Kuandian Six Forts Exhibition Hall, one of the key construction projects of the Liaoning section of the Great Wall National Cultural Park, has recently started construction, and the collection of cultural relics and exhibits has also achieved preliminary results. At present, the Office of the Leading Group for the Construction of the Great Wall National Cultural Park in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County has collected more than 1000 pieces of cultural relics and exhibits related to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. After the appraisal of experts, it is believed that the cultural relics and exhibits represent the historical landscape of the production, life, military and other aspects of Six Forts in the Kuandian area during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and have high research value.

Iron Horse Stirrup with Double Dragon Head Pattern

Among the collected cultural relics, the Ming Iron Horse Stirrup with Double Dragon Head Pattern, the Ming S-shaped Iron Handguard Knife, the Ming Stone Incense Burner and so on are relatively representative. One pair of Ming Iron Stirrups with Double Dragon Head Pattern is 15.5 cm high and 13.5 cm wide. The person in charge introduced that this pair of stirrups is relatively intact in preservation, and its mould is quite different from the stirrups unearthed from the Feng Sufu tomb. Its craftsmanship and shape are quite unique, and it is the only pair of stirrups of this shape discovered locally, which has important research value for the study of the Ming Dynasty culture in this area.

S-shaped Iron Handguard Knife

The Ming S-shaped Iron Handguard Knife is a popular style of iron knife in the Ming Dynasty, with a mutilated and rusted blade. The remnant blade is 60 cm long with a width of 4 cm, the handle 17.5 cm long, the upper handguard 11 cm long, the lower 8 cm long, and it weighs 888 grams. Industry experts introduced that the short knife of the Ming Dynasty is somewhat similar to the ring-handled knife in the Han Dynasty, with a relatively straight blade, thick in the front and narrow in the back, but much shorter, smaller and lighter. The knives in the Ming Dynasty were mainly used in the military, and the discovery of the Ming S-shaped Iron Handguard Knife has important significance for the study of the history of the Ming Dynasty in the Kuandian area.
Six Forts in Kuandian is an important part of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall site. The exhibition hall is located in Kuandian County and is expected to be completed and open to the public by the end of this year.