questions on Taiwanese hoklo & hakka

KuKulzA28 · 28th December 2009, 12:14 AM

Thanks, actually this could be a helpful pointer, along the same lines as fearn's suggestion.

And as the tiger fork was really more of a hunting spear, I think I'll that one out. It's just that it is a common feature in Guangdong and Hakka martial arts, which is why I was led to believe it may have been used semi-regularly for fighting.

So I would expect the remnants of Koxinga's force and the local frontier Chinese to be armed with Ming dynasty weapons, southern local styles, and also stuff that Koxinga's troops would have used...

you bring up a good point with the piracy and trade...

It seems Koxinga derived a lot of his foreign influence from Japanese, and his mainstay was based on the Fujian and Guangdong folks and their maritime culture.

Does anyone have anything conclusive on what weapons Chinese pirates used? I know this was discussed in an old thread, of which i was a participant, but there weren't any specific pieces and pictures we could base upon, only references from a book.

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28th December 2009, 12:14 AM	#8
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	Thanks, actually this could be a helpful pointer, along the same lines as fearn's suggestion. And as the tiger fork was really more of a hunting spear, I think I'll that one out. It's just that it is a common feature in Guangdong and Hakka martial arts, which is why I was led to believe it may have been used semi-regularly for fighting. So I would expect the remnants of Koxinga's force and the local frontier Chinese to be armed with Ming dynasty weapons, southern local styles, and also stuff that Koxinga's troops would have used... you bring up a good point with the piracy and trade... It seems Koxinga derived a lot of his foreign influence from Japanese, and his mainstay was based on the Fujian and Guangdong folks and their maritime culture. Does anyone have anything conclusive on what weapons Chinese pirates used? I know this was discussed in an old thread, of which i was a participant, but there weren't any specific pieces and pictures we could base upon, only references from a book.