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The cultural connotations of Chinese knot
Good afternoon, my dear teacher and classmates!
What can you relate to when you see this? Can it be seen a culture in your opinion? A kind of culture image that indeed derived from it, that’s my topic today. well look what it is.
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Yes, just as you can see, Chinese knot, a kind of characteristic folk decorations of handicraft art. and what I want to introduce to you is The cultural connotations of Chinese knot. I will reveal it in two parts as follows
一、The developing history of Chinese knot
二、The cultural meaning of Chinese knot
●A ppeared in ancient time
●d eveloped in Tang and Song Dynasty (960-1229A.D.)and
●p opularized in Ming and Qing Dynasty (1368-1911A.D.
Chinese Knot has so long a history ,dating back to ancient time, When our ancestors first invented rope and tied to record events and fix things.
The knot has been growing gradually, more and more widely applied in
people’s daily life, by the time tang, it upgrade from original practical use to be used on clothes for decoration, most of which a nice and elegant butterfly knot on women’dresses when times come to ming and qing dynasty,the Chinese knot are coming into its peak . So many Chinese knots of different styles and colors have permeated into people’s lives at almost all aspacts , appearing on the curtain, closet, necklace as well on the wall and doors of shops。In that period, it was also combined with other fortunate stuff to delived blessings for people.
chinese knot，had really become a part of Chinese people’s lives and a special stand for C hinese culture.
Chinese Knot has so rich and profound meanings.
1.Firstly, knot”is associated with many words like Combinition, unity,,marriage, close
relationship…… which show us the feeling of warm and intimacy .at the same time ,it presents the strength that unite every one.
2.Secondly,The pronunciation “jie” is the partial tone of Chinese characters “ji”, which
involves various nice and beautiful blessings to people.such as happiness ,wealth ,joy, Longevity and so on. There are many Chinese knots named accordance with their unique characteristic forms,相应地，delivering the warmest regards, best wishes or finest ideal. For example,
●Pan chang knot means relying on each other and never separated
●Double coin knot means plentiful money and treatures
●round brocade knot(团锦结)：having a promising future in career or other
3.thirdly,a Chinese knot contains the Philosophy idea of back and forth. Every knot is
weaved by a single rope from start to finish . However complex and confusing it looks, it came from the process of countless cycle and can be reduced to the simple 2-D lines.
Chinese knots, catching the track of chinese developing history
with such profound cultural connotations, are really a treasure deserving our cherish.
