Lock Charm
Lock charms (Traditional Chinese: 家鎖 / 鎖片; Simplified Chinese: 家锁 / 锁片; Pinyin: ''jiā suǒ / suǒ piàn''; Literally translated: "Family lock" or "lock piece") are Chinese numismatic charms shaped like ancient Chinese Lock (security device), security locks. Their shape resembles a basket or in most cases the Hanzi, Chinese character for "concave" (凹). The pendants tend to be flat, without any moving parts, or the functionality of the locks they symbolize. They are decorated with both Chinese characters and symbols. Like other types of Chinese numismatic charms, lock charms are meant to protect the wearers from harm, misfortune, and evil spirits, and to bless them with good luck, longevity, and a high rank (through the imperial examination system). In particular, this talisman is meant for young boys, to help "lock" them to the earth, to guard them from death. Chinese lock charms originated in the Ming dynasty but did not become popular until the 19th century. Th ...
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Ch'ang Ming Fu Kuei - T'ien Ch'ang Ti Chi - John Ferguson
Chang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the Song Dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames''. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written Zhang (surname), Zhang in pinyin: one extremely common and written in Traditional Chinese and in Simplified Chinese, and another quite rare and written as in both systems. There is also a rare case of in Hong Kong written as Chang as well. For full details on them, see the "Zhang (surname), Zhang" and "Zheng (surname), Zheng" article. In Macao, this is the spelling of the surname "Zeng (surname), Zeng" . "Chang" is also a common spelling of the surname / (Chen (surname), Chen in Mandarin pinyin) in Peru. Romanization 常 is romanized as Ch'ang in Wade-Giles, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized as Soeng and Sheung (surname), Sheung in Cantonese language, Cantonese; Seong and Siông in Minnan ...
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