The Green Dragon Crescent Blade is well known in China because a famous general Guan Yu used it as a weapon during the Three Kingdoms Dynasty (220-280 AD). The blade in the museum is from the Qing Dynasty and weighs about 80 kilograms.

"I can't imagine how they held it, I cannot even move it a little when I kick it," visitor Jenny Ji says.

Also on display are some peculiar weapons like blossom darts, a bronze tomahawk, a nine-section whip, a chain attacker hidden in sleeves (xiu jian) as well as nearly 200 wushu instruction manuals including "Bin Fa," a military tactics book like "The Art of War," and "Quan Pu," a teaching book on fist martial arts.

Address: 650 Qingyuanhuan Rd

Date: Every Wednesday, 1pm-4pm; Saturday, 9am-noon

Admission: Free

Tel: 5125-3213, 5125-3386

 

(Shanghai Daily July 28, 2009)