Chinese character maze and its making and using method

Abstract

The application discloses a Chinese character maze and a manufacturing and using method thereof. The Chinese character maze comprises a bottom plate, a character die and a character filling. The bottom plate can be made of paper or other materials. The character die is made of the bottom plate and a character shape. The character filling is made of a group of characters or patterns. The manufacturing method of the Chinese character maze comprises the following steps: selecting a Chinese character as a bottom sample, manufacturing the character die and writing the character filling. The Chinese character maze has a long service life and can be used as an artwork for display, appreciation or collection after the manufacturing or the maze path exploration is completed. The Chinese character maze takes Chinese characters as the main characters and integrates the cultural connotation of Chinese characters. The structural form beauty and the calligraphy art beauty of the Chinese characters are fully displayed. People of all ages can participate in the creative design, manufacturing and use of the Chinese character maze, and the Chinese character maze is suitable for people of all ages and has a wide audience.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the fields of cultural and creative design and product manufacturing technology, and more specifically, to a Chinese character maze and its manufacturing and usage methods. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, the following technical solutions exist for Chinese character mazes in this technical field:

[0003] 1. Design the Chinese characters themselves as mazes: Use the strokes of the Chinese characters as the walls of the maze, the blank spaces between the strokes as the maze paths, and design the maze paths from the entrance to the exit; most of these Chinese character mazes are products in the form of flat paper that are drawn or printed.

[0004] 2. Designing mazes using combinations of Chinese characters: The main body of the maze is a square array of several Chinese characters arranged horizontally and vertically according to certain rules, and the maze path from the entrance to the exit is designed based on the sentence patterns formed by the Chinese characters; most of these Chinese character mazes are also products in the form of drawn or printed flat paper.

[0005] 3. Patent 200720300472.4 discloses a Chinese character maze toy: it adopts a certain theme and gathers a group of Chinese characters, transforming each Chinese character into a small maze, and then assembling each small maze into a large maze; its essence is similar to the combination of 1 and 2 above, but the difference is that its form is a three-dimensional physical product.

[0006] However, the existing technical solutions for Chinese character mazes have the following problems and shortcomings:

[0007] 1. Short service life:

[0008] For a specific Chinese character maze product, once the user is attracted to the maze, starts from the maze entrance, works hard to find the correct path, and successfully solves the maze at the exit, the use value of the maze ends for the user. Therefore, the lifespan of the Chinese character maze product is relatively short.

[0009] 2. The cultural connotations of Chinese characters themselves are not adequately displayed:

[0010] Although named the Chinese Character Maze, it only uses the strokes of Chinese characters as "materials" to make maze walls or maze paths. Chinese characters are not the main characters of the maze, and the structural beauty and calligraphic beauty of Chinese characters are not fully displayed.

[0011] 3. Narrow audience:

[0012] The design and production of existing Chinese character mazes are done by adults, and children generally do not participate in the design and production of Chinese character mazes; while the actual users of Chinese character mazes are mostly children, and there are relatively few adults using them, so the audience for this type of Chinese character maze product is relatively narrow.

[0013] In summary, how to solve and improve the problems and shortcomings of the existing technical solutions is a problem that needs to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention

[0014] In view of this, the purpose of this invention is to provide a Chinese character maze with a long service life, which can integrate the structural and artistic beauty of Chinese characters and has a wide audience, as well as its production and usage methods.

[0015] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution:

[0016] A Chinese character maze, characterized in that: the Chinese character maze includes: a base plate, character templates, and filling elements;

[0017] The base plate is made of paper or other materials.

[0018] Optionally, depending on the different methods of making the Chinese character maze, the base plate may be a first base plate, a second base plate, or a third base plate.

[0019] The character template consists of a base plate and character shapes, and the character shapes can be hollow characters or solid characters;

[0020] Optionally, depending on the different methods of making the Chinese character maze, the type of character mold also varies. Specifically, the types of character molds are: integrated character mold, transitional character mold, and tracing character mold. The integrated character mold consists of a first base plate, hollow character shapes, and grid lines. The transitional character mold consists of a second base plate, hollow character shapes, and grid lines. The tracing character mold consists of a third base plate and light-colored filler characters.

[0021] The fill-in-the-blank exercise consists of one or more groups of words or patterns in a logical order, or it can consist of words or patterns that do not have a logical order.

[0022] Optionally, the text or pattern that makes up the filler can be a two-dimensional text or pattern, or a three-dimensional text or pattern.

[0023] A method for constructing a Chinese character maze, characterized by the following steps:

[0024] Step A: Select the Chinese character:

[0025] Select a Chinese character as the base shape of the Chinese character maze;

[0026] Step B: Making the letter mold:

[0027] Depending on the type of font, the steps for making the font will also differ. The specific steps are as follows:

[0028] Step B1: Create a one-piece typeface:

[0029] (1) Use the selected Chinese character as a template to redraw a hollow character shape;

[0030] (2) Write the hollow characters on the first base plate;

[0031] (3) Draw grid lines within the hollow character outline to complete the production of the integrated character mold;

[0032] Optionally, the hollow characters and grid lines of the integrated typeface can be written with a fine-lined, light-colored pen or with an erasable pencil.

