations.

How long is the dragon crescent moon blade?

Now, Guan Yu's peerless dragon crescent moon blade is one of the most famous weapons in the novel. It is as famous as Lu Bu's Tian Fang painted halberd and Zhang Fei's Zhangba snake spear, which is unique in the world. So how long is the dragon crescent moon blade?

According to the novel, the dragon crescent moon blade weighs 82 Jin and is nine feet five inches long. Of course, the unit of length measurement in each era is also different. In the early Han Dynasty, the length of one foot was about 2 1.35cm, and in the late Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang changed the length of one foot to about 23.6cm, so the Qinglong crescent moon blade was nine feet five inches, that is, 23.6X9.5=224.2, which was about two meters. China was one foot shorter in ancient times than it is now. So people who were seven or eight feet tall were everywhere at that time. In fact, in the current unit of length measurement, it is 1.89 meters.

However, since Luo Guanzhong lived in the Ming Dynasty, it is also possible that the author used the length unit of the Ming Dynasty when writing this novel. After all, in that era, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was not a historical work in a strict sense, but appeared in the streets as a common form of storytelling. So if measured by the length of the Ming Dynasty, the one-foot contract at that time is now 365,438+0.65,438+0 cm, that is, nine feet and five inches is about 395.5 cm, which is close to three meters.

However, you know, it is difficult to show a three-meter-long weapon on the battlefield. According to the novel, Guan Yu is nine feet tall. According to later generations' views on the statue of Guan Yu, the dragon crescent moon blade in his hand is more than five inches taller than his people. According to a man who is about two meters tall, it is too long to use a three-meter weapon, and two meters is a bit short. Therefore, it is most appropriate to take 2.5 meters from the middle.

Qinglong crescent moon blade picture

This is a picture of a dragon crescent moon blade. There is a dragon crescent moon blade on the handle, and the design of the blade body is behind it. The object is made according to the design drawing on the back, and the blade has dragon pattern.

The picture comes from the internet.

According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the dragon crescent moon blade is a weapon used by Wu Yu, also known as the "cold-eyed saw". It is nine feet five inches long and weighs eighty-two pounds. Guan Yu crossed the battlefield with a dragon crescent moon blade. He was all-powerful and admired by future generations. But novels are novels after all. Guan Yu in real history did not use the dragon crescent moon blade. Because there is no forged crescent knife in the history of weapons in the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms periods in China, the Qinglong crescent knife in the picture is copied by later generations.

Qinglong crescent moon knife is a kind of crescent moon knife. Because its blade is painted with dragon pattern, it is called Qinglong crescent moon blade. This knife was actually created by Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on the crescent blade. Because the crescent blade is relatively heavy, it is not suitable for display on the battlefield. Generally, it is used as a link between physical strength and arm strength, and also generally appears in plays. So the crescent knife in the picture is actually the legendary dragon crescent knife.

This photo of the dragon crescent moon blade has a good angle, and it seems that the photographer intentionally highlights the blade. However, judging from the blade, this knife should be just forged, because the blade surface still looks very new, unlike ancient things. It can be inferred that the owner of this knife should come from a martial arts family or Liyuan team. The design of Qinglong crescent moon blade in the picture has been improved by later generations, and its sleeve shape is like a dragon swallowing the moon, which further increases its aesthetic level.