"Military parade" has existed since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called "watching soldiers", which was a review of the armed forces and a demonstration of the level of a country's armed forces. So when was the earliest military parade in China's history and the largest one?

There were military parades in ancient Egypt, Persia, Rome and other countries in history. The earliest recorded military parade in China was the Tushan League more than 4,000 years ago. According to "The Tao Xun of Huaiyuan Zi Yuan", after Dayu became a tribal leader, he invited other governors to join the alliance in Tushan. At this alliance meeting, Yu ordered his troops to hold weapons decorated with feathers and sing and dance to the music to show their grand welcome to the southern tribal leaders.

Clans and tribal leaders who came to the alliance also presented valuable items to show their obedience. Starting from Tushan League, it should be the earliest military parade in history to deter leaders from all sides by force.

The largest military parade in China's history should be the "Yongle Military Parade" in the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, a new empire, the Timur Empire, rose in Central Asia. Timur, the founder of the empire, fought for more than 40 years in his life, destroying Central Asia and West Asia successively until he turned his attention to the Ming Dynasty in the East.

Timur sent messengers to the Ming Dynasty many times in the name of making friends, and went into the Ming Dynasty many times to inquire about the situation, which provided convenience for future attacks. It's a pity that Timur was too old and weak to stand the long journey and died on the road.

Timur's son wanted to carry on his legacy and sent messengers to Daming many times. At this time, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Judy. Judy is naturally prepared for the Timur Empire, so the border defense has never been relaxed.

In the eighteenth year of Yongle, the Yongle military parade was held in Huailai, a major town in northern Beijing. Judy received the envoys of various countries in Beijing Palace, and all the envoys bowed, but Timur's envoy insisted on bowing. In March of the following year, Judy's military parade in the name of "hunting" finally officially began in Huailai, north of Beijing.

In this military parade, the Ming Dynasty mobilized 100,000 troops. The most elite battalions of the Ming Army, the 5th Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the Jishen Battalion, successively demonstrated the array methods of cavalry outflanking, infantry assault, foot riding and joint attack. At the same time, there are also volley exhibitions of advanced weapons such as muskets and artillery. The scene was raining bullets and the momentum was huge. The military parade lasted for a month, and it can be said that the military parade shocked neighboring countries.

It was because of this military parade in the Ming Dynasty that the Timur Empire knew the strength gap with the Ming Dynasty. Since then, the Timur Empire never dared to have any designs on Daming, but took the initiative to repair relations with the Ming Dynasty and continue to pay tribute until the Timur Empire perished.