Why did Solomon have a spirit to guide him?

Solomon's knot consists of two closed and staggered circles, which look like two segments of a chain and are stuck together at right angles to each other. So if Solomon's knot is laid flat, the two circles will cross up and down to form four intersections.

In most works of art inspired by Solomon's knot, the intersection of the upper and lower circles will become the four sides of the central square; The four circles formed after intersection expand in four directions.

The reason why Solomon Knot got its name is unknown to scholars. Probably in the Middle East, it has something to do with King Solomon in the Bible and his famous wisdom and mysterious power. The Fowler Museum of Art History at UCLA has a huge African collection, including19th century and 20th century Yoruba traditional glass beaded crowns and masks decorated with Solomon knots.

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/kloc-At the beginning of the 20th century, the Kang Cross made for Irish King Connaught was inlaid with jewels, which was considered as the best iron decorative art at that time. Besides being placed at the top of the long pole, the Kang Cross is also designed as a sacred box, which is a special box containing fragments of the cross that crucified Jesus. The function of the sacred box makes Kang Cross a more valued ritual vessel, which is undoubtedly the reason for its fine workmanship and elegant appearance.

Kang's cross is decorated with two small crosses symbolizing Solomon's knot, which are just covered with crystals on both sides of the empty groove. An empty slot for holding real cross fragments. Kang cross moved from Nuo to Kang Temple in Mayo County, hence its name.

symbolic meaning

For the Yoruba people, the Solomon knot usually means royal status, appearing on crowns, robes and other ceremonial objects. In Africa, Solomon's knot also appears on the open velvet woven by Kuba people from Lafite. Kuba people believe that Solomon's knot has mysterious significance.

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The Akan people in West Africa used the symbol of Solomon's knot on the sacred Adingkrab. Adingkla is a symbol system, which stands for specific words. Solomon's knot of the Han people means "a mouse excrement spoils a pot of porridge".

There is also a yellow flower symbol in the symbol of Adingkla, which represents the local plant fofoo (Bidens bipinnata). When the petals fall, they will bear black prickly seeds, symbolizing jealous people. Another symbol in the shape of a fern means "I'm not afraid of you".

In the Middle Ages, an Italian masons group named Coe Masini adopted the Solomon knot as a symbol of protection. The Solomon knot, which originated in Roman times, is full of mystery and protection. * * * Masonic symbol system also absorbed Solomon Knot, claiming to be inherited from Masini Association. Solomon knot has no obvious beginning and end, so it represents immortality and immortality in many cultures and beliefs, similar to the more complicated endless knot in Buddhism.

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The patterns of endless knots often appear in the art and decoration of Buddhism, China and even Celtic. In Buddhism, it symbolizes the spiritual path chosen by believers and the flow of all eternal things, which is also equivalent to the flow of the heart and the endless cycle of birth, death, illness and death. Because there is no beginning and end, endless knots also symbolize Buddhist wisdom and consciousness sitting under the bodhi tree.

Celtic decorative knot technology is often used to decorate manuscripts with crosses or clay gold. This kind of broken and reconnected auricular tissue originated in northern Italy and southern Gaul and spread to Ireland around the 7th century. Scholars have identified eight basic braids, on which almost all Celtic decorative knotting patterns, including endless knots, are based.