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Guan Dao form performed by Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei.The form is called also Spring and Autumn Falchion.The modern guan dao as adopted by martial artists today usually weighs between 2 kg and 10 kg, while it is said that Guan Yu’s original guan dao weighed between 50 and 100 kg. During the Qing dynasty some extraordinarily heavy versions of guan dao were made for use in military examinations: a candidate had to be able to wield a weapon weighing 80, 100, or 120 jin (48, 60 or 72 kg) in order to pass. The weight of Guan Yu’s weapon was probably mis-estimated based on some of these examples.L:1h 10 minChinese language only