Fighting on the battlefield, the most taboo is the practice of "killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred". In order to protect the soldiers who participated in the war and preserve their strength, since the era of cold weapons, all previous dynasties have attached great importance to individual protective equipment. The Qin dynasty was able to destroy the six countries and level the world, except for the outstanding talents of the generals, which could not be separated from the excellent equipment of the soldiers.
Unlike now, there is no technical support in ancient operations, and all of them rely on the flesh and blood of soldiers to fight their way out on the battlefield. Good protective equipment can effectively resist the enemy's swords and increase the combat capability of our own personnel. After the Qin dynasty, the protective equipment of the Han dynasty basically did not change much.
At that time, the common armor was made of iron, also called Xuanjia. Some less common armor, that is, senior generals wear scales and chain mail. After the Han Dynasty, due to the frequent exchanges between the East and the West along the Silk Road, western armor was introduced to China. Therefore, the armor of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was designed according to the western style.
After the Tang Dynasty, with the opening of the social environment in the Tang Dynasty, the design of armor became more and more diversified, and Guang Jia in the Ming Dynasty and Shan Wenjia appeared one after another. And according to different uses, different protective equipment will be designed. Later, in the Song Dynasty, the development of armor reached its peak. Based on the armor of the Tang Dynasty, the armor with stronger protective performance and more convenient wearing was designed.
In the Yuan Dynasty, armor began to decline, and in the late Republic of China, the era of hot weapons came, and heavy armor completely withdrew from the battlefield.