Recently, in Ju county, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, two red cannon made during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty were accidentally found in a waste collection station and successfully collected in Juzhou Museum. It is reported that Jing qingxun, the first Secretary of Ju County Transportation Bureau in Yanzhuang village, Yanzhuang street, accidentally found two ancient cannons newly purchased by villager Xu Shanhe in front of a waste acquisition station, with the words "red cannon made in the eight years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty"**
Sheng Guixi, who loves the collection and research of cultural relics, thought it was not fake after identification, and immediately reported it to Yu Wenguo, the second level chief staff member of Ju county culture and Tourism Bureau, and Liu Yuntao, director of academic research and Exchange Department of Ju county ancient city management service center (Ju Zhou Museum and Ju Culture Research Institute).
After on-site identification, several people confirmed that they were genuine. Then they completed the work of Xu Shanhe, a villager who collected waste products, and sent the cannon to Juzhou Museum
It is understood that the red cannon, also known as the red Yi cannon, the prototype is a cannon with long barrel and spindle structure invented by Europeans in the 16th century , which was introduced into China in the late Ming Dynasty and imitated.
In the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), Hou Jin successfully imitated the Western cannon in Shenyang by using the captured craftsman Liu Han, named "Tianyou cheer up general", and processed different parts of the cannon with complex annealing and quenching procedures, which improved the stability and reduced the probability of blasting.
Because the word "Yi" violated the taboo of Manchurians, the red Yi cannon was renamed "red cannon".
In 1669, he became a "heavy artillery general" of the Kangxi government, including a variety of "heavy artillery" of the Kangxi government, and he was appointed as a "General of the Kangxi government"**
The two red cannon discovered this time belong to the "Shenwei general" type of light cannon
