鲁班锁

lǔ bān suǒ

Lu Ban Lock

Lu Ban Lock is an educational toy invented by a famous ancient Chinese carpenter named Lu Ban that is based on mortise and tenon joints. Each piece of the lock is interconnected without fixtures and players have to unlock the gadget and put the pieces back together.

采用中国传统榫卯工艺制成的鲁班锁是一种益智玩具,相传由中国古代春秋时期的著名工匠鲁班发明.这种三维的拼插器具内部的凹凸部分啮合,十分巧妙.鲁班锁易拆难装.拼装时需要玩家仔细观察,分析其内部结构.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gave the traditional Chinese puzzle game Lu Ban Lock to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a gift at a bilateral economic and technological forum in Berlin on October 10, 2014.

2014年10月召开的中德经济技术论坛上,李克强总理将一精巧的鲁班锁送给德国总理默克尔.

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