ChineseKnotting.org
Title
Chinese Knotting Home Page
Description
A Perspective on the History of Chinese Knotting
The history of knots, due to the perishable nature of the media (plant fibres, animal hide strips, and yarns), is very poorly documented and mostly lost to antiquity. But baskets for carrying, ropes for snares, and lacing for garments were as crucial to the development of human civilization as flint spear heads, wooden boats, and bronze ploughs. Wherever utilitarian knots appeared, decorative knots were not far behind, and nowhere was the art of decorative knotting as highly developed as in Imperial China. A magnificent variety of complex knots ornamented everything from sword hilts to teapots, lady's fans to temple walls, and peasant coats to the empress's hair.
Due to the effects of industrialization & the cultural revolution on China, the art of Chinese knotting -- as with too many other arts and irreplacable cultural treasures -- was nearly lost. However, in the late 1970's a resurgence of interest occured in Taiwan, largely due to the efforts of Lydia Chen of the National Palace Museum who founded the Chinese Knotting Promotion Center. Currently, Chinese knotting enjoys wide popularity in Taiwan with numerous specialty shops to be found.
Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan: Chinese Macrame - the same info from the Taiwanese embassy in Houston, TX (with different pictures, and no background so it is easier to read).
Contact
- ArghC Consulting
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- Burnaby BC
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- +1.6047090712
