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This good luck knot wall decoration is
21 embellished with traditional Chinese red
paint and silver and gold flakes.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Use a thick cotton cord to tie the ji good luck
character (top portion) and the ram’s head.
2. Apply shellac followed by Chinese red paint.
3.When the paint is dry, apply silver and gold
flakes on the knot, then apply another thin coat
of shellac.

The knot depicts a lotus in the shape of a ru yi scepter. It is adapted from the Manjusri Bodhisattva
23 painting discovered in Shanxi Province.

TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1.Tie a cloverleaf knot and a pan chang knot to make the head of the ru yi.
2. Pull the cords to form the shaft and tie them into a double coin knot to form the end portion of the ru yi.
3. Ensure that the lotus petals are of different lengths and that the end portion of the ru yi is properly curved.
4. Apply paint. Make sure that the cord ends are glued tightly by the paint.

In order to give a real sense of sculpture
22 to this work, additional coats of paint are
applied to completely cover the grain of the cord
material.
TYING INSTRUCTIONS
1.Tie a thick cotton cord into a lingzhi knot.Tie
each cord end into a flat knot, and hide the cord
end inside an overlap.
2. Apply sufficient coats of paint to cover the
grain. Ensure that the cord ends are glued firmly
to the knot with the paint.

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