Chapter 610

——【It's impossible to think it's ugly.】

——【Yes, in ancient times, having enough to eat was a good day; no one would waste so much time making an ugly thing to disgust people. Wouldn't the craftsman starve to death?】

——【Certainly not; what's left behind must be things used by wealthy families, and ordinary commoners couldn't afford these.】

——【Yes, how could ordinary commoners afford such expensive items as locks?】

——【The Chinese nation is truly a great nation that knows how to appreciate beauty and create beauty, none other.】

——【Oh my god, even the locks are so exquisite and good-looking; it's really amazing.】

——【No mobile phones, no internet, so they could only study these little gadgets, striving for excellence; even ear spoons were incredibly exquisite. The ancestors knew how to enjoy themselves. If we modern people didn't have mobile phones or the internet, we would probably also find ways to fiddle with things to pass the time.】

For items like locks, because they are used both in ancient and modern times, explaining them is very simple, and it can also resonate with most people. Xiang Fangyang, speaking of items like locks, couldn't help but want to explain more.

At the same time, he also felt it was very interesting.

"There are many aspects to look at for the existence of locks."

"Some locks are very simple, while some locks are very complex."

"It just depends on what you want to know: how some complex locks are made, or how some simple locks are made."

Xiang Fangyang was resting while speaking, and at the same time watching the comments in the livestream room.

582. Tang Dynasty mechanism lock, although I don't understand it, it's very awesome! (Seeking full subscription)

When he saw a comment saying that they were very interested in mechanism locks, Xiang Fangyang's expression was clearly stunned for a moment.

When one person mentioned the matter of mechanism locks, more and more people followed up and mentioned mechanism locks.

The comments were densely packed with "mechanism lock".

These three words made Xiang Fangyang unable to recognize how to write them for a moment.

"Since you have so much curiosity about mechanism locks, then I will tell you about them."

Xiang Fangyang thought about it seriously, and then started to speak.

"If we are talking about mechanism locks, then we cannot fail to mention the Tang Dynasty mechanism locks from a thousand years ago. Compared to now, the mechanism locks at that time were probably more precise than modern safes."

"First of all, we must know that these Tang Dynasty locks have a history of 1,300 years."

"It is very far from now, but its structure is very complex."

"Like now, if we want to open a safe, we only need a password."

"If we want to open something that is locked, we only need a key, and some even more powerful ones can be pried open directly with just a needle or some other tools."

"However, to open a Tang Dynasty mechanism lock, you must be proficient in Yin-Yang, Five Elements, and the Qian-Kun Eight Trigrams."

While speaking, Xiang Fangyang suddenly looked thoughtful.

He felt that if he just said this to others, they probably wouldn't understand what he meant at all.

And they wouldn't be able to understand how complex the so-called mechanism lock was, so he simply went to a nearby shop to buy paper and a pen, and then started drawing on the paper with a "swish, swish, swish".

The people in the livestream room, including the cameraman and the driver, originally didn't know what Xiang Fangyang was doing with such actions, until they saw Xiang Fangyang had drawn something that looked very complex on the paper; they couldn't tell what it was.

But although they couldn't understand what it was, the number of people in the livestream room was very large.

With so many people, there were always a few who could see it.

The people in the livestream room were all saying that what Xiang Fangyang drew was a mechanism lock.

Xiang Fangyang's drawing speed was very fast.

By the end, one could almost only see the afterimages of his hands.

Seeing this scene, the people in the livestream room couldn't help but sigh at Xiang Fangyang's hand speed.

And in just less than 10 minutes, Xiang Fangyang had drawn a very complex mechanism lock in the form of a painting.

The fineness of the picture was simply breathtaking.

At the same time, in order to make it easier for others to understand, Xiang Fangyang even partially disassembled the mechanism lock.

After all the preparatory work was done, he was ready to continue explaining.

Although Xiang Fangyang had done so many things, everyone didn't feel it was a waste of time at all; they were even very expectant.

They really wanted to know what Xiang Fangyang's next explanation would be.

"The first layer of this mechanism lock is the Kun trigram, corresponding to Earth in the Five Elements."

