Keywords: 1900s Qing Manchu soldiers with spears n knifes.jpg 1900 photograph author unknown of Manchu Qing soldiers with knifes and spears as weapones Chinese soldiers of an unidentified banner or milita unit in the early 1900s Note the officer mounted on the horse on the right The polearms appear to be yinyuedao slightly over 2 meters long also commonly known as the kwando/guandao and a Chinese version of the trident http //thomaschen freewebspace com/photo4 html unknown identity PD-old China in the 1900s Soldiers of China Military people of the Qing Dynasty |