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Hey, there! Do you know which gift becomes the most popular one to be sent by Chinese? Of course, Chinese knot! With the Chinese cultural development all around the world, when Chinese people go abroad for business or study, they may choose a Chinese knot as a gift to their foreign friends, which makes it widely spread in the world.

The Chinese knot is a beautiful handmade art work that began as a traditional art in Tang and Song Dynasties, and became popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It is named according to its different shapes, usages and origins (起源). The Treasure Knot, for example, is with the appearance of “Yuanbao”. The Torx Knot looks like “meihua” which is a kind of beautiful flower. The Kingdee Knot is in a shape of a golden butterfly, and can you believe, there is a knot called the Wukong Knot which comes from the Incantation of the Goden Hoop (紧箍咒) of Monkey King.

There are two main processes in making a Chinese knot, naming tying (打结) knots, and shaping. The ways of knot-tying are fixed, but the shaping skill is not always staying the same. Thus, how well a Chinese knot has been made can show the skill of a knot artist.

The Chinese knot has been served as wishes now. The materials can be cotton, nylon and so on, and many of them are red, which stands for good luck in China. Therefore, the knots are usually sent as gifts in some important Chinese traditional festivals or on someone’s big day to carry people’s best wishes to their family or friends.

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