Picture from "The nine songs"
The nine songs(楚辭 九歌) are famous fairy tales of China over 2000 years ago..
This is part of a 1000 years old handscroll (ink on papper), dipicked the "Sun God"....(東君<<日神>>)
Take a good look of this bow... clearly shows how bows looks 1000 years ago China
This is part of a 1000 years old handscroll (ink on papper), dipicked the "Sun God"....(東君<<日神>>)
Take a good look of this bow... clearly shows how bows looks 1000 years ago China
Side view of this kind of bows from another color scroll, 1000 years ago
Look exactly like Khotan bow.
Here is another one from a Song dynasty 9 songs scroll