chongtong
Sign in to savethumb|Three of the large chongtong in Jinju Fortress. The closest is a "Cheonja", the second is a "Jija", and the third is a "Hyeonja".
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- History
- Cannons
- Cheonja-Chongtong
- Jija-Chongtong
- Hyeonja-Chongtong
- Hwangja-Chongtong
- Handheld guns
- Se-Chongtong
- Seungja-Chongtong
- Gallery
- Other firearms used by Koreans in the 16th century
- Similar weapons
- See also
- References
thumb|Three of the large chongtong in Jinju Fortress. The closest is a "Cheonja", the second is a "Jija", and the third is a "Hyeonja".
Chongtong () is a term for military firearms of the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties. Chongtong varied in size from small firearms to large cannons. There were three generations of chongtong. The well-known cheonja, jija, hyeonja, and hwangja were named after the first four characters of the Thousand Character Classic in decreasing size, thus making them equivalent to Cannons A, B, C, and D.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chongtong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.