Buried deep in the ruins of the Shang Dynasty, specifically in Anyang City of Henan Province, bones of the rhino(犀牛) (find) last week.
A collection of archaeological evidence has confirmed the (exist) of rhinos in ancient China. The animal was distributed across China's Central Plains, Chinese civilization originated.
Nevertheless, the rhino was no longer wandering in the region after the Han Dynasty. One explanation is it was the colder climate of Northeast Asia that saw the creature (appear) from the pages of history. , Zhou Yu, the writer of History of Chinese Armor(盔甲), offered up another explanation: the crafting of armor.
Armor was (original) made of bamboo but the material possessed limited (defend) capabilities. Leather armor later became popular during the pre-Qin period.
Zhou's book reads that the rhino's thick skin was a primary material for the creation of warriors' armor. Many ancient accounts recorded the killing of rhinos and (turn) their skin into protective covering. "The huge demand rhino skins might have caused the animal's disappearance or at least its migration from the Central Plains to the southwestern regions," Zhou told Beijing Review.
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