[0033] Step B2: Create the transition font:

[0034] (1) Use the selected Chinese character as a template to redraw a hollow character shape;

[0035] (2) Write the hollow characters on the second base plate;

[0036] (3) Draw grid lines within the hollow character outline to complete the production of the transition character template;

[0037] Step B3: Creating a tracing template:

[0038] (1) Making the transitional character template: First, the selected Chinese character is used as the base pattern and redrawn into a hollow character shape. Then, the hollow character shape is written on the second base plate. Finally, lines are drawn inside the outline of the hollow character shape, and the production of the transitional character template is completed.

[0039] (2) Attach the paper third base plate to the transition type and fix it in place. The outline and grid of the hollow type of the transition type can be seen through the paper third base plate.

[0040] (3) Based on the transition character pattern, and taking the order of the strokes of the hollow characters of the transition character pattern as the order, and taking the order of the text content of the filling as the standard, use a thin-lined light-colored pen to write the text content of the filling in sequence within the outline range of the visible hollow characters on the third base plate.

[0041] Optionally, the writing method for filling in the intersecting parts of the hollow strokes of the transitional character pattern is as follows: based on the order of strokes, the intersecting parts of the first stroke order are left blank without filling in the characters, and the intersecting parts of the later stroke order are filled in with the characters.

[0042] Optionally, during the writing of fill-in-the-blank characters, the fill-in-the-blank characters should be written sequentially along the writing direction of each stroke of the character, and the characteristics of Chinese characters that can be written horizontally or vertically, and from left to right or right to left should be utilized to write the content of the fill-in-the-blank characters flexibly and systematically.

[0043] (4) Remove the third base plate from the transition character mold, and the tracing character mold composed of the third base plate and the light-colored solid character outline of the filling line is completed.

[0044] Step C: Write the filler words:

[0045] The steps for writing fill text vary depending on the type of font used. The specific steps for writing fill text are as follows:

[0046] Step C1: Use the integrated font template to write the fill text:

[0047] Using the integrated character mold as the base, and following the stroke order of the hollow characters of the integrated character mold, and based on the order of the text content to be filled in, the text content to be filled in is written sequentially within the outline of the hollow characters of the integrated character mold, thus forming the outline of Chinese characters composed of the text content to be filled in, and the Chinese character maze is thus completed.

[0048] Optionally, the method for writing characters at the intersections of the strokes of the hollow character shape of the integrated character mold is as follows: the intersections of the strokes in the first stroke order are left blank without writing characters, and the intersections of the strokes in the later stroke order are written with characters.

[0049] Optionally, during the writing process, the characters need to be written sequentially along the writing direction of each stroke of the character, and the characteristics of Chinese characters that can be written horizontally or vertically, and from left to right or from right to left, should be utilized to write the content of the characters in a flexible and orderly manner.

[0050] Alternatively, if the typeface is drawn in pencil, the strokes and lines of the typeface can be erased with an eraser after the filler is written in, so that the outline of the Chinese characters formed by the filler can be presented more clearly.

[0051] Step C2: Use the transition font to write the fill text:

[0052] (1) Using the transition letter pattern as a base, attach the paper third base plate onto the transition letter pattern and fix it in place. The outline and grid lines of the hollow letter pattern can be seen through the third base plate.

[0053] (2) Using the transitional character template as the base pattern, and following the stroke order of the hollow characters of the transitional character template, the text content of the filler characters is written sequentially within the outline of the visible hollow characters on the third base plate to form the outline of the Chinese characters composed of the text content of the filler characters.

[0054] Optionally, the method for writing characters at the intersections of the strokes of the hollow characters in the transition character pattern is as follows: the intersections of the strokes in the first stroke order are left blank without writing characters, and the intersections of the strokes in the later stroke order are written with characters.

[0055] Optionally, during the writing process, the characters need to be written sequentially along the writing direction of each stroke of the character, and the characteristics of Chinese characters that can be written horizontally or vertically, and from left to right or from right to left, should be utilized to write the content of the characters in a flexible and orderly manner.

[0056] (3) Remove the third base plate from the transition character mold and write the characters. The Chinese character maze formed by the third base plate and the outline of the characters to be filled is then completed.

[0057] Step C3: Use the tracing template to write the filler text:

[0058] On the tracing template, following the stroke order of the Chinese character outlines and the order of the text content to be filled in, use a thick, dark-colored pen to trace the thin, light-colored characters of the tracing template in black, forming clear Chinese character outlines composed of traced and filled characters; thus, the Chinese character maze is completed.

[0059] A method for exploring paths in a Chinese character maze, characterized by the following steps:

[0060] Step AA: Find the maze entrance:

[0061] The entrance to the maze is the first character to be filled in, starting from the first stroke of the outline of the Chinese character formed by filling in the Chinese character maze.

[0062] Step BB: Find the maze exit:

[0063] The exit of the maze is: the last character filled in at the end of the last stroke of the stroke order of the Chinese character outline formed by filling in the Chinese character maze;

[0064] Step CC: Explore the maze path:

[0065] (1) The maze path is: starting from the maze entrance and ending at the maze exit, all the characters of the Chinese characters are arranged in sequence according to the stroke order of the outline of the Chinese characters formed by filling in the Chinese character maze and the order of the text content of the filling characters.