"The second layer is the Li trigram, corresponding to Fire in the Five Elements."

"The Xun trigram corresponds to Wood."

"The Zhen trigram is the Thunder trigram, which still corresponds to Wood."

"If you want to unlock this Eight-Treasure Interlocking Buckle, you must twist each layer of the trigram to the corresponding Five Elements."

"But if you can't see the scene inside at all, you can only rely on experience and feeling."

"……"

Xiang Fangyang told this story very seriously and in great detail, explaining almost every step in a disassembled way.

Those who understood it understood it immediately after hearing Xiang Fangyang's explanation.

Those who didn't understand, no matter how Xiang Fangyang said it, couldn't understand it at all, but after hearing these words, they felt that what Xiang Fangyang said was hard to understand, but they could hear that it was very powerful.

【Popularity】 +1+1+1+1.

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583. Qian is Heaven, Kun is Earth! Ancient people were really particular! (Seeking full subscription)

——【When I saw Xiang Fangyang draw these, I always felt very familiar, as if I had seen them somewhere, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen them.】

——【Haha, I have the same attitude. I was just thinking very seriously, isn't this a movie released a few years ago? There was a mechanism lock in it that looked almost no different from this.】

——【Even if it's a movie, the things in the movie are created by referring to historical documents; they won't appear for no reason.】

——【Actually, I think sometimes some things in movies are also very interesting.】

——【Yes, some things in movies are actually done very seriously. After all, there is a lot of research in this world, and they have very high requirements for details. If they don't meet their requirements, they will constantly...】

——【This is an evolutionary form of a lock, right?】

——【A bit curious, what does the Kun in Qian-Kun Eight Trigrams mean?】

——【Qian is Heaven, Kun is Earth.】

——【So, where exactly are such complex locks installed?】

——【Installed in treasure rooms, or in the storehouses of large families, and also in tombs.】

——【Only precious items deserve to use such high-end locks.】

——【I have a similar lock at home; it's a replica. It took me more than two years to open this lock. To be honest, I wanted to smash this mechanism lock directly several times in the middle.】

——【Mechanism locks are really very interesting.】

——【Actually, the most common one in ancient TV shows is that bronze lock, which has two mechanism doors and usually requires two keys.】

——【Yes, it's very small and exquisite. I've seen ones that require 4 keys, which must be collected and opened at the same time.】

——【We have a Lijiang lock here, which is used by the Tax Bureau; it's very interesting. I looked at it and felt it was very interesting.】

——【I've seen it in other videos before; it's very complex.】

——【Like the one Xiang Fangyang mentioned, it's very complex and large, but the mechanism locks used in daily life are relatively small.】

——【Some locks require keys that are not at all the kind we think of now, but something else.】

——【Has anyone seen that some people's homes still use anti-theft doors? Actually, they are also installed with mechanisms. I'm not talking about modern ones, but ones used by people decades ago. There was a wealthy family in our village, and to this day, no one knows what the principle of the mechanism inside is.】

——【Xiang Fangyang could have drawn some simpler mechanism locks to explain to us; why did he draw such a complex one?】

——【If you understand the complex ones, let alone the simple ones.】

——【Yes, if you understand the complex ones, are you afraid of the simple ones?】

——【I am really very curious about some ancient crafts; I think they are really very awesome; they are too powerful. What kind of brain must one have to create such powerful mechanisms?】

——【It is said that in ancient times, some people even used mechanism locks as toys for children to play with. This counts as an educational game in ancient times.】

——【Ancient people were so particular; it seems they were really very powerful.】

——【I have already said that ancient people were very awesome, I'm tired of saying it.】

After explaining the mechanism lock in his hand, Xiang Fangyang stood up and stuffed the lock in his hand into his pocket casually.

"Brother, isn't this being handed over to the Cultural Relics Bureau?"

"Let's hand it over when we leave. Now let's hurry and find a restaurant to eat."

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Xiang Fangyang and his group had quenched their thirst, but the matter of being hungry was also the most important and most needed thing at the moment.

They found a restaurant directly.

Soon they had a beautiful and satisfying meal.

Today's work had already ended, and they were a bit tired from playing.