PDLP Chapter 132 Giant Bow and Arrow Shooting Surface
Chapter 132 Giant Bow and Arrow Shooting Surface
Chen Tuo passed the trivial questions to Xiao Kai, and Su Dao also brought over the roe deer skin bag containing the Soren Bow.
"Chen, there will be an archery competition next. Can you fill in for us?"
For hunters like Su Dao and Bai Long, it was neither their business nor their helplessness to see how Chen Tuo modified his hunting knife, hunting clothes, and hunting boots.
Do hunters and mountain dwellers live in the mountains for freedom?
That's pure nonsense!
It's all for the sake of making a living!
Only when people have enough to eat and wear can there be a legacy to be passed down!
Why did the hunters choose to settle in Hulunbuir?
That's because hunters and mountain dwellers find it difficult to immediately integrate into the production and life at the foot of the mountain.
It will take one or two generations to integrate. At that time, will they still be hunters or mountain dwellers?
The facts are right there in Nantun, Ejin Horo Banner.
The first generation of hunters who came down from the mountains could only adapt to the nomadic life on the grasslands.
Looking at the second-generation hunters in Nantun, they are not much different from Mongolian herders in terms of lifestyle and language.
The Evenki are neither Manchu nor Mongolian; they are the Evenki of the mountains, the Evenki who herd reindeer and horses roam freely in the forests.
In the various hunting settlements and communities in the mountains, there are very few universally recognized traditional artifacts. The roe deer horn hat is one, and the Solon bow should be the second.
There are very few people who truly know how to wear traditional clothing and inherit patterns.
Moreover, the living conditions in the mountains are not suitable for all hunters to wear traditional clothing.
The roe deer and deer skin coats worn by the hunters today are not the kind that Su Dao saw when he was a child.
The traditional clothing preserved in various hunting settlements and communities, as well as in the Ewenki Banner, Ewenki Town, and Ewenki Township at the foot of the mountain, may not necessarily be of the Evenki origin.
Many of them are based on Manchu and Mongolian clothing, or are simply Manchu and Mongolian clothing.
However, the roe deer horn hat and the Solon bow are unique heirlooms passed down among the hunters.
Solon bows, made of pear wood and ironwood, were hunting tools for hunters.
During the Qing Dynasty, mountain tribes would make birch bows as tribute every year.
The craftsmanship of birch bow making is the same as that of Solon bow making.
This is different from both Qing and Mongolian bows, and is indeed unique to the three Solon tribes.
However, the people in the various hunting settlements and settlements no longer use the Solon bows that have truly been passed down.
When they actually needed to use it, another problem arose: they couldn't draw the bow!
It's not that a Sauron bow that can be drawn can't be made, but rather that even if it were made, it could only be used as a toy for children.
For the Evenki hunters, playing with these kinds of children's toys in the mountains of Northeast China is not out of the question.
But that won't work on the grasslands!
Because of the complete tradition on the grasslands, people know what kind of bow is the real Solon bow.
It can be said that the relatively complete inheritance on the grassland is the reason why Su Dao was so secretive.
Every year when people come to the winter pastures of Nantun, Sudao and Morigen are ridiculed by the herders on the grasslands, simply because they do not have a complete tradition.
However, the grasslands have a nearly complete tradition that runs from beginning to end.
The hunting and fishing that the hunters are so proud of are just a form of entertainment in the eyes of the herders.
You can't beat them on horseback, you can't beat them in archery, and you might not even beat them in shooting. But when it comes to hunting on horseback, it's still the same.
Faced with the crushing force from the grasslands, Su Dao's greatest desire was to finally stand tall and vent his anger.
Unfortunately, he had neither the skills to boast about nor the good young men to keep these herders in check.
That day, Chen Tuo fired the Solon Bow on the North Mountain, and Su Dao had been preparing ever since.
The hunter settlements only had bows, but no arrows.
Moreover, Chen Tuo was not skilled in archery. After much thought, Su Dao decided to have him use pure strength to suppress the herders in the winter pasture and regain some confidence.
The fact that things might not be able to be accomplished is also the reason why Su Dao has been so secretive all along.
"Okay, definitely! But I can't guarantee we'll win..."
