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Living With Chinese Knots

In the past, Chinese knots were primarily used to enhance the objects they adorned, such as wind chimes, palace lanterns, spectacle cases, fans, jade pendants, seals and tobacco pouches, or were specially made as wall hangings for festive occasions and rites of passage. They were thus rather limited in their application and their beauty often went unnoticed. Even today, the items that are available on the market made with Chinese knots lack variety, and mostly comprise bracelets and belts with unimaginative designs.