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Simple knitting method of Chinese knot

Chinese knots are simply woven as follows.

Take a red rope, preferably a hard one. Fold the rope in half and fold the top off. It must be folded like the yellow area in the picture, with a circle, not directly. Fold the head on the right and the two tails at the bottom. Tighten three heads. Turn the tail down and continue to fold it like the first time. Turn it over, tighten the three heads and tails, adjust the tightness, pull out four semicircles and straighten it. A simple Chinese knot will be done.

A red rope, winding three times, winding two times, is a blessing, weaving thousands of knots. Chinese knot is a unique event in China folk culture, which permeates the unique cultural essence of the Chinese nation and has a long history. "Knot", as a vital folk art, has been naturally passed down to this day in the good wishes of the people of China. Chinese knots, like China's paintings, sculptures, ceramics and dishes, permeate China's long-standing culture and are easily recognized by foreigners.

One of the origins of Chinese knots is the Qian Qian knot. Chinese knots have a long history, which began in ancient times and flourished in Tang and Song Dynasties and Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to historical records, the ancient people recorded the knot, and this ideographic knot should have an inevitable connection with the hieroglyphics that appeared later. Therefore, we can conclude that the knot used to compare notes in ancient times is the origin of "Chinese knot".

According to written records: "Nu Wa leads a rope in the mud and holds it like a human being", and because the rope is like a snake dragon and has a coiled curve, the image of the dragon god is reflected by the change of knots in prehistoric times. A poet in the Song Dynasty wrote, "The heart is like a double screen with a Qian Qian knot inside". The knot in this poem represents people's thoughts and feelings and symbolizes the lingering feelings of young men and women.

Therefore, "Jie" has been endowed with various emotional desires in the long process of evolution, and related words have also appeared in Chinese, such as "sworn, sworn and United". Then the knot of empathy represents the token of love between men and women, and there is also the saying of "married couple".