[0066] (2) The exploration of the maze path is as follows: starting from the entrance of the maze to the exit of the maze, in the order of the stroke sequence of the Chinese character outline formed by the filled Chinese characters in the Chinese character maze and the order of the text content of the filled characters, read out or draw all the text content of the filled characters in sequence, and the exploration of the maze path is completed.

[0067] A usage method of a Chinese character maze, characterized in that: after the production of the Chinese character maze, in addition to being used by the producer himself, it can also be made into mass-produced products for more people to use; after the production of the Chinese character maze or the exploration of the maze path is completed, it can also be used as a work of art for display, viewing or collection.

[0068] The Chinese character maze of the present invention has the following beneficial effects and advantages:

[0069] 1. According to the present invention, the Chinese character maze has a long service life, and its use value is not only reflected in the process of making the maze and exploring the maze path, but can also be used as a work of art for display, viewing or collection later, and the service life can continue continuously;

[0070] 2. According to the present invention, Chinese characters written by classic calligraphers are selected as the font molds, so that the structural beauty of Chinese characters and the beauty of calligraphy art are fully demonstrated; the text content of beautiful poems, songs, and odes of classic culture is selected as the carrier of the maze path and written into the outline of the font formed by the Chinese character form, so that Chinese characters and traditional classic culture are skillfully integrated with the maze, and the cultural connotation of Chinese characters itself is fully demonstrated;

[0071] 3. According to the present invention, people of all age groups can participate in the creative design, production and use of the Chinese character maze, which is suitable for both the young and the old and has a wide audience;

[0072] 4. According to the present invention, the process of creative design, production and use of the Chinese character maze is also a process of learning traditional Chinese culture, which is beneficial to the calligraphy practice of children and adolescents, beneficial to the improvement of cultural cultivation of adults, and beneficial to the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0073] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only the embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative work.

[0074] Figure 1 It is the entity glyph diagram of the Chinese character "yong" of the Chinese character maze provided by the specific embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0075] Figure 2 It is the hollow character shape diagram of the Chinese character "yong" in the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0076] Figure 3 It is the example diagram of the integral font mold of the character "yong" provided by the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0077] Figure 4 It is the example diagram of the Chinese character maze 1 of the character "yong" provided by the first specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0078] Figure 5 It is the solid character shape diagram of the Chinese character maze "chun" provided by the second specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0079] Figure 6 It is the hollow character shape diagram of the Chinese character maze "chun" provided by the second specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0080] Figure 7 It is the example diagram of the transitional font mold of the character "chun" provided by the second specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0081] Figure 8 It is the explanatory diagram of the manufacturing steps of the Chinese character maze of the character "chun" provided by the second specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0082] Figure 9 It is the example diagram of the Chinese character maze 21 of the character "chun" provided by the second specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0083] Figure 10 It is the solid character shape diagram of the Chinese character maze "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0084] Figure 11 It is the hollow character shape diagram of the Chinese character maze "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0085] Figure 12 It is the example diagram of the transitional font mold of the character "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0086] Figure 13 It is the explanatory diagram of the manufacturing steps of the Chinese character maze of the character "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0087] Figure 14 It is the example diagram of the tracing font mold of the character "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention;

[0088] Figure 15 It is the example diagram of the Chinese character maze 31 of the character "mei" provided by the third specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0089] Figures 1 to 15 The reference numerals in it are as follows:

[0090] 1 is a Chinese character maze of the character "yong", 2 is the first bottom plate, 3 is an integrated font mold, 3a is a hollow font, 3b is a solid font, 3c is a line grid, 4 is a filled character, 4a is the character filled at the maze entrance, 4b is the character filled at the maze exit, 5 is the Chinese character outline, 6 is the maze entrance, 7 is the maze exit;

[0091] 21 is a Chinese character maze of the character "chun", 22 is the second bottom plate, 23 is a transition font mold, 23a is a hollow font, 23b is a solid font, 23c is a line grid, 24 is a filled character, 24a is the character filled at the maze entrance, 24b is the character filled at the maze exit, 25 is the Chinese character outline, 26 is the maze entrance, 27 is the maze exit;

[0092] 31 is a Chinese character maze of the character "mei", 32 is the third bottom plate, 331 is a transition font mold, 33 is a traced font mold, 33a is a hollow font, 33b is a solid font, 33c is a line grid, 34 is a filled character, 34a is the character filled at the maze entrance, 34b is the character filled at the maze exit, 34c is a light-colored filled character, 35 is the Chinese character outline, 35a is a light-colored Chinese character outline, 36 is the maze entrance, 37 is the maze exit. Specific implementation manners

[0093] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0094] Embodiment 1: A Chinese character maze 1, taking the Chinese character "yong" as an example.

[0095] Please refer to Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 and Figure 4 .

