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双截棍的来源（The origin of the double stick） 1. Origin of China The origin of the double stick: one is from the northwest nomadic people. The Northern Song Dynasty book Wu by the total to said: the chain clamp rod, Rong, immediately, the enemy of the Han infantry, the shape of the farm wheat stocks, decorated with iron, to strike, so the Han Rong people in use. The so-called iron chain clamp, is the predecessor of the double sticks. The Middle East Asian nomadic nationalities, such as Turkic, Uighur, their cavalry used the flail stick. They will stick to do short shoot section wrapped in some iron, with spikes, or with the size of iron making, down swing, to attack the horse following infantry, horses and the impact of high speed waving pressure, once the infantry stick, enough to break the skull, very powerful. The chain bar was introduced into the Central Plains, and was improved into infantry weapons. It was used to sweep, block and strike the horses legs. Another said, double sticks originated in the central plains. The national agricultural Central Plains farm -- has been flail is widely used, until now, in the autumn harvest season in the field, we can still see the scene of a wheat farmer waving flail. The flail is composed of two sticks, following a long festival called festival for handheld, above a short tip section called. The farmer holds Festival under the swing, to shoot day against grain, then winnowing drying. The development of weapons to source practice, can bend the flail, as a weapon for defending the ancient Central Plains people created in practice. Just imagine, dangerous moves the watchmen of the city is the most taboo on the wall above the head or body out of the wall, and if so, will the enemy crossbows and other long-range weapons under attack, and leaned and unable to climb up the enemy attack. Therefore, a flail, in crownnatural without leaning to slap up tip section of the enemy, is really a magical effect, to become the city of flail weapon.