宋代是火药的真正创始和命名时代,是火药武器的创制时代。在北宋一朝,几乎所有关于火药及其应用的事迹,都发生在首都汴京,火药武器历史上诸多的第一都出自汴京。汴京是当时最大的第一代火药武器制造基地和研发中心,北宋中期有5类10种制式火药武器在此地批量生产,火药火箭、火炮成为北宋后期宋军的常规装备。金朝末期迁都汴京后,该地又成为第二代火药武器制造中心,火药武器从以往的燃烧性火药武器走向爆炸性火药武器,在抗击蒙古大军的汴京保卫战中一度扭转战局,在人类历史上第一次发挥巨大威力。宋代民间对火药予以充分应用,在汴京的演艺界和宗教界演绎奇迹,创造神奇。汴京主动或被动地为火药的应用发展作出了不可替代的历史贡献。 The Song Dynasty was the real founding and naming era of gunpowder. It was an era of gunpowder weapons creation. In the Northern Song Dynasty, almost all deeds of gunpowder and its application occurred in the capital Bijin. The first of many gunpowder weapons history came from Bijin. Bijing was the largest first generation gunpowder weapon manufacturing base and R & D center of the time. There were 5 types of 10 types of gunpowder weapons in five categories and were mass-produced here in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. Gunpowder rockets and artillery became the conventional equipment of Song Army in the late Northern Song Dynasty. After the end of the Jin dynasty, the capital moved to Beijing, the area became the second generation of gunpowder weapons manufacturing center. The arms of gunpowder went from explosive combustible gunpowder weapons to explosive gunpowder weapons and once reversed the battle in the Beijing defending war against the Mongol armies. The first time in history to exert great power. In the Song Dynasty, the civilians made full use of gunpowder and performed miracles in the entertainment and religious circles in Bijin to create miracles. Bianjing actively or passively made an irreplaceable contribution to the development of the application of gunpowder.