Knives are indispensable to the Tibetan race in daily life. All Tibetans, male and female, carry knives. Indeed, knives have become a kind of decoration loved by boys and girls. Sheaths are also made to command high appreciation and value.

According to the Concise History of the Bon Religion, the Tibetans learned to make bows and arrows when the place was ruled by the first ruler-Yaksha;

When the place was under the rule of Radegoryador, the second ruler, the locals were good at making axes and knives;

When the place was under the rule of Norsanyirangchami, the third ruler, the locals were able to make rope traps and spears;

When the place was under the rule of Magyiala, the fourth ruler, the locals cold make daggers and other weapons;

When the place was under the rule of Zhamgyia Mogyiakegyi, the locals could weave and use rope traps;

When Demon the 6th Zhamgyia ruled the place, the locals could jump and throw stones in games;

When the 7th of the nine Masang brothers ruled the place, the locals were able to make arrow bags, sharp weapons and shields;

During the reign of the 8th, 9th and 10th rulers, the locals were good at making pottery, stone, wooden, bone and iron tools, and had mastered weaving.

From these we see that the areas inhabited by the Tibetans in ancient times inhabited by the Tibetans in ancient times saw the birth of blacksmiths long before the period of the 1st Tubo King Nyitri Tsampo. For example, when the 7th Tubo King Zhigung Tsampo was killed by one of his ministers, his body was contained in a copper coffin.

Form: China's Tibet
By: WEN QUNTAL & BALSANG