Origin of scabbards

PUFF · 19th November 2007, 11:18 AM

Hi yuanzhumin, Many thanks for the links. I will visit The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan aborigines this weekend. I have to come back here around x'mas. So I can attend the special exhibition at the archeological museum too.

By the way, does traditional chinese weaponary house at Rau He night market (near songshan station) worth for visit?

yuanzhumin · 19th November 2007, 01:42 PM

Hi PUFF
Wow, I have not been back to this night market for at least ten years, despite the fact I'm not living that far away from it. I have been more often in the Tunghua Street Night market and the biggest one, in Shilin. If I don't remember seeing any chinese weaponry shop at the Rao He market, this reminds me about the deep fried crab and the oyster omelet you can taste there.
By the way, I published in a post last year a link to an article about a knife maker whose shop is in the Shilin night market. So if you have the time !
Enjoy your stay in Taipei
Yuanzhumin

PUFF · 19th November 2007, 02:28 PM

I got information about the RaoHe weaponary house from...
http://wuswordproject.com/index.php?m=20060204

I had been at the market once. The gallery seems to be a private place, not an public store. It 's on 2nd or 3rd floor of a "slot" on the southern side. There was a small sign showing a phone number for an appointment call. But I didn't bother

.

I saw a link to a knife shop in Shilin market (selling production and local kitchen knives). But the market 's real huge. I went to the market twice but couldn't find it. Would you mind to give me some direction?

PS : My apology for hijacking the thread

yuanzhumin · 19th November 2007, 10:32 PM

Here is the address of the knife maker :
74 Dabei Road
Shilin
Phone 2881 2856
(Dabei : 'Da' for big and 'bei' for the north in Chinese)
It's a secondary street crossing the main Wenlin Road, at the north of the night market.
If I remember well there is a police station not far away. If you find it, you ask the cops for the direction, and they will tell you. That's what I did.

yuanzhumin

PUFF · 19th November 2007, 11:54 PM

Many thanks,

I will check it this evening.

yuanzhumin · 20th November 2007, 11:46 AM

Hello all of you

Coming back to Ariel's initial post about the link between Taiwan, the Philippines and finally the rest of the Austronesian world, here is a fascinating article with a completely new idea about the jade trade and also Austronesian languages brought along the jade trading routes confirming that Taiwan is a cradle for the Austronesian civilisation.

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0711....2007.268.html

I guess that with the jade, were also coming the weapons, mostly when at that time, weapons were often made of stone, and why not of jade for the ceremonial ones.

Concerning the scabbards, I come back also to Ariel's initial post :
is there any other people/cultures using a scabbard open on one side ?

I will add one of mine :
What is about the one sided scabbard ? Is there any advantages ?

Thanks
yuanzhumin

20th November 2007, 11:46 AM	#6
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Taiwan, the cradle, and back to the scabbard Hello all of you Coming back to Ariel's initial post about the link between Taiwan, the Philippines and finally the rest of the Austronesian world, here is a fascinating article with a completely new idea about the jade trade and also Austronesian languages brought along the jade trading routes confirming that Taiwan is a cradle for the Austronesian civilisation. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/0711....2007.268.html I guess that with the jade, were also coming the weapons, mostly when at that time, weapons were often made of stone, and why not of jade for the ceremonial ones. Concerning the scabbards, I come back also to Ariel's initial post : is there any other people/cultures using a scabbard open on one side ? I will add one of mine : What is about the one sided scabbard ? Is there any advantages ? Thanks yuanzhumin

19th November 2007, 11:18 AM	#1
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	Hi yuanzhumin, Many thanks for the links. I will visit The Shung Ye Museum of Formosan aborigines this weekend. I have to come back here around x'mas. So I can attend the special exhibition at the archeological museum too. By the way, does traditional chinese weaponary house at Rau He night market (near songshan station) worth for visit?

19th November 2007, 01:42 PM	#2
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Hi PUFF Wow, I have not been back to this night market for at least ten years, despite the fact I'm not living that far away from it. I have been more often in the Tunghua Street Night market and the biggest one, in Shilin. If I don't remember seeing any chinese weaponry shop at the Rao He market, this reminds me about the deep fried crab and the oyster omelet you can taste there. By the way, I published in a post last year a link to an article about a knife maker whose shop is in the Shilin night market. So if you have the time ! Enjoy your stay in Taipei Yuanzhumin

19th November 2007, 02:28 PM	#3
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	I got information about the RaoHe weaponary house from... http://wuswordproject.com/index.php?m=20060204 I had been at the market once. The gallery seems to be a private place, not an public store. It 's on 2nd or 3rd floor of a "slot" on the southern side. There was a small sign showing a phone number for an appointment call. But I didn't bother . I saw a link to a knife shop in Shilin market (selling production and local kitchen knives). But the market 's real huge. I went to the market twice but couldn't find it. Would you mind to give me some direction? PS : My apology for hijacking the thread

19th November 2007, 10:32 PM	#4
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Here is the address of the knife maker : 74 Dabei Road Shilin Phone 2881 2856 (Dabei : 'Da' for big and 'bei' for the north in Chinese) It's a secondary street crossing the main Wenlin Road, at the north of the night market. If I remember well there is a police station not far away. If you find it, you ask the cops for the direction, and they will tell you. That's what I did. yuanzhumin

19th November 2007, 11:54 PM	#5
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	Many thanks, I will check it this evening.