UNIT: Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) Imperial Guard: 唐仪卫

April 11, 2024

UNIT: Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) Imperial Guard: 唐仪卫

Music: Zide Guqin Studio

Reenactors: 洪玮 Hong Wei (Formerly 柿子菌)

Tang imperial guard. He is equipped with a Tang style infantry longbow (unstrung) strapped in a case on his waist. His arrows are secured in a tubular arrow case called húlù 胡禄. For melee he carries a straight one-edged slashing blade, he also carries a bannered lance. His riding overcoat has a hood on top which could be furled over his head in adverse weather.

【Reference】Based on Tang Dynasty in Princess Changle's tomb (621-643 AD) at Lingguang village, Liquan County, Shanxi.

Armor beneath the riding coat: Zhao Mausoleum 昭陵- Taizong's tomb complex in Shaanxi China, Taizong commissioned six of his favorite war steeds there and one of the reliefs depicted one of Taizong's favorite war horses being attended by an armored warrior

Laminated longbow that were used during the Northern dynasties *(Above) and the Tang. Such bows were frequently depicted in Northern Qi hunting scenes and reported in Tang records. The earliest longbows in China dates to the Warring States period and were made of bamboo or mulberry and were valued for their stability. Tang murals also depicted mounted Tang hunters with such long quivers strapped to the sides of their steeds.