In history, Emperor Kangxi has attracted much attention, and his deeds have been passed down through the ages in his later years.
He was quite confident in his marksmanship, and often preached to others, such as shooting 318 rabbits in one day, slaughtering more than 100 tigers over the decades, which is staggering.
This shows that Kangxi was not only an excellent emperor, but also a superb shooter. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty seem to have excellent archery skills, which originated from the descendants of the Manchu Jurchens, who were known for their fierce archery skills.
The Jurchen cavalry is frequently mentioned in historical books, such as the "Dajin National Chronicles" has repeatedly praised it as "brave and good at riding and shooting". Compared with traditional standing archery, mounted archery is more mobile and lethal, but it also requires good riding and archery skills, as well as reflexes and physical strength.
The Manchus dominated the Central Plains with hundreds of thousands of people, and their superb riding and archery skills played a huge role. In the "History of the Qing Dynasty", it is clearly stated: "There is a Qing dynasty that determines the world with martial arts."
It can be seen that mounted archery kung fu has always been the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.
Huang Taiji, the founder of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was a brave man who excelled in mounted archery. The bow he used was "not open by a strong man", and the arrow was more than four feet long.
Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners to defeat the Ming army many times, believing that the reason why "our soldiers" were able to defeat the Ming Dynasty was because they were "adept at riding and shooting", and finally they were able to attack the city and win. In order to encourage the people to practice Xi mounted archery, he ordered the "strong of the younger generation" to practice shooting Xi with iron arrows, while the young ones were Xi with wooden bows and willow arrows.
This policy of encouraging mounted archery became the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.