Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain items

Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain items

The items of Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain centre on Li Zicheng’s treasure and the two keys to it, a dao and a map. After Li Zicheng’s defeat both passed to his bodyguard Hu, and a century of feuding among the four bodyguards’ families left them in different hands.

Li Zicheng’s treasure and its keys

  • Li Zicheng’s Treasured Dao (闯王军刀 – Chuǎngwáng Jūndāo) – One of the Storming King’s campaign dao, engraved with his army orders. The Tian family of the Tianlong School held it for about a century. The pattern on its blade matches the hills that lead to the treasure. Tao Zian carried it off after Tian Guinong’s death and buried it in the snow in the iron box (ch. 1, 3, 8)
  • Treasure map (藏宝图 – Cángbǎo Tú) – A Miao heirloom concealed in the phoenix-head pearl hairpin, marking the treasure “behind Jade Brush Peak, Wulan Mountain, Liaodong” (ch. 5, 7, 8)
  • Li Zicheng’s Treasure (闯王宝藏 – Chuǎngwáng Bǎozàng) – The gold, silver and jewels Li Zicheng’s army seized in Beijing, hidden in an ice cave behind Jade Brush Peak (ch. 5, 8, 10)
  • Phoenix-head pearl hairpin (凤头珠钗 – Fèngtóu Zhūchāi) – The Miao family hairpin that hides the map. Nan Lan had it with her after she left Miao Renfeng and returned it to the Miao family at her death; Liu Yuanhe takes it from Miao Ruolan (ch. 7, 8, 10)
  • Iron box (铁盒 – Tiě Hé) – Hu Yidao’s trick-lidded box, which once held his ancestral manual and jewels and now holds Li Zicheng’s Treasured Dao (ch. 1–8)

Manuals

  • Fist and blade manual (拳经刀谱 – Quánjīng Dāopǔ) – The Hu family’s manual of the Flying Fox’s arts, written by Hu Yidao’s great-great-grandfather. Yan Ji tore out its first two pages; Ping Asi saved the rest (ch. 5)

Hidden weapons

  • Poison Dragon Awl (追命毒龙锥 – Zhuīmìng Dúlóng Zhuī) – The Tianlong School’s poisoned awl, full name Chasing-Fate Poison Dragon Awl (ch. 1, 2, 7)
  • Coin darts (金钱镖 – Jīnqián Biāo) – Hu Yidao’s darts (ch. 4, 7)
  • Golden darts (金镖 – Jīn Biāo) – Shang Jianming’s darts, engraved 八卦门商 (ch. 4)
  • Golden pens (黄金小笔 – Huángjīn Xiǎo Bǐ) – A pair of small gold pens engraved 安, the hidden weapon of Tian Anbao. Hu Fei flicks one to Tian Qingwen as a warning, and the other lies in the treasure cave (ch. 1, 8, 10)
  • Iron prayer beads (铁念珠 – Tiě Niànzhū) – Baoshu’s prayer beads, thrown as a scatter of iron balls (ch. 8, 10)

Character weapons

  • Wolf-fang maces (狼牙棒 – Lángyá Bàng) – Commander Sai’s pair of short-handled maces (ch. 9)
  • Steel whip (钢鞭 – Gāng Biān) – Tao Baisui’s weapon (ch. 1, 2)
  • Iron crutches (铁拐 – Tiě Guǎi) – Liu Yuanhe’s weapons (ch. 1, 2)
  • Chain hammers (链子锤 – Liànzi Chuí) – Chief Ma’s weapons (ch. 1)
  • Paired dao (双刀 – Shuāng Dāo) – Zheng Sanniang’s weapons (ch. 1)
  • Monk’s dao (戒刀 – Jiè Dāo) – Jingzhi’s weapon (ch. 1)
  • Purple-gold dao (紫金刀 – Zǐjīn Dāo) – Steward Yu’s dao from his jianghu days (ch. 3)
  • White silk ribbon (白绢 – Bái Juàn) – Madam Hu’s ribbon, used to snatch weapons (ch. 7)

Personal items

  • Yellow cloth wrapper (黄布包袱 – Huáng Bù Bāofu) – Embroidered 打遍天下无敌手; Miao Renfeng’s, later used to wrap the infant Hu Fei, and among the belongings Du Ximeng returns to him (ch. 4, 10)
  • Wooden couplet (木联 – Mù Lián) – Miao Renfeng’s couplet for Du Ximeng, hanging in the Du Family Manor (ch. 2, 4, 5, 8)
  • Visiting card (拜帖 – Bàitiě) – Hu Fei’s card, delivered by his two page boys (ch. 2, 7)
  • Pearls (明珠 – Míngzhū) – Worn on the braids of Hu Fei’s page boys (ch. 2, 3)
  • Jade horses (玉马 – Yù Mǎ) – Miao Ruolan’s gift to the page boys (ch. 3)
  • Porcelain jar (瓷坛 – Cí Tán) – Holds Nan Lan’s ashes (ch. 7)

Cross-novel connections

Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain connects to other Jin Yong novels through shared historical context:

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