Which "five flowers" are referred to in "Wǔ huā dà bǎng"?

Wǔ huā dà bǎng (五花大绑) is divided into small and large bindings. The so-called small tie, only tied hands, the rest of the body without ropes. There is a kind of escort binding (also known as wearing a small hemp shirt) is the opposite: the prisoner from the neck to the shoulder to the big arms are bound, only small arms and hands are not tied, the big arms were tied back tightly, and with the neck, shoulders, the upper body is fixed, can not be active, but the small arms and hands have a certain range of motion. This is in order to let the prisoner in the escort that is not fully free, and can barely take care of their own lives (such as eating, drinking, etc.), and vice versa is called the implementation of the type. The big tie is in addition to binding the wrists, or binding arms, or binding the body, and even the chest, back, neck, arms and other parts of the rope all bound.

As for why called five flowers, said a lot of different: some say that the bondage of the first rope to make five sets (flowers), respectively, set the neck and arms of the bondage of the person, and then tighten the rope for binding; there is an argument that the bondage of the person from the front of the five rope strangulation (throat, left and right arms of the two places); there are also pointed out that the so-called five flowers refers to the back of the bondage rope is ￥ shape: ￥ shape is divided out of the five rope ends, the top two rope ends are resting on the shoulders around the chest cross-binding or along the armpit back to tie. The middle two ends are for binding the arms, and the bottom one is for hanging the wrists of the bound person. Another understanding of the original: the five flowers of the word "flower", is the meaning of "knot", that is, five kinds of patterns of rope buckle. First of all, to the back of the neck, there is a double loop "buckle" for threading the rope, with the arm around the wrist, in each of the two wrists, there is a single loop "buckle", which has three "patterns This makes three "fancy" buckles (the buckles on the left and right wrists are actually the same). Then, at the wrists of the opposite cut hands, wrap the combined rope around a few times before hitting a rope buckle. (This buckle is the key, do not play well will be broken free), this buckle is often like a paper clip also make a "ring buckle", because the rope will also end up through the back of the neck of the rope buckle upward tension, so here to make a ring buckle is also very safe. This is the fourth "flower". Finally, the rope head through the back of the neck rope on the rope reserved for the wear rope buckle, one of their hands down to pull the rope, the other hand up to push the bound person tied to the back of the hands, pull tightly in the wear rope buckle on the knot on the completion of the "five flowers big tie". At this point there are exactly five flowers (knots). Some people also emphasize that the bound person should be outlined with crossed ropes, either above or between the chests. Five flowers not only refers to the back of the five flowers, the front should also highlight the big tie! It is only then that it is referred to as five-flower bondage. Of course there are other ways of saying it, but they are all pretty much the same.

The origin of the name of the five-flower big tie is difficult to find, even the old version of the word sea dictionary can not be found, but in the "three chivalrous five righteousness" such as the late Qing dynasty novels have been recorded, may be from the folk. However, the method of binding is much older. Because the shackles shackles and other complex production, especially inconvenient to carry, rope is the easiest to get and carry, naturally become the restraint of prisoners on the choice of instruments, our country to the 50's catching people still use rope bundles. Small tie because only bundle wrists, the rest of the body of the prisoner, especially the arms are free, can be tied hands from the side of the body to explore, to observe the state of the rope and try to get out of the bondage, powerful people as long as they insist on continuous struggle may also make the rope loose; body flexible people can even hands from the back of the buttocks and legs through the front of the body out of the bondage, so you have to be big tie. We are most familiar with the capture of Lu Bu in the White Gate Tower, the invincible flying general is tied up in a ball of rope, which shows that at least in the Han Dynasty, the complexity of the big tie binding method was formed (this paragraph is a historical fact, not Luo Guanzhong fabricated).

The most obvious feature of the five-flower big tie, is the first from the prisoner's neck tied up, so far the South is still jokingly referred to as being five-flower big tie for "wearing a linen collar and coat", bundling "two dragons bladder". Check the dictionary, Wuhua Dazhuang article said: a way to tie people, with a rope around the neck and around the back of the back to cut two arms. Just take this simple introduction to compare, you can see that those first from the hands or chest to start the Japanese style of tying can not be considered five flowers big tie. It can be said that all countries have a big tie, specifically called the five big tie of the specific binding method is China's original, is our national essence, many people call it "national bondage", is very reasonable. And some people talk about what Japanese-style five-flower bondage or Western-style five-flower bondage, is not objective.