[0096] A Chinese character maze 1 includes: a first bottom plate 2, an integrated font mold 3 and a filled character 4;

[0097] The material of the first bottom plate 2 is paper;

[0098] The integrated font mold 3 is composed of the first bottom plate 2 and a font 3a; the font 3a is a hollow font redrawn with the solid font 3b of the character "yong" as the base pattern; a line grid 3c is provided inside the outline of the hollow strokes of the font 3a;

[0099] The filled character 4 consists of the following two paragraphs of text:

[0100] (1) Chairman Mao's poem "Spring in a Pleasure Garden - Changsha":

[0101] "Alone in the cold autumn, The Xiang River flows northward, past Orange Isle. I see mountains all in red, And woods in crimson dressed; The river's blue from end to end, A hundred racing boats o'erbrimmed. Hawks cleave the long, long sky; Fish glide o'er depths profound. All creatures strive for freedom under frosty skies. Gloomy and vast, I wonder who will decide man's destiny at last. I've come with many a schoolmate here, Recalling years of strife and gone by. We were young students, bright and spry, Full of vigor and full of life. As scholars, with spirit high, We criticized with zest. Pointing to mountains and rivers grand, We left our words to make history stand. We counted the mighty in old days as no more than dust and dirt. Do you remember still How we struck waves in midstream, The rushing waters stayed?"

[0102] (2) Chairman Mao's poem "Snow - Spring in a Pleasure Garden":

[0103] "North country scene: A hundred leagues locked in ice, A thousand leagues of whirling snow. Both sides of the Great Wall, One single white immensity. The Yellow River's swift current, Is stilled from end to end. The mountains dance like silver snakes, And the highlands charge like wax - elephants, Vying with heaven in stature. On a fine day, the land, Clad in white, adorned in red, Grows more enchanting. This land so rich in beauty, Has made countless heroes bow in homage. But alas! Qing Shihuang and Han Wudi Were lacking in literary grace, And Tang Taizong and Song Taizu Had little poetry in their souls; And Genghis Khan, Proud Son of Heaven for a day, Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched All are past and gone! For truly great men, Look to this age alone."

[0104] A method for making a Chinese character maze 1, having the following steps:

[0105] Step 1A: Select Chinese characters:

[0106] Select the character "yong" 3b in the "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as the font pattern for the Chinese character maze 1;

[0107] Step 1B: Make an integral font mold 3:

[0108] (1) Redraw the character "yong" 3b as a hollow font 3a;

[0109] (2) Write the hollow font 3a on the first bottom plate 2;

[0110] (3) Draw grid lines 3c within the outline of the hollow font 3a, and the production of the integral font mold 3 is completed;

[0111] Furthermore, for the hollow font 3a and grid lines 3c of the integral font mold 3, they can be written with a thin - line light - colored pen or a pencil that can erase the handwriting; in this Embodiment 1, a pencil is selected to write the hollow font 3a and grid lines 3c of the integral font mold 3;

[0112] Step 1C: Write in filling characters 4:

[0113] (1) Taking the integrated font mold 3 as a template, in the order of the stroke sequence of the hollow character shape 3a of the integrated font mold 3 for the character "yong": "dot, horizontal and vertical hook, horizontal left-falling stroke, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke", and based on the order of the two text contents of the filling characters 4, the two text contents of the filling characters 4 are successively written within the contour range of the hollow character shape 3a of the integrated font mold 3, forming the "yong" character contour 5 composed of the characters of the filling characters 4;

[0114] Further, for the writing method of the filling characters 4 at the intersecting parts of the strokes of the hollow character shape 3a of the integrated font mold 3: based on the order of the stroke sequence, the intersecting parts of the earlier strokes are not written with the filling characters 4 and are left blank, and the intersecting parts of the later strokes are written with the filling characters 4;

[0115] Further, during the process of writing the filling characters 4, it is necessary to write the filling characters 4 successively along the writing stroke direction of each stroke of the hollow character shape 3a of the integrated font mold 3 for the character "yong", and by making use of the characteristics that Chinese characters can be written horizontally or vertically, and can be written from left to right or from right to left, the filling characters 4 are written in a flexible and orderly manner;

[0116] (2) After writing the filling characters 4, use an eraser to erase the pencil笔迹线条 (it should be "pencil handwriting lines") of the hollow character 3a and the grid lines 3c of the integrated font mold 3, so as to more clearly present the "yong" character contour 5 composed of the filling characters 4;

[0117] At this point, the Chinese character maze 1 composed of the first base plate 2 and the "yong" character contour 5 composed of the filling characters 4 is completed.

[0118] A method for exploring the path of a Chinese character maze 1 has the following steps:

[0119] Step 1AA: Search for the maze entrance 6:

[0120] The maze entrance 6 is at the first filled character 4a at the starting end of the first stroke "dot" of the stroke sequence of the "yong" character contour 5 composed of the filling characters 4 of the Chinese character maze 1;

[0121] Step 1BB: Search for the maze exit 7;

[0122] The maze exit 7 is at the last filled character 4b at the end of the last stroke "right-falling stroke" of the stroke sequence of the "yong" character contour 5 composed of the filling characters 4 of the Chinese character maze 1;

[0123] Step 1CC: Explore the maze path:

[0124] (1) The maze path is as follows: starting from the character 4a at the maze entrance 6 to the character 4b at the maze exit 7, all the characters of the filling characters 4 arranged successively in the order of the stroke sequence of the "yong" character contour 5: "dot, horizontal and vertical hook, horizontal left-falling stroke, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke" and the order of the two text contents of the filling characters 4;

[0125] (2) The method of exploring the maze path is as follows: Starting from the character 4a at the maze entrance 6 to the character 4b at the maze exit 7, in accordance with the stroke order of the Yong character outline 5: "dot, horizontal, vertical, hook, horizontal, left-falling stroke, short left-falling stroke, and right-falling stroke", and the order of the two paragraphs of text content of the crosswords 4, read out or draw all the text content of the crosswords 4 in sequence, and the exploration of the maze path is completed.

