Types of Chinese knots and pictures

Chinese knots: double money knot, button knot, pipa knot, reunion brocade knot, cross knot, auspicious knot, ten thousand word knot, disk long knot, algae well knot, butterfly knot and so on a variety of knot style.

1, double money knot: shaped like two ancient Chinese copper half stacked style, so the name.

2, button knot: commonly used to fasten clothes, named for its function.

3. Pipa Knot: This knot is evolved from the double-line button knot, which is used to make decorative buttons for Tang clothes and cheongsams.

4, brocade knot: the appearance is similar to the shape of a flower, hence the name. The shape of the knot is perfect and varied, similar to the shape of a flower, although the knot is small, but beautiful and not easy to loose, often inlaid with beads and stones, very beautiful.

5. Cross Knot: The two sides of the knot, one for the word "mouth" and the other for the word "cross", is called the cross knot.

6, Auspicious Knot: Auspicious Knot is an extension of the Cross Knot, which is also one of the ancient decorative knots with the meaning of good luck and auspiciousness. The knots are easy to weave, beautiful and varied, and are widely used. When used alone, the knot will be easily deformed if a heavy object is hung, so it can be fixed by adding shaping glue.

7, disk long knot: the basic shape of one of the eight treasures of Buddhism, such as disk long. A kind of Chinese knot. The long disk is a symbol of the loop to carry out, is the origin of all things, is one of the most important basic knot, often the main knot of many changes in the knot, but also because the Chinese knot has a tight symmetry of the characteristics, so in the sense of the visual easy to be generally loved by the people.

9, algae well knot: compact structure, ornate, like the ancient patio and get this name. Wells and brocade homophonic also known as algae wells.

10, bow tie: beautiful shape, exquisite, it looks like a butterfly. The bow is two winged, and the wings and the waist of the body through the center of a knot or clip connected together, much like a butterfly in flight. People then call it by the name bow tie.

Chinese knot

Chinese knot is a kind of traditional Chinese hand-woven artwork, which is famous for its unique style, rich cultural connotations and beautiful meanings. Chinese knots are usually hand-woven from materials such as colorful silk threads or hemp ropes in various shapes and unique styles, and can be used as home decorations, clothing accessories, keychains, car hangings and other areas.

The earliest Chinese knots can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, when Chinese knots became popular. Chinese knots come in a wide variety of textures and styles, and different knots represent different meanings.