What **** is the similarity between the knots mentioned in The Twelve Hours of Nagano and the knots in Japanese culture?

Tying two ropes together (joining the two ends of a rope together). A method used to keep track of things and convey information before writing was created. Legend has it that big things were tied in big knots and small things in small knots. Nowadays, some people who do not have writing still use knotted ropes to keep track of things. In the ancient Chinese text Zhou Yi, it is written: "In the ancient times, people knotted ropes and ruled, and in the later times, they changed the way of writing." In the book Laozi, there is also the saying "make the people use the knotted rope again". According to this estimate, the ancient ancestors did use the knotted rope method to remember things, the details are now impossible to prove. The Han Dynasty scholar Zheng Xuan for the "Zhouyi" as a commentary, said: "things big, big knot its rope; things small, small knot its rope." It is also only a speculation.

There are all kinds of "knots" tied with ropes. Knot, there are many meanings, with the rope tied by the "flower knot" has a long disk, Fang Sheng and so on. The name of the knot is "Baji", which is derived from "Baiji". Rope knots can also be tied in many patterns, used for clothing and accessories, and have the meaning of auspicious patterns. See Taiwan's "Han Sheng" magazine published in September 1994, "hand-tying Chinese knots" book.

The art of knotting, as a necessary means of survival and life in the early days of mankind, has played a great role in the history of China and Japan, and has formed its own unique cultural form under the influence of different religious beliefs. Shinto beliefs make the Japanese "knot and" culture to maintain the traditional skills and styles of knotting, emphasizing the spiritual connotation of "peace with God"; "Chinese knot" culture in the "Ten Thousand Laws of One" under the influence of the Taoist thought of the creation of the world, the completion of the "form" and "meaning" of the combination of the innovation and become a representative of the traditional Chinese culture.