Foreign countries have educational toys Rubik's Cube, the Chinese version of the "Rubik's Cube" called what?

We all know that the Rubik's Cube is the most representative of foreign educational toys, in fact, the Rubik's Cube first originated in China, but later spread to foreign countries and improved, into the current Rubik's Cube. In China's long history and culture, there are many educational toys similar to the Rubik's Cube, it can be said that China is the originator of educational toys. One of the most similar to the Rubik's Cube is the Kongming Lock, which is called the Chinese version of the Rubik's Cube. Rubik's Cube?

The Kongming lock is also known as Zhuge gossip lock, rumored to be the Kongming lock is the Three Kingdoms period Zhuge Liang invented, so it is called Zhuge gossip lock. It is made of six different bars of wood in the absence of rope cross fixed together, it is very clever design, the surface appears to be the use of three-dimensional principle will be these concave and convex part of the kiss together, looks very simple, the operation is very difficult.

This toy can develop the human brain, but also to exercise the flexibility of the fingers, whether men and women, young and old, it is a very healthy way of leisure. This toy is widely spread in folklore, and later generations invented many other difficult Kongming locks on the basis of the Kongming lock, and there are 13 kinds of the most common ones, such as the four seasons lock, the twenty-four locks, and the square lock. The wisdom of Chinese people is infinite, and the descendants also applied Kongming locks in two aspects, namely, construction and furniture.

Besides Kongming locks, many other educational toys have appeared in China. The tangram, the cube, and the nine linked rings are good representatives, especially the nine linked rings are the most popular and the earliest educational toys in China. Nine linked rings first appeared more than 2000 years ago in the Warring States period, the history book "Warring States Strategy Qi Ce Six" once recorded, when Qin sent to Qi for diplomacy, the messenger wanted to use? The envoy wanted to use the "Jade Linking Ring" to embarrass Qi. The envoy wanted to use the "Jade Linking Ring" to make things difficult for Qi, and not surprisingly, the "Jade Linking Ring" was used. Jade Linking Rings? The envoy tried to make things difficult for Qi by using the "Jade Linking Rings", and as expected, the "Jade Linking Rings" were broken by the Queen of Qi. It was the Queen of Qi who broke the Jade Ring. It was only when the Queen of Qi broke the Jade Ring that she broke the dilemma of Qi. The Jade Linking Ring is made of jade. The raw material of the Jade Linking Rings is jade, so it is very expensive to make. Later generations have made their own versions of the Jade Ring. Jade Linking Rings and invented the Nine Linked Rings, an educational toy. The four masterpieces "Dream of the Red Chamber" also has Lin Daiyu skillfully solve the description of the nine consecutive rings.