A controversial cold weapon in ancient China, this weapon is outstanding in the history of cold weapons in China. Some people think it is a fierce soldier on the battlefield, while others think it is useless in name only. It is the weapon "Fang Tian Hua Ji" of Lu Bu in the Chinese classical historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In ancient times, the official title of Fang Tian's painted halberd was "Fang Tianji with a painted pole". This weapon was the five soldiers in the ancient car war, and it was one of the most mainstream long weapons in the ancient battlefield. Over a long period of time, many different types were developed, which can be roughly divided into halberd and short halberd, single-edged halberd and double-edged halberd, and Fang Tian's painted halberd belongs to the double-edged halberd.

This kind of halberd appeared late, and it was first recorded in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At that time, Fang Tian painted halberd, a weapon, was not used in actual combat, but was used as a ceremonial weapon for sacrificial ceremonies and other occasions.

When it comes to painting a halberd, I have to say that Lu Bu, in the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is described as "seeing this man, seven feet tall, with a thin waist and a tight back, his shoulders clasped together, and his face looks like Fu Fen, and his sword eyebrows are folded into the sky, and his eyes are white and clear, his nose is like a jade column, his mouth is like red ink, his ears are facing the bosom, and he is wearing a bright silver crown."

Wearing a three-pronged purple and gold crown, wearing a Xichuan red cotton and hundred flowers robe, wearing an animal face and swallowing a head chain armor, and tying a beautiful lion belt at the waist; Take a bow and arrow with you, holding a painting halberd, and sit down and hiss at the red rabbit horse: it really is "Lyu3 bu4 among people, red rabbit among horses!" " It can be said that the combination of Fang Tianhua Ji and Lu Bu is the strongest single-player lineup in the Three Kingdoms in many people's minds, but in fact, in real historical records, Fang Tianhua Ji appeared in the Song Dynasty.

It may have been in the Tang Dynasty, but it was definitely not in the Three Kingdoms period. Even if Lu Bu really used a halberd at that time, it would not have been painted by Fang Tian. The weapon he really used should be a long weapon such as a spear, which is a cold knowledge of history. Then it seems that the painting of halberd by Fang Tian seems to be very weak. Is this really the case?

In fact, the traditional painting halberd is a long and heavy weapon in all kinds of recorded stories, and the lightest description is about 40 kg. This weapon can't be equipped on soldiers in large quantities. If you want to use it, you must first have great power that ordinary people can't reach.

In ancient times, few people could reach it, and this weapon requires high skills, so it is understandable to become a ceremonial weapon, but this does not mean that it has no attack power, only that too few people can use it. Compared with it, spears, ordinary halberds and Ge are obviously better to use and more suitable for the battlefield.