Luban lock game

Luban Lock is a wooden educational toy, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of China craftsmen.

It is said that more than two thousand years ago, in order to test his son's intelligence, Lu Ban made a detachable toy with six sticks, that is, Lu Ban Lock. However, some people say that this toy was invented by Kong Ming according to the principle of gossip, so it should be called Kongming lock or gossip lock. Who invented it is still inconclusive. In this book, we call it Luban Lock for the time being.

Luban Lock adopts the unique tenon (sǔn) and tenon (A) structure in ancient buildings in China. It can be connected with each other without fixing objects such as ropes and nails. Luban lock has many forms, the simplest one is composed of three sticks, and the common one is composed of six or nine sticks. Luban locks are mostly made of wood, bamboo, ivory and brass. These sticks are interwoven with each other and sewn tightly, so it is not easy to disassemble them, and it takes a lot of effort to assemble them.

It is easy to unlock Luban locks, but it takes enough wisdom and patience to interweave them into a solid whole. Players can form sticks into different shapes in different ways, such as "seven-star knot" and "eight-button knot". In general, people will arrange different numbers for sticks to remember them, and explore various assembly methods, and the fun is in exploration.

Luban lock is not only an educational toy in our hands, but also its tenon-mortise structure principle is widely used in traditional Chinese architecture. This is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation and our pride.