The Chinese Knot
The chinese knot is an ancient art form and the artifacts could be found as far back as 100000 years ago.Chinese people uses knots for more than just fastening, wrapping, hunting, fishing. knots were also used to record events, and some knots had purely ornamental funtions. The chinese knot has cultural connotations. Since knot is pronounced as "jie" in chinese similar with that of "ji", which means blessing, good salary, longevity, hapiness, fortune, safety, and health and is the everlasting pursuit of chinese people, some chinese knots express people's various hopes. For example, the room of newlyweds is usually decorated with a Pan-Chang Knot to symbolize eternal love.
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The Chinese Knot
The chinese knot is an ancient art form and the artifacts could can be found as far back as 100000 years ago.Chinese people uses knots for more than just fastening, wrapping, hunting, and fishing. Knots were also used to record events, and some knots had purely ornamental funtions. The chinese knot has cultural connotations, since knot is pronounced as "jie" in chinese similar with that of "ji", which means blessing, good salary, longevity, hapiness, fortune, safety, and health and is the everlasting pursuit of chinese people, some chinese knots express people's various hopes. For example, the room of newlyweds is usually decorated with a Pan-Chang Knot to symbolize eternal love.
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