[0126] A method of using a Chinese character maze 1: After the Chinese character maze 1 is completed, in addition to being used by the producer himself, it can also be made into mass-produced products for more people to use; after the Chinese character maze 1 is completed or the maze path is explored, it can also be used as a work of art for display, viewing or collection.

[0127] Example 2: A Chinese character maze 21, taking the Chinese character "spring" as an example.

[0128] Please refer to Figure 5 、 Figure 6 、 Figure 7 、 Figure 8 and Figure 9 。

[0129] A Chinese character maze 21 includes: a second paper bottom plate 22, a third paper bottom plate 32, a transition font mold 23, and crosswords 24;

[0130] The transition font mold 23 is composed of the second bottom plate 22 and a font shape 23a; the font shape 23a is a hollow character redrawn based on the solid font shape 23b of the character "spring"; within the outline of the hollow character strokes of the font shape 23a, there are line grids 23c;

[0131] The crosswords 24 consist of the following nine Tang poems and Song ci-poems:

[0132] (1) "The wild grasses spread far and wide on the plain; with every year they wither and grow anew. The wildfire fails to burn them up; again in spring breeze they revive."

[0133] (2) "The gentle rain in the capital streets is like crisp, and the grass color can be faintly seen but not clearly from afar. This is the most beautiful time of spring, far better than when the willows are all in bloom in the imperial city."

[0134] (3) "A few branches of peach blossoms bloom outside the bamboo grove; the warm spring river makes the ducks the first to know. The wormwood is all over the ground and the reed shoots are short; it's just the time when the puffer fish are about to swim upstream."

[0135] (4) "Last year on this day within this door, a pretty face and peach blossoms made a lovely pair. The pretty face is gone, where can it be found? The peach blossoms still smile in the vernal breeze."

[0136] (5) "In the past, my shabbiness was not worth boasting about; now, unrestrained, my thoughts know no bounds. Riding high on the spring breeze, my horse's hooves move fast; in one day, I see all the flowers in Chang'an."

[0137] (6) "Between Jingkou and Guazhou, only a stretch of water lies; Zhongshan is just separated by a few mountains. The spring breeze has once again greened the southern shore; when will the bright moon shine on my return?"

[0138] (7) "Among the singing orioles for miles, green meets red in the view; In waterside villages and mountain towns, wine flags flutter in the breeze. Four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasties, How many of them now lie misty in the rain."

[0139] (8) "I should pity the moss for being trampled by my屐齿; I gently knock on the wooden gate but it won't open for long. The boundless spring beauty cannot be contained within; A single red apricot branch stretches out beyond the wall."

[0140] (9) "Red beans grow in the southern land. In spring, how many branches do they send out? I hope you will gather them often, for they are the most lovesick things."

[0141] A method for making a Chinese character maze 21 has the following steps:

[0142] Step 2A: Select Chinese characters:

[0143] Select the character "春" 23b written by the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yan Zhenqing as the glyph base for the Chinese character maze 21.

[0144] Step 2B: Make the transitional font mold 23:

[0145] (1) Redraw the character "春" 23b as a hollow glyph 23a as the base.

[0146] (2) Write the hollow glyph 23a on the second base plate 22.

[0147] (3) Draw grid lines 23c inside the outline of the hollow glyph 23a, and the production of the transitional font mold 23 is completed.

[0148] Step 2C: Write in the filled characters 24:

[0149] (1) Using the transitional font mold 23 as the base, attach the third base plate 32 on top of the transitional font mold 23 and fix it. Through the third base plate 32, the outline of the hollow glyph 23a of the transitional font mold 23 and the grid lines 23c can be seen.

[0150] (2) Using the transitional font mold 23 as the base, in the order of the stroke sequence of the hollow glyph 23a of the character "春" in the transitional font mold 23: "horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke, vertical, vertical hook, horizontal, horizontal", and in accordance with the order of the nine paragraphs of text content of the filled characters 24, write the nine paragraphs of text content of the filled characters 24 in sequence within the visible outline range of the hollow glyph 23a on the third base plate 32, forming a spring character outline 25 composed of the text content of the filled characters 24.

[0151] Furthermore, for the method of writing the filled characters 24 at the intersection parts of the strokes of the hollow glyph 23a of the character "春" in the integrated font mold 23: Taking the order of the stroke sequence as the standard, the intersection parts of the earlier strokes are left blank without writing the filled characters 24, and the intersection parts of the later strokes are written with the filled characters 24.

