When he ventures inside the walls of the Forbidden City, the last of the Manchu bow-makers can still glimpse the ancient signs in the language of his warrior people, but he has no idea what the ...

A replica Manchu bow Dekker draws on in his living room is a "true replica" of an antique Qing-era bow, he explains. "It is quite different from the bows made today by people such as Yang Fuxi ...

Bow Maker a Last Link to China's Past Yang Fuxi has revived his family's traditional business, making bows and arrows from water buffalo horns and bamboo. His Manchu ancestors used the weapons to ...