What is Kong Mingsuo?

According to legend, Kongmingsuo was a toy invented by Zhu Gekongming in the Three Kingdoms period according to the principle of Eight Diagrams Metaphysics, which was once widely circulated among the people. In recent years, people pay more attention to it. It helps to relax the body and mind, develop the brain and flexible fingers. It is a leisure toy suitable for all ages. Kongmingsuo seems simple, but the mystery inside is endless, and it is difficult to complete the splicing. It is a kind of food suitable for all ages.

Leisure toys. This is just one of the legends. It originated from the tenon-mortise structure pioneered by ancient architecture in China. Therefore, Lubansuo is also known as Kongmingsuo, Bieshuye, Zilianfang, Mocher Press, Nanmu, etc.

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This is the most common Kong Mingsuo, and it is really difficult to assemble it without any hint.

There are all kinds of kongmingsuo. Among them, the most common six (first generation, second generation or class A and B) and nine (third generation or class C) Kongmingsuo are the most famous. Among them, six Kongmingsuo have different structures according to different regions and design concepts. According to the shape of tenons, at present, six kongming locks are mainly divided into two categories: Class A and Class B. Of course, tenons of six kongming locks are far more than these two categories. Choose one of the nine kongming locks to complete the six-way tenon, seven-star knot, eight-mouth lock and luban lock. It is not easy to realize the four-meshing structure by satisfying different numbers of nine tenons at the same time. According to the tenon-mortise structure, people gradually bypassed the analogy and derived many other difficult Kongming locks on the basis of standard Kongming locks. The types are complex and changeable. The following types are common 13: 1, large and small kongming locks 2, four-season locks 3, kongming chain locks 4, twelve-square locks 5, square locks (square-corner luban balls) 6, twenty-four locks (classified as Class A) sister balls 9, hexagonal locks 10, and 14th and May locks/kloc.

18 hook lock

Sister ball

Hexagon lock

Lubanqiu

12 square lock

24 lock

Big and small kongmingsuo

Four seasons lock