Chen Tuo could roughly guess what Su Dao was thinking; it was related to the hunters' heritage, and he didn't mind contributing.
He doesn't know how to use a bow and arrow. Although he has practiced recently, he only practiced drawing the bow slowly and releasing it, and has never actually shot an arrow.
"Chen Zhiqing, we don't need to guarantee a win. Just letting most people experience how strong our Solon bow is is enough!"
Since he himself couldn't draw the Soren bow, Sudo believed that few of the herders on the winter pastures could either.
The shaman Najiu of the Dobkur settlement also said that even in the three tribes of Solon, this kind of large bow was prepared for hunting bears.
"I understand now! Tianpeng, let's go in a bit!"
Upon learning that it wasn't an archery contest but a test of strength, Chen Tuo had a better understanding of the situation.
One more time, and Chen Tuo's physical abilities became ridiculously strong.
I'm just not sure if it's because I ate some old ginseng.
Zhang Taibao could lift a 200-pound box of books, but Chen Tuo could lift it even more easily.
Although they had never actually competed, Chen Tuo had his own ranking in his mind.
He's stronger than Guan Tianpeng, Guan Tianpeng is stronger than Zhang Taibao, so the remaining few should be Guan Dunzi.
Xiao Kai was a complete waste of his strength, and Wu Laowai's strength was also average.
The herders, having finished their transaction, were stacking straw targets not far away.
Chen Tuo didn't follow Su Dao's directions to join the fun. Instead, he had Zhang Taibao bring over a bag of beet pulp to use as a chair for stringing a bow.
On the northern mountain, Su Dao taught him two methods of waxing the moon: looking back at the moon and embracing the moon in one's arms.
The "embracing the moon" method is also the same method that herders are currently using to wind up the moon.
Compared to the "embracing the moon" posture, the "looking back at the moon" posture, which utilizes the strength of the waist and hips, is more suitable for stringing the Solon bow, which is as heavy as a carrying pole.
As soon as Chen Tuo sat down, he used the "Embracing the Moon in My Arms" technique, which immediately attracted the attention of the herdsmen.
Horseback archery is not only a form of entertainment on the grasslands, but also a cultural tradition passed down by the herders.
When it comes to the origins of traditional bows and arrows, only the traditions passed down on the grasslands are still barely being maintained.
"Su Dao, you old calf, still so stubborn. Your hunting bows are generally over fifteen strength; who can handle them?"
Su Dao's carrying pole bow is also a frequent visitor to the winter pastures.
Just as Chen Tuo had finished attaching the deerskin string to one side of the bow tip, a large, fat old man walked up to him.
"Uncle Qinggele, I've said it before, there will always be someone who can use the hunting bows we've passed down..."
The fat old man in front of him, whom Su Dao called "Uncle Qinggele," was a herdsman wearing a short-sleeved vest.
Wearing a short-sleeved mandarin jacket with a blue silk cover and sheepskin lining over a Mongolian robe, and tightened with a military belt at the waist, it looks exceptionally dashing.
"What use is it? Your big wooden bow can only compare to a ten-strength horn bow at close range. At a slightly longer distance, it's not even as good as a seven- or eight-strength horn bow."
The portly old herdsman, Qinggeler, was clearly a discerning and knowledgeable person.
This succinctly reveals the energy efficiency difference between the Sauron bow and the horn bow.
To achieve the power of a sinewy bow, the original single-piece wooden bow could only be lengthened and thickened.
However, this enhancement is only effective within a certain distance range.
Exceeding its effective range, the Solon bow in Chen Tuo's hands was even less effective than a child's horn bow.
On the grasslands, both the sinewy bow and the Mongolian robe are more practical and exquisite compared to the wooden bow and leather robe found in the mountains.
But this is not the reason why the Evenki hunters abandoned the Solon bow.
Su Daobei Qinggele was speechless. Chen Tuo, who was preparing to dedicate himself to the inheritance of the hunters' tradition, obviously could not agree with the old herdsman's statement.
"Uncle Qinggele, the Solon Bow is ultimately a legacy of the three Solon tribes. Even if no one uses it, the manufacturing process should still be preserved..."