[0152] Further, during the process of writing the crosswords 24, it is necessary to write the crosswords 24 in sequence along the writing stroke direction of each stroke of the hollow character shape 23a of the character "spring" in the independent font 23, and make use of the characteristics of Chinese characters that can be written horizontally or vertically, and can be written from left to right or from right to left, and write the text content of the crosswords 24 in a flexible and orderly manner;

[0153] Further, a lighting light box can also be placed under the transition font 23 to improve visibility;

[0154] (3) After the crosswords 24 are written, remove the third bottom plate 32, and the Chinese character maze 21 composed of the third bottom plate 32 and the spring character outline 25 formed by the crosswords 24 is completed.

[0155] A method for exploring the path of a Chinese character maze 21 has the following steps:

[0156] Step 2AA: Search for the maze entrance 26:

[0157] The maze entrance 26 is at the first filled text 24a at the starting end of the first stroke "horizontal" of the stroke order of the spring character outline 25 formed by the crosswords 24 of the Chinese character maze 21;

[0158] Step 2BB: Search for the maze exit 27:

[0159] The maze exit 27 is at the last filled text 24b at the end of the last stroke "horizontal" of the stroke order of the spring character outline 25 formed by the crosswords 24 of the Chinese character maze 21;

[0160] Step 2CC: Explore the maze path:

[0161] (1) The maze path is as follows: from the text 24a at the maze entrance 26 to the text 24b at the maze exit 27, in accordance with the stroke order of the spring character outline 25: "horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke, vertical, vertical hook, horizontal, horizontal" and the order of the nine paragraphs of text content of the crosswords 24, all the texts of the crosswords 24 arranged continuously in sequence;

[0162] (2) The exploration of the maze path is as follows: from the text 24a at the maze entrance 26 to the text 24b at the maze exit 27, in accordance with the stroke order of the spring character outline 25: "horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke, vertical, vertical hook, horizontal, horizontal" and the order of the nine paragraphs of text content of the crosswords 24, read out or draw out all the text content of the crosswords 24 in sequence, and the exploration of the maze path is completed.

[0163] A method of using a Chinese character maze 21: After the production of the Chinese character maze 21, in addition to being used by the producer himself, it can also be made into mass-produced products for more people to use; after the production of the Chinese character maze 21 or after the exploration of the maze path, it can also be used as a work of art for display, viewing or collection.

[0164] Example 3: A Chinese character maze 31, taking the Chinese character "beautiful" as an example.

[0165] Please refer to Figure 10 、 Figure 11 、 Figure 12 、 Figure 13 、 Figure 14 and Figure 15 。

[0166] A Chinese character maze 31 includes: a second paper base plate 22, a third paper base plate 32, a transition font mold 331, a tracing font mold 33, and filled characters 34;

[0167] The transition font mold 331 is composed of the second base plate 22 and a font shape 33a; the font shape 33a is a hollow font shape redrawn with the character "beautiful" 33b as the base pattern; within the outline of the hollow strokes of the font shape 33a, there are line grids 33c;

[0168] The tracing font mold 33 is composed of the third base plate 32 and light-colored filled characters 34c written on the third base plate 32 with a thin-line light-colored pen;

[0169] The filled characters 34 consist of the following four paragraphs of text:

[0170] (1) "Peach Blossoms in the Temple of the Forest" by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty:

[0171] "In the human world, when the fragrance of flowers fades in April, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom. I always regret that spring has returned and is nowhere to be found. Little did I know that it has turned into this place."

[0172] (2) "You Are the April of the World" by Lin Huiyin, a modern poet:

[0173] "I say you are the April of the world; your laughter brightens the winds on all sides; you dance lightly in the radiant spring, changing with grace. You are the mist in the early April sky, the gentle evening breeze, the stars twinkling inadvertently, and the gentle rain sprinkling before the flowers. That lightness, that gracefulness, you are; the crown of fresh and beautiful flowers you wear, you are innocence, solemnity, you are the full moon every night. The light yellow after the snow melts, you are like; the fresh green of the newly sprouted buds, you are; the tender joy, the floating water light reflects your dream of the white lotus. You are the blooming of tree after tree, the swallows twittering among the beams, you are love, warmth, hope, you are the April of the world!"

[0174] (3) "Hearing the Flute in Luoyang City on a Spring Night" by Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty:

[0175] "From whose home the jade flute sends out its sound secretly? It scatters into the spring breeze and fills Luoyang City. In the music of this night, when one hears 'Breaking the Willow,' who can refrain from homesickness?"

[0176] (4) "Spring Day" by Zhu Xi, a famous figure in the Song Dynasty:

[0177] "On a fine day, I search for fragrant blossoms by the waterside of Sishui. All the boundless views are fresh at once. Easily recognizing the face of the east wind, all the variegated reds and purples are always spring."

