Daqing 大清弓

Type: Daqing

Bow Materials:

         bow tips: beech

         bow limbs: epoxy resin, artifiicial leather

         bow string: nylon

Bow Length:

         bow with string 117cm

         bow without string 130cm

Draw Weight: 20lbs-40lbs

Safety Draw Distance: 72cm, max 80cm

Daqing Bow generally refers to the traditional bows brought to Beijing by Manchus. People in other countries also call it Manchu Bow. Daqing Bow is characterized as long bow tips, reversed bending, bow rest for protecting bow string and the whole body of Daqing Bow is made from ox horn, wood and ox sinew. Therefore, Daqing Bow belongs to composite recurve bow made from ox horn and ox sinew. The tensile force is relatively strong due to Daqing Bow’s big size of the main body and the bow tips. Meantime the pull and initial power of the bow can be strengthened under the circumstance of the bow tips’ little deformation. Long bow tips lead to the increase of burden of bow arms, but they apparently play a role as a lever. Long bow tips make it relatively easy to shoot heavy arrows, and their power could rival gunpowder weapons in ancient times. The main materials for making Daqing Bow are epoxy resin and beech wood, and traditional manufacturing techniques are adopted to make it. Daqing Bow we make now possesses all the features of Daqing Bow in ancient times, as well as the performance which is generally needed now.