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Cultural Connections: Traditional Chinese Wooden Joints “Sunmao”

Date: Feb 26, 2021 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Mortise and tenon joints, which are called Sunmao in China, have been used extensively in Chinese wooden architecture, furniture, or even toys. This type of structure provides strong stability without any pins or screw. The earliest Chinese Sunmao structure was found about 7000 years ago around the Hemudu Site, which was much earlier than the appearance of Chinese characters! Come and see how smart the ancient people were ** You have 48 hours prior to this event to remove your name from the list. After that you must contact Morgan Conklin or Morgan Oberly if you cannot make it, or if you cannot find a replacement. If you don't, you will be docked full hours. The first person on the sign up sheet should email an attendance list to apothetazeta.service@gmail.com**