Chinese Garden Scene

Photo 1, showing the cylinder characters of the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

In order to gain Access, to something of Precious Value - very often;

one requires a Password or a Key to UNLOCK it.

Photo 2, showing the individual components of the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

Or both [ in a mechanical sense ] in the case of this Antique Chinese copper - classic - poem - password - lock.

Photo 3, showing more of the Chinese characters of the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

The Password in this case, being is a Chinese classical poem, by the name " Chu He ".

Photo 4, showing further Chinese characters, making up the words of the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

The original poem text in Chinese is:

                  锄禾日当午，

                  汗滴禾下土，

                  谁知盘中餐，

                  粒粒皆辛苦。

The English translation, reads.....

" The hoe seedling the day be noon, the sweat drop the seedling descend soil;

who know the dish Chinese food, the each grain is all hard work. "

Photo 5, showing more Chinese characters of the Ancient Poem Password Lock.

The cylinders are rotated [ using the copper bar above, as the lock line ]

to form each line of the above poem.

Photo 6, showing the last of the Chinese characters, used to make-up the words of the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

This will allow the lock key, to be removed [ as indicated in the following photos ]

Photo 7, showing the Key Lock UNLOCKING, after the correct poem has been completed - on the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

Photo 8, showing the mechanical workings inside the Key Lock barrel, after removal - on the Ancient Chinese Poem Password Lock.

These photos of this wonderful example of an Authentic Ancient Chinese Password Lock - were permitted by Luoyancc.