The Padlocks culture of china

2010-2-23 18:05:19

Padlocks is not just human life products, but also cultural (folk) materials, it represents a country and nation, the culture in different historical periods. My locks have been stretching for thousands of years, it is almost the same time, private ownership of human beings born. Initially, human beings simply personal valuables with animal skins wrap the outside with a rope tied firmly, and finally open the office marked with a special knot. This tightly tied dead knots, can only be called a "wrong" tool can be picked open. Fault, known as the "Xiao", "knife", "screwdriver."

It uses made of animal teeth or animal bones, shaped like a sickle-shaped hooks, knots is in fact the earliest locks, "wrong" is the first key, and this is the prototype of our locks. Aluminum plate, which had followed from the Shang Dynasty to the Han dynasty, after the switch to jade, the evolution of the nobility on dress accessories.

By 5,000 years ago Yangshao culture period, China's ancestors created a wooden structure mounted on a wooden frame building on the Padlocks (see "Encyclopedia of China Light Industry Volume"). This is the world's most ancient locks, can be said to be "the world's first Padlocks." This wood has been locked in popular tradition, such as the Ming Shiraki Padlocks, once the construction region in Zhejiang use. In today's cottage where Kunming Yi has a similar wooden locks. Although the Shang has entered the Bronze Age, but the main use of copper to produce large-scale drinking, tableware, and sacrificial utensils, have not yet used to Padlocks. Its development by the Qin Dynasty Spring and Autumn period until the Sui and Tang Hanwei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Following the Bronze Age Shang Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period into the Iron Age, archaeological evidence, in this period a large number of people is to use locks, Brass padlock, as well as silver locks, gilt golden and so on, including a representative such as the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze Padlocks, metal Padlocks the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and Sung Ha Mei square Padlocks silver Padlocks body, have very high level of technology. In particular, iron three tumbler Padlocks Han Dynasty in China around 1,000 years followed. Its prosperity period of the Ming and Qing period, a variety of quality timber locks simultaneously so as to Brass padlock, locks majority, technology is more sophisticated, in the form of difficulty and unlock a great innovation in manufacturing.

Such as the Ming Dynasty tri-color Brass padlock, Qing crane Padlocks, password Padlocks, dark locks, four Padlocks, inverted zipper and a variety of people, animals and writing style of the locks, dazzling, beautiful. Some locks complex structure, designed in a way peculiar organs, it is generally difficult to open, mirror aluminum plate.

Padlocks in ancient China is not only a long history, many types of manufacturing sophistication, and rich cultural connotations. Compared with the modern locks, and at least three characteristics: - Chinese traditional locks have a long history of at least 5,000 years, and many species-rich Tibetan cultural heritage is extremely rich; modern locks in China's development time, From the 1887 Commercial Bank of China for the first time the United States, "Yale" brand billiard Padlocks date, still only 100 years time.

Padlocks because it is China's traditional handicraft production, making the process of creativity into full play. Ancient artists continuous innovation in the craft, skilled, style-rich. From my collection of hundreds of people to use the locks to all the physical and picture data, the next material points, wooden locks, golden, silver locks, Brass padlock, locks, cloisonne locks, etc.; by category, there are wide Padlocks , United States Padlocks, criminal Padlocks, Padlocks jewelry, etc.; according to the form of points, there are round Padlocks, square Padlocks, pillows locks, text locks, Padlocks characters, animals, Padlocks, password Padlocks, dark locks, inverted zipper, barrel Padlocks, straight unlock, Wang unlock and so on; by zoning, there are padlocks, door locks, box locks, cabinet locks, box locks, Drawer locks warehouses, etc.; from the process point of view, there are flat carved, engraved, hollow carved, engraved, gilt gold, the wrong gold, covered with gold, gilded, inlaid and mold casting.

These locks are not only for the lives of people to use items, and some with high artistic value, for human appreciation and collection.

From: http://www.metalpadlock.com