Traditional Manchu & Mongol Archery Equipment
Manchu & Mongol Style Bows
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Yuan Mongol Bow
Strung Bow Length: 57 1/4″ (145 cm.) Brace Height: 8″ (20 cm.) Ear Length: 13 ” (30 cm.) Each bow is individually hand made in China so lengths & draws weights may vary slightly. Our List Price: $309.99
1 Yuan Mongol Bow with a draw weight between 30 & 34#
Qianlong Manchu Hunting Bow
Strung Bow Length: 59 1/2″ (151 cm.) Brace Height: 7″ (18 cm.) Ear Length: 9 ” (23 cm.) Each bow is individually hand made so lengths & draws weights may vary slightly. Our List Price: $329.99
Our traditional Manchu Hunting bow is styled after one the Qianlong Emperor’s favorite hunting bows. The emperor commission many paintings of himself with this bow. As with our Qing Contest bow, The Qianlong Manchu Hunting bow is covered birch bark but in an alternating pattern of three different colors. Just as with other Manchu Bows we sell, this bow follows the same pattern as those bows that became the standard traditional Qing Chinese bow. Like many other Asian bows, Manchu bows are recurved. Qing era Manchu bows differ from earlier recurve bows in a number of important ways. The first, most obvious way is that the Manchu bow is the largest bow in the family of Asian recurves. Manchu bows also have longer “ears” or siyah and string bridges. These design features were suited to the Manchu style of archery which employed a heavier, longer arrow than early archery styles. The longer ears allowed for the Manchu use of longer arrows while also acting as levers that enabled the archer to pull a heavier draw bow
1 Qianlong Hunting Bow with a draw weight between 52 & 58#
