Wei Zi horse cutting video

In fact, the main difference between China ancient war horse and folk war horse is whether to "cut the mane and tail".

Horses have a lot of hair, almost all of which are covered with hair, the longest of which are sideburns and tail hair. In addition to these two slightly longer hairs, the horse's body can be divided into coat, touch hair and protection hair. "Mane" refers to the long hair between the ears of a horse, also known as door mane or forehead hair. And "tail hair" refers to the tail

As the name implies, "cutting the mane and tying the tail" means cutting off the horse's mane and tying up the long hair of the tail. Some people will ask why not cut off the tail hair? But in fact, horses rely on ponytails to control their balance when running. When running, the ponytail will rise to help the horse balance.

Some people also said that since it helps the horse's balance ability, why should it be tied up and will not affect the horse's balance? In fact, the main purpose of "cutting mane and tail" for horses is beautiful and practical. On the battlefield, it can prevent the mane and tail from being entangled with weapons and ropes, which will affect the battle. Civilian horses are not so particular. They may trim their sideburns, but they won't tie their tails.

In fact, in ancient China, the shape of sideburns of horses was related to the identity of their owners at that time. People in high positions can even braid the sideburns of horses or wear hair ornaments. The tail of the tail is also different, and you will choose different tails according to your identity.

Ancient war horses wore special armor and saddles and stirrups when they went to war. If there is no "cutting mane and tail", it is conceivable that when the horse runs, the hair flies and the tail swings, which is a chaotic scene. Before the war began, it was in a state of chaos.