[0178] A method for making a Chinese character maze 31 has the following steps:

[0179] Step 3A: Select Chinese characters

[0180] Select the cursive "beautiful" character 33b by Dong Qichang, a calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty, as the font pattern base for the Chinese character maze 31;

[0181] Step 3B: Make the transitional font mold 331:

[0182] (1) Redraw the "beautiful" character 33b as a hollow font 33a with the said character as the base pattern;

[0183] (2) Write the said hollow font 33a on the second base plate 22;

[0184] (3) Draw grid lines 33c inside the contour of the hollow font 33a, and the production of the transitional font mold 331 is completed;

[0185] Step 3C: Make the tracing font mold 33:

[0186] (1) Attach the third base plate 32 to the transitional font mold 331 and fix it. Through the paper third base plate 32, the contour of the hollow font 33a and the grid lines 33c of the transitional font mold 331 can be seen;

[0187] (2) Using the said transitional font mold 331 as the base pattern, following the order of the cursive writing strokes of the "beautiful" character in the transitional font mold 331: "dot, left-falling stroke, horizontal left-falling stroke, horizontal left-falling stroke, horizontal rising stroke, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke, left-falling stroke" in sequence, and based on the order of the four paragraphs of text content of the said filling characters 34, use a thin-line light-colored pen to write the four paragraphs of text content of the said filling characters 34 within the visible contour range of the "beautiful" character of the hollow font 33a on the third base plate 32, forming a light-colored "beautiful" character outline 35a composed of the light-colored filling character 34c text content;

[0188] Furthermore, the writing method of the filling characters 34 at the parts where the strokes of the hollow font 33a of the "beautiful" character in the transitional font mold 331 intersect: Based on the order of the writing strokes, the intersection parts of the earlier writing strokes are left blank without writing the filling characters 34, and the intersection parts of the later writing strokes are written with the filling characters 34;

[0189] Further, during the process of writing the crossword 34, it is necessary to write successively along the writing stroke direction of each stroke of the beautiful characters in the transitional font mold 331, and make use of the characteristics that Chinese characters can be written horizontally or vertically, and can be written from left to right or from right to left, and write the four paragraphs of text content of the crossword 34 in a flexible and orderly manner;

[0190] Further, a lighting light box can also be placed under the transitional font mold 331 to improve visibility;

[0191] (3) After the crossword 34 is written, remove the third bottom plate 32, and the tracing font mold 33 composed of the third bottom plate 32 and the light-colored beautiful character outline 35a formed by the light-colored crossword 34c is then fabricated.

[0192] Step 3D: Trace the crossword 34 in thick black:

[0193] In the order of the cursive writing strokes of the hollow character shape 33a of the beautiful character outline of the tracing font mold 33: "dot, left-falling stroke, two horizontal left-falling strokes and a rising stroke, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke", and based on the order of the text content of the crossword 34, use a thick-line and heavy-color pen to successively trace the four paragraphs of text content of the light-colored crossword 34c of the tracing font mold 33 in thick black, forming a clear Chinese character outline 35 composed of the traced crossword 34;至此,由第三底板32和由描黑的填字34组成的描黑的美字廓形35构成的汉字迷宫31就制作完成了。

[0194] A method for exploring the path of a Chinese character maze 31 has the following steps:

[0195] Step 3AA: Find the maze entrance 36:

[0196] The maze entrance 36 is at the first filled text 34a at the starting end of the first stroke "dot" of the stroke order of the Chinese character outline 35 formed by the crossword 34 of the Chinese character maze 31;

[0197] Step 3BB: Find the maze exit 37:

[0198] The maze exit 37 is at the last filled text 34b at the end of the last stroke "right-falling stroke" of the stroke order of the Chinese character outline 35 formed by the crossword 34 of the Chinese character maze 31;

[0199] Step 3CC: Explore the maze path:

[0200] (1) The maze path is as follows: starting from the text 34a at the maze entrance 36 to the text 34b at the maze exit 37, all the texts of the crossword 34 arranged successively in the order of the cursive writing strokes of the beautiful character outline 35: "dot, left-falling stroke, two horizontal left-falling strokes and a rising stroke, left-falling stroke, right-falling stroke" and the order of the four paragraphs of text content of the crossword 34;

[0201] (2) The process of finding the maze path is as follows: starting from the character 34a at the maze entrance 36 and ending at the character 34b at the maze exit 37, follow the stroke order of the character outline 35: "dot, left-falling stroke, horizontal left-falling stroke, horizontal left-falling stroke, horizontal lifting stroke, right-falling stroke, left-falling stroke" and the order of the four paragraphs of the character 34. Read out or draw out all the text content of the character 34 in sequence, and the process of finding the maze path is completed.

[0202] A method of using a Chinese character maze 31: After the Chinese character maze 31 is completed, in addition to being used by the maker, it can also be mass-produced for use by more people; after the Chinese character maze 31 is completed or the maze path is explored, it can also be used as an artwork for display, appreciation or collection.

[0203] It should also be noted that in this specification, relational terms such as first and second are used only to distinguish one entity from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities.

