Chinese and Tibetan swords
Historically, a Chinese sword is classified into two types, jian and dao. Jians are double-edged straight swords while daos are single-edged, and mostly curved from the Song dynasty forward. (1- Tibetan sword 17-19 th century; 2- Tibetan sword (Ral gri) 17th–19th century; 3- Eastern tibetan sword, 18-19 th century; 4- Chinese single-handed jian and scabbard of the 18th–19th century; 5- Chinese dao and scabbard of the 18th century).
