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Originally Posted by Mark Bowditch
Antonio, are those Taoist pole-arms in the background of the 4th photo?
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Yes and no Mark.
They are on display with (more or less) the following note, loaned by a local temple:
Weapons played such an important part in warfare, most of the time deciding life or death, that magical or religious elements were inscribed
or incorporated in the weapon. Later, the importance of weapons became so relevant, that a panoply of poles were crowned with taoist symbols, in a hybridation that brought forth the very importance of life and death in the battlefield.
This is in the small Educational Corner where very often I believe that the obvious must be reminded.