The five-flower big tie is simple and quick, only use a rope can be dealt with, the binding speed is fast, and extremely difficult to get rid of, so it is very practical! Compared to the Japanese and Western styles of bondage, in which a person can't move after being tied up (which can be described as being frozen in place), the five-flower bondage allows the bound person to twist and stretch in a limited space, which makes her look even more appealing. The following is an overview of the three styles of bondage.

One, the traditional form of five-flower big tie: (divided into two categories of positive and negative style)

Positive style:

1, first of all, the binding rope (seven meters or so) folded for a small rope circle (not for the circle can also be).

2. Put the loop on the back of your neck.

3, the rope was pulled forward along the shoulders, hanging in front of the chest.

4. Thread the rope under each armpit to the back (wipe the shoulders).

5. Wrap the rope around the upper arm two or three times, and the lower arm once, and tie a knot every time you wrap the rope around to prevent it from slipping.

6, the two sides of the rope back to the back of the head, upward lead after the neck of the rope loop.

7. There are three ways to complete the style:

A) Pull the rope through the back of the neck rope loop downward, and at the same time, send the small arms of the bound person upward as much as possible. Make the model's two big arms reverse forked disturbed, wrists behind the back of the upward cross, as far as possible to the two scapulae between; pull down the rope to tie the wrists firmly, and finally beat to death knot. (This is a hanging bondage)

B) the rope through the back of the neck rope loop force downward, at the same time the prisoner's small arms upward to the left hand fork right elbow, right hand fork left elbow, parallel state. With the rope pulled down first side by side of the middle of the elbows tied, and then divided to the other side around the elbows and wrists side by side, respectively, after the knot through the big arm of the lowest circle of strangulation, and finally summarized in the back of the small rope circle. (This is the flat bondage)

C) will pass through the back of the neck rope loop of the rope force downward, at the same time the prisoner's wrists crossed, with the rope pulled down firmly tied, and then the remaining rope upward through the big arm of the lowest circle of strangulation, reverse through the other arm of the uppermost circle of strangulation, after wearing a good force to tighten the sum of the back of the small rope circle. (This is a pendant bondage)

Reverse style:

1, first of all, the binding rope (about seven meters) folded for a larger rope circle.

2, the rope circle in the front, from the prisoner's head set down, from front to back around the prisoner's throat.

3, the rope ring after the rope from the prisoner's two armpits through to the front.

4, in the upper arm wrapped around two or three times, the lower arm a circle, each circle must be knotted to prevent slipping.

The following steps are the same as the official ones, and are also divided into three styles: hanging, flat and hanging.

Second, the modified form of five-flower big tie:

The traditional five-flower big tie is the most popular, the longest time. But its shortcomings are also obvious. Especially in the front-type binding method of shoulder wiping, in the case of lax surveillance, easy to get out of bondage. If the prisoner can find the tip of the protruding things such as the harder tree fork, the tip of the railing, or even the door, the upper part of the window, such as the sharp corner of the object, you can wipe the shoulder of the rope behind the back, so that the binding rope appeared to be loosened. And because the whole rope is one piece, as long as one place is loose, by constantly struggling, it will be more and more loose, and eventually make the prisoner out of the rope buckle. And the traditional five flowers tied on the reverse side of the type although no such disadvantages, but the binding rope for a long time tightening the throat, will cause all kinds of accidents of the bound person. As a result, there is a modified five-flower big tie, this binding method than the traditional binding method to only one change, that is, the fourth step of the shoulder into a small chest cross, that is, the rope hitched to the back of the neck first in the chest before the cross and then through the two armpits wrapped around the upper arm, the other steps with the traditional binding method is the same. In this way, the binding rope everywhere twisting and pulling, not easy to pull off, as long as the real tie, is difficult to get off the bondage.

Because of the long-term cultural isolation, RTHK's improved five-flower binding with the mainland appeared a little different: that is, after the rope loop set neck two rope lead forward, that is, not through the armpits, not cross, but in front of the throat twisted into a force, has been twisted down to the chest, and then separated and then backward wrapped around the big arm, and the later program is basically the same as the mainland.