Weapon scarfs

[donald1]

I'm not sure if this question belongs here or general weapons but I put it here because the weapon is Chinese saber, I asked my instructor yet he didn't know so I ask here wondering if different colors of scarfs meant different meanings

 

[Takai]

Not that I am aware of but, perhaps someone more enlightened then I will chime in.

 

[donald1]

I guess this is a Google question. Someone on Google knows this. :samurai:

 

[Ynze]

To my opinion scarfs and tassels are show objects with no meaning at all. If you take a look at old paintings, statues etc. none of the weapons have a scarf or tassel.
If you come to think of it, on the battlefield they will not be very handy would they.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Generally color meant nothing

 

[jks9199]

Depends somewhat on the system and the practitioner, I think. We often put a red scarf on swords and on spears. Red is a symbol of combat (blood), recognizing that those forms have ties to combative systems.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Red was a lucky color in China....and still is... little to do with combative or non-combative

 

[jks9199]

Red was a lucky color in China....and still is... little to do with combative or non-combative

Ah... but China was only ONE influence on my art!