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Lào zi (simplified Chinese: 络子; traditional Chinese: 絡子), also called Tāo zi (Chinese: 绦子), is an ancient appellation for knots in China. In ancient Chinese literature, the Lào zi actually refers to what is now known as zhongguo jie (simplified Chinese: 中国结; traditional Chinese: 中國結; Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngguó jié; Tongyong Pinyin: li; lit. Chinese and Chinese knotting in English. It was a tradition to use the lào and/or tāo as a form of yaopei (lit. The meaning of the two terms Lào zi and Tāo zi are quite similar. Hanfu where it was tied to the waist by using silk or cotton ribbon. The Chinese character for tāo, 绦, refers to the lace or flat ribbon woven from silk thread which can used to decorate clothing. According to Dream of the Red Chamber, making Lào zi means making knots that can be used on waist as knotting belt; the Lào zi could also be as decorative knots with tassel hanging for small object or furnishing (similar to the norigae used in the hanbok). As a form of knot-craft, it could be used to knot a net sachet for containing small objects. The Chinese character for lào, 絡 in traditional Chinese and 络 in simplified Chinese, is a specific term which refers to knotting, enmeshing, and wrapping. The knot at the waist by ribbon can be seen from many artworks especially in the beauty painting, and ancient literature description recorded that the tradition of knot ribbon can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn period (770 – 76 BCE); for example, in the chapter Zhaogong (昭公) of the Zuo Zhuan (左傳), the tradition of tying ribbon as knots to the belt is recorded. Yang, Yuxin (9 April 2018). “Unveiling and Activating the “Uncertain Heritage” Of Chinese Knotting”. ACCS 2018 Conference Proceedings. Chen, Lydia. The complete book of chinese knotting: a compendium of techniques and variations. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. Dream of the Red Chamber· This page was last edited on 18 September 2024, at 06:01 (UTC). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.