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Han Xue Ma / Han Hiat Po Ma (Horse Sweating Blood) like mentioned in the essay cersil Jin Yong, Liang Ie Shien and Khu Lung. What is this horse really there or just a legend?

More than 2,000 years ago, was known to have a special kind of horse. These horses are so great and superior to the cause of war. The historians mention the war: "War First Caused By Horses".
Akhal-Teke horses Turkey, in China known as the Ferghana horses or "Heavenly Horse" (Tian Ma). Mount of the legendary Genghis Khan is believed this horse, and the horse Bucephalos of Alexander the famous Akhal-Teke is a horse's. This horse is known as a horse Nisaean in ancient Persia, and several centuries later - as Parthia. Turkmenistan became a national treasure, this horse is in the middle of a national symbol. This horse is the oldest horse race in the world and is the ancestor of one of the horse races in the UK.

For eight or seven centuries ago kind of horse is rarely seen in China. To the extent shrouded in mystery will prowess. The literature describes the Akhal-Teke China as a horse who "can run up to 1,000 kilometers and 800 kilometers during the day again in the evening".

Horse "Sweating Blood"

Ferghana horses from Ferghana Valley in Central Asia. Ferghana horses were first imported during the Han dynasty. The horses are also referred to as Han Xue Ma in Chinese which means "horse sweat blood". Chinese Painting and sculpture shows they have a strong peak, short legs and a sturdy body.

It is said that Emperor Wu (about 141-87 BC) became obsessed with stories of western tells the story of a horse other than others. Horses are described as having "blood sweat" was raised by a tribe of barbarians in Ferghana in Central Asia (now Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan). It is not known exactly what causes red sweat like blood, scientists think may be caused by certain parasites that live under the skin of the horse.

Demand for horse Ferghana Ferghana is great until the authorities closed the border point to restrict trade in horses. In fact, the horse is very important in the Chinese military. Finally, came the war due to the expansion of China to Ferghana horses.

Heavenly Horse

In 104 BC, Emperor Wu sent troops to Ferghana (2,000 miles west of the capital of China, Xian) to capture as much as possible for horses bred in China. At first mission failed, but because a lot of people say this horse is "heavenly horses", the emperor then held a second expedition (historian named the event as "the Second War Caused By Horses"). The second mission was successful at the expense of many human lives, Ferghana horses or "heavenly horse" finally presented before the Emperor Wu.