What's so interesting about slingshots?

Slingshot can hit something tall. Playing slingshots can find the best memories of childhood. Walking around the village with a slingshot and hitting trees when you see them will make you feel better.

Slingshot is neither a weapon nor an instrument, and its only value is entertainment. Of course, in the eyes of these Taoists, entertainment cannot be counted as value. People did play slingshots in history, which can no longer be described as entertainment.

For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ling of Jin liked to hit people with slingshots on the stage, watching the audience hide from Tibet, and Jin Linggong laughed heartily on the stage. Another example is Cao Fang, the last emperor of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty, who "likes to play with bullets". No wonder it later lost the world.

Ancient shapes:

The slingshot in ancient China is roughly the same shape as our common bow, except that there is a pocket in the middle of the bow string for holding projectiles. Generally, the pockets are hard, can hold bullets, and are hemispherical, which is different from the slingshots played by children and the powerful slingshots sold by major websites.

The ancient slingshot was generally used for sneak attack, because the sound emitted by the slingshot was much smaller than the arrow, which was suitable for sneak attack, so it was also listed as hidden weapons.

Slingshot projectiles are made of earth or iron (it is unrealistic to use stones, irregular flight paths are not easy to master, and it takes money and time to go around, so it is better to burn earth). Projectiles and arrows should have the same energy, but the lethality of projectiles is far less than that of arrows, so slingshots have not been used in war.

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