The subreddit for all things related to Modded Minecraft for Minecraft Java Edition Spontaneity and confront the controlled artistic tradition and socialįor critical reviews of the artist’s work.Join our Discord Server! r/FeedTheBeast r/FeedTheBeastServers Welcome to /r/FeedTheBeast! About In a variety of media, Cai began using gunpowder in his work to foster 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist and curatorĪnd, most recently, Director of Visual and SpecialĮffects for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games Illustrations throughout, with questions for discussion.Īrtist Exploring Use of Gunpowder and ExplosivesĬai Guo-Qiang (b. A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization: Military Technology ĭiscusses siegecraft, crossbows and armor, spears, clubs, and swords, catapults, warships, and gunpowder and firearms.But the Mongols, like the Khitans and Jurchens before them ( who conquered the first, or northern, Song dynasty capital in Kaifeng), wereĮqually ready to adopt new and better military technology, often by capturing Song efforts toĬontinually improve their weapons were one reason they were able to holdĭecades. The Chinese and the Mongol forces in the 13th century. Weapons involving gunpowder were extensively used by both
Another use was “fire-spurting lances,” which were a kind of flame-thrower using bamboo or metal tubes for their barrels. Small packages of gunpowder wrapped in paper or bamboo were attached to arrows and lit with a fuse.īombs of gunpowder mixed with scrap iron would be launched with catapults. Gunpowder was first use in warfare as an incendiary, or fire-producing, compound. The Wujing zongyao (“Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques”), a military manual from 1044 CE, records the first true gunpowder formula and describes how to produce it on a large scale. Warfare, leading to the development of early types of rockets, cannons, bombs, and mines.
Song military engineers found gunpowder to be helpful in siege Illustrations of whip-arrows (L) and raised “flower” and ball bombs(R),įrom Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du, Wujing zongyao, late Ming (Wanli Period) edition, in Zhongguo bingshu jicheng, Volume 3 to 5, edited by the Zhongguo bingshu jicheng Editing Committee (Beijing and Shenyang: Jiefangjun chubanshe and Liaoshen shushe, 1988), 12:56 (p.633).įrom A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization,
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