Traditional Chinese & Manchu Archery Equipment
Manchu & Ming Style Bows
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Qianlong Manchu Hunting Bow
Strung Bow Length: 59 1/2″ (151 cm.) Brace Height: 7″ (18 cm.) Ear Length: 9 ” (23 cm.) Each bow is individually hand made so lengths & draws weights may vary slightly. Our List Price: $329.99
Our traditional Manchu Hunting bow is styled after one the Qianlong Emperor’s favorite hunting bows. The emperor commission many paintings of himself with this bow. As with our Qing Contest bow, The Qianlong Manchu Hunting bow is covered birch bark but in an alternating pattern of three different colors. Just as with other Manchu Bows we sell, this bow follows the same pattern as those bows that became the standard traditional Qing Chinese bow. Like many other Asian bows, Manchu bows are recurved. Qing era Manchu bows differ from earlier recurve bows in a number of important ways. The first, most obvious way is that the Manchu bow is the largest bow in the family of Asian recurves. Manchu bows also have longer “ears” or siyah and string bridges. These design features were suited to the Manchu style of archery which employed a heavier, longer arrow than early archery styles. The longer ears allowed for the Manchu use of longer arrows while also acting as levers that enabled the archer to pull a heavier draw bow
1 Qianlong Hunting Bow with a draw weight between 35 & 39#
1 Qianlong Hunting Bow with a draw weight between 40 & 44#
1 Qianlong Hunting Bow with a draw weight between 45 & 49#
Qing Conquest Bow
Strung Bow Length: 59 1/2″ (151 cm.) Brace Height: 7″ (18 cm.) Ear Length: 9 ” (23 cm.) Each bow is individually hand made so lengths & draws weights may vary slightly. Our List Price: $319.99 Styled after the traditional Manchu, birch bark covered bows carried during the Qing conquest of China, these bows look and shoot like the bows Manchurian mounted archers welded. They follow the same pattern as those bows that became the standard traditional Chinese bow during the Qing dynasty. Like many other Asian bows, Manchu bows are recurved. Qing era Manchu bows differ from earlier recurve bows in a number of important ways. The first, most obvious way is that the Manchu bow is the largest bow in the family of Asian recurves. Manchu bows also have longer “ears” or siyhas and string bridges. These design features were suited to the Manchu style of archery which employed a heavier, longer arrow than early archery styles. The longer ears allowed for the Manchu use of longer arrows while also acting as levers that enabled the archer to pull a heavier draw bow. Covered in real birch bark and hand painted, Seven Star’s Qing Conquest Bow is a faithful recreation of the early Manchu style bow. Seven Stars is the exclusive US and European dealer for these bows. 1 Qing Conquest Bow with a draw weight between 25 & 29#
1 Qing Conquest Bow with a draw weight between 30 & 35#
1 Qing Conquest Bow with a draw weight between 36 & 40#
1 Qing Conquest Bow with a draw weight between 41 & 50#
Ming Chinese Bow
Strung Bow Length: 55″ (140 cm.) Brace Height: 7″ (18 cm.) Ear Length: 8 1/2″ (21 cm.) Each bow is individually hand made so lengths & draws weights may vary slightly. Our List Price: $309.99
Traditional Manchu “Shou” Quiver with Archery Belt
Copied from an antique Qing dynasty Manchu quiver, our quiver is made from hand tooled leather. Decorated with a large “Shou” (Long Life) character, it features brass fittings, including reinforcements cast just for this project. Each quiver includes a felt insert that holds the arrows securely in place. The matching leather belts have traditional Chinese belt hooks and come in three sizes with loops at- 36″ and 39″ (91 and 99 cm.) ; at 38″ and 41″ (97 and 104 cm.) and at 40″ & 43″ (102 and 109 cm.). Sold separately or as a set. All handmade in Canada with fittings cast in China.
Korean Royal Quiver
Crafted from hand tooled leather with two main pouches for arrows, with front of both decorated with a royal patterns of the early Chosun Dynasty. This Lotus pattern was found on Korean King Lee Seong Gye’s bow holster. King Lee was the first king of Chosun dynasty. The single wide suspension loop has been designed to fit any standard belt while holding the quiver securely in place. Handmade in Korea.
Korean Royal Quiver $249
Custom Made Traditional Arrows Made to Order
1 Dozen Bamboo Shafted Arrows, with Bone Nocks, with 5.5″ Magnum feathers, painted shafts, $320
(Please indicate your choice of feather and serving color and arrow length when ordering). Watch for wood shafted arrows up to 39″ (100 cm) long and other traditional Chinese archery equipment from Seven Stars in the near future…
Wooden Whistle Arrowheads
Small Whistle Arrowhead Length: 2″ (5 cm.) Large Whistle Arrowhead Length: 2 1/2″ (6 cm.) Our List Price: Single Head, small or large- $30, Pair of Heads- $49 Hand Made in Tibet. Available in small and large sizes, separately, in pairs or mounted on our custom made arrows. 1 Small Whistle Arrowhead, $30
1 Large Whistle Arrowhead, $30
1 Pair of Whistle Arrowheads, $49
1 Pair of Whistle Arrowhead Arrows, Self Nocked, with 5″ feathers, $81
1 Pair of Whistle Arrowhead Arrows, Self Nocked, with 5.5″ Magnum feathers, $87
1 Pair of Whistle Arrowhead Arrows, with Bone Nocks, with 5″ feathers, $85
1 Pair of Whistle Arrowhead Arrows, with Bone Nocks, with 5.5″ Magnum feathers, $92
(Please indicate your choice of feather color and arrow length when ordering).
Manchu Thumb Rings
Horn Thumb Rings
Hand Made in Korea from Natural Buffalo Horn Our List Price: $31.99 Our horn archer’s thumb rings are made in the Ming Chinese style and perfectly suited to use with modern bow strings, which are thinner than Qing or Ming period strings. Available in sizes 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. Please note size when ordering. 1 Horn Thumb Ring with cloth carry bag (colors vary)
For more information about Qing Dynasty Manchu Archery, please see:
Click Here for Great River Taoist Center’s Manchu Archery Page
Click Here for facebook.com/groups/ManchuArchery/
