Chinese Jian sword

yuanzhumin · 24th January 2012, 05:25 PM

Kukulza,

I'm in Taichung now where I spend the Chinese New Year with my inlaws.

I wish you and all the members of this forum a happy chinese year of the dragon!

In Taiwanese, the 2 traditional wishes are:

’Kiung hi!’ (translation : in mandarin, ‘Gong qi !)’ May you be successful!

and ‘Tchiok li gei gong ! (in mandarin : ‘Zhu ni jiankang !’ - wish you a good health).

Warm regards,

yuanzhumin

ThePepperSkull · 24th January 2012, 08:09 PM

Gorgeous Jian, Bill!

It's 31 inches overall, how long is just the blade?

Who did the fittings and scabbard/hilt? you mentioned they are recent. They look fantastic!

koto · 25th January 2012, 07:28 AM

both jians excellent forged

BluErf · 26th January 2012, 10:19 PM

I haven't been to this part of the forum for years. Was surprised to see this thread up here. Fate eh? ;p

Try Google translate - copy and past the 2 words into the box and click on the speaker icon for the pronunciation in mandarin.

http://translate.google.com.tw/#zh-CN|zh-TW|

KuKulzA28 · 27th January 2012, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yuanzhumin

Kukulza,

I'm in Taichung now where I spend the Chinese New Year with my inlaws.

I wish you and all the members of this forum a happy chinese year of the dragon!

In Taiwanese, the 2 traditional wishes are:

’Kiung hi!’ (translation : in mandarin, ‘Gong qi !)’ May you be successful!

and ‘Tchiok li gei gong ! (in mandarin : ‘Zhu ni jiankang !’ - wish you a good health).

Warm regards,

yuanzhumin

Thanks yuanzhumin... ah I wish I could have be in Taiwan with my relatives during the New Years...

David R · 18th March 2012, 10:27 PM

Re these heavy jian, I have seen them referred to as Village Jian. Made for and used by the village militias, who being peasant farmers for the most part had no problem with the weight of their weapons. Simply forged, but good san mei blades. There is quite a thread about them on "Great River".

nalan1978 · 19th March 2012, 06:17 AM

龙泉剑(longquanjian)

19th century

睚眦（yazi）Son of the dragon

24th January 2012, 05:25 PM	#1
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Happy Chinese year of the Dragon (Kiung hi, kiung hi!) Kukulza, I'm in Taichung now where I spend the Chinese New Year with my inlaws. I wish you and all the members of this forum a happy chinese year of the dragon! In Taiwanese, the 2 traditional wishes are: ’Kiung hi!’ (translation : in mandarin, ‘Gong qi !)’ May you be successful! and ‘Tchiok li gei gong ! (in mandarin : ‘Zhu ni jiankang !’ - wish you a good health). Warm regards, yuanzhumin

24th January 2012, 08:09 PM	#2
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	Gorgeous Jian, Bill! It's 31 inches overall, how long is just the blade? Who did the fittings and scabbard/hilt? you mentioned they are recent. They look fantastic!

25th January 2012, 07:28 AM	#3
koto Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 27	both jians excellent forged

26th January 2012, 10:19 PM	#4
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	I haven't been to this part of the forum for years. Was surprised to see this thread up here. Fate eh? ;p Try Google translate - copy and past the 2 words into the box and click on the speaker icon for the pronunciation in mandarin. http://translate.google.com.tw/#zh-CN\|zh-TW\|

18th March 2012, 10:27 PM	#6
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,120	Re these heavy jian, I have seen them referred to as Village Jian. Made for and used by the village militias, who being peasant farmers for the most part had no problem with the weight of their weapons. Simply forged, but good san mei blades. There is quite a thread about them on "Great River".

19th March 2012, 06:17 AM	#7
nalan1978 Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 19	龙泉剑(longquanjian) 19th century 睚眦（yazi）Son of the dragon