Materials to be prepared for weaving long-life lock pendant red rope include perforated pendant, red rope, scissors and lighter. In fact, the method of knitting red rope is not very complicated, as long as the steps are simple, but it needs some care and patience, because sometimes mistakes may be made if you don't pay attention. Here are the knitting steps:

1. Bake the red rope with fire, put it on while it is hot, and let it pass through the holes of pendants and beads;

2. The rope ends pass through the pendant hole together;

Third, leave a binding length of appropriate length, such as 1cm or so, not too short;

4. Open the rope end, tie a knot around the other side, then tie a lead knot around the other side, and then tie a knot in turn, thus leaving the length of the rope end, and the dead end of the red rope necklace can be handled with a lighter.

The predecessor of longevity lock is longevity rope.

So it is also called "longevity". There are also names such as Longevity, Longevity, Longevity, Five Colors, Ghost C, Zhu Suo and Bai Suo. Longevity locks, a tradition in China, are mostly decorations made of metal or gold and silver. They look like ancient locks and are especially popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

According to the traditional view, as long as you hang this kind of jewelry, you can help children eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits and "lock" their lives. Therefore, many children hang this kind of ornaments soon after birth, and some still hang a longevity lock at the ceremony when the newborn is more than 100 days old or one year old until adulthood.

The significance of locking a child's chest in wartime lies in locking the child's life and avoiding the invasion of diseases and epidemics. People think that once children wear locks, they can grow up safely without any disaster. Therefore, people call this kind of lock a long life lock. ?

Longevity locks are generally made of gold, silver and precious stones, and the locks are engraved with auspicious wishes such as "Long life and wealth", "Long life and wealth in the Jade Hall", and on the other hand, there are traditional patterns such as "Kirin sending a child". Some make it look like they want, and carve auspicious patterns such as peach, bat, goldfish and lotus on it.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Silver has the functions of calming the five internal organs, calming the mind, stopping fright and eliminating evil spirits". It can be seen that wearing a silver long-life lock does have an aftercare effect on the body. Poor families will use copper coins, cloth and silk thread to make them, which also means to pray for good luck.

Hanging a longevity lock is the most popular ceremony for newborns over one year old. A lock is a sealing device. Once doors and boxes are locked, they can only be opened with keys. By exaggerating the use of locks, they can be used to lock invisible things. Longevity lock is more of a blessing from elders to younger generations. The mainstream in the market is taking silver as the main building material.