[0204] In conjunction with the above embodiments, the present invention provides a Chinese character maze and its manufacturing and usage methods, which have been described and detailed. Specific examples have been used to illustrate the creative design principles and implementation methods of the present invention. The descriptions of the above embodiments are merely for the purpose of helping to understand the method and core ideas of the present invention. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications, improvements, and alterations to the present invention without departing from its creative principles. For example, the Chinese character maze can be manufactured in a three-dimensional, sculpted, or spatial form. These modifications, improvements, and alterations also fall within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A Chinese character maze, comprising: Base plate, typeface, and filler text; The base plate can be made of paper or other materials; depending on the different methods of making the Chinese character maze, the base plate can be a first base plate, a second base plate, or a third base plate. The character mold consists of a base plate and character shapes; the character shapes can be hollow characters or solid characters; depending on the different methods of making the Chinese character maze, the type of character mold also varies, and the specific types of character molds are: integrated character mold, transitional character mold, and tracing character mold; The filling-in character consists of one or more groups of characters in a logical order; following the stroke order of the characters in the character template and the order of the text content of the filling-in character, the text content of the filling-in character is written sequentially within the outline of the character template, and all the written filling-in characters form the outline of the Chinese character and constitute the maze path.

2. A Chinese character maze according to claim 1, characterized in that: The integrated character template consists of a first base plate, hollow characters, and grid lines; the transitional character template consists of a second base plate, hollow characters, and grid lines; and the tracing character template consists of a third base plate and filler characters.

3. A Chinese character maze according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fill-in-the-blank text can be composed of one or more groups of characters in a logical order, one or more groups of patterns in a logical order, or characters or patterns without a logical order. The characters or patterns that make up the fill-in-the-blank text can be in a two-dimensional form or in a three-dimensional form.

4. A method for constructing a Chinese character maze, characterized in that: The method for constructing the Chinese character maze comprises the following steps: Step A: Select the Chinese character: Select a Chinese character as the base shape of the Chinese character maze; Step B: Making the letter mold: Depending on the type of font, the steps for making the font will also differ. The specific steps are as follows: Step B1: Create a one-piece typeface: (1) Use the selected Chinese character as a template to redraw a hollow character shape; (2) Write the hollow characters on the first base plate; (3) Draw grid lines within the hollow character outline to complete the production of the integrated character mold; Step B2: Create the transition font: (1) Use the selected Chinese character as a template to redraw a hollow character shape; (2) Write the hollow characters on the second base plate; (3) Draw grid lines within the hollow character outline to complete the production of the transition character template; Step B3: Creating a tracing template: (1) Making the transitional character template: First, the selected Chinese character is used as the base pattern and redrawn into a hollow character shape. Then, the hollow character shape is written on the second base plate. Finally, lines are drawn inside the outline of the hollow character shape, and the production of the transitional character template is completed. (2) Attach the third base plate to the transition font and fix it in place. The outline and grid lines of the hollow font can be seen through the third base plate. (3) Based on the transition character pattern, and taking the order of the strokes of the hollow characters of the transition character pattern as the order of the text content to be filled, use a thin, light-colored pen to write the text content to be filled in sequence within the outline of the visible hollow characters on the third base plate. (4) Remove the third base plate from the transition character mold, and the tracing character mold composed of the third base plate and the light-colored solid character outline of the filling line is completed; Step C: Write the filler words: The steps for writing fill text vary depending on the type of font used. The specific steps for writing fill text are as follows: Step C1: Use the integrated font template to write the fill text: Using the integrated character mold as the base, and following the stroke order of the hollow characters in the integrated character mold, and based on the order of the text content to be filled in, the text content to be filled in is written sequentially within the outline of the hollow characters in the integrated character mold, thus forming the outline of Chinese characters composed of the text content to be filled in, and the Chinese character maze is thus completed. Step C2: Use the transition font to write the fill text: (1) Using the transition character mold as the base pattern, take the third base plate, attach it to the transition character mold and fix it in place. The outline and grid of the hollow character shape of the transition character mold can be seen through the third base plate. (2) Using the transitional character template as the base pattern, and following the stroke order of the hollow characters of the transitional character template, the text content of the filler characters is written sequentially within the outline of the visible hollow characters on the third base plate to form the outline of the Chinese characters composed of the text content of the filler characters. (3) Remove the third base plate from the transition character mold into which the filling character is written, and the Chinese character maze formed by the third base plate and the outline of the filling character is completed. Step C3: Use the tracing template to write the filler text: On the tracing template, following the stroke order of the Chinese character outlines and the order of the text content to be filled in, use a thick, dark-colored pen to trace the thin, light-colored characters of the tracing template in black, forming a clear outline of Chinese characters composed of traced and filled characters; thus, the Chinese character maze is completed.

5. A method for constructing a Chinese character maze according to claim 4, characterized in that: The hollow characters and grid lines of the integrated typeface can be written with a fine-lined, light-colored pen or with an erasable pencil. After writing the fill-in characters on the integrated typeface drawn with a pencil, the pencil marks and lines on the integrated typeface can be erased with an eraser, so that the outline of the Chinese characters in the Chinese character maze composed of fill-in characters can be presented more clearly.

6. A method for constructing a Chinese character maze according to claim 4, characterized in that: The method for writing fill-in characters at the intersections of the hollow characters is as follows: the order of the strokes is used as the standard, the intersections of the earlier strokes are left blank and the intersections of the later strokes are filled in. During the writing process, the characters need to be written sequentially along the writing direction of each stroke of the character. The characteristics of Chinese characters, which can be written horizontally or vertically, and from left to right or right to left, should be utilized to write the content of the characters in a flexible and orderly manner.

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