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B r o a d l o c k s a r e k i n d s o f
horizontal positioned locks, mostly
used for the locking of doors, closets,
chests, …etc. The Annotation of the
Thirteen Classics mentions that "East-
west as wheel, and south-north as
broad." The dictionary Ci Yuan further
elaborates that "North-south as vertical,
and east-west as horizontal."
Most broad locks are made of
bronze. And, the front side is of the
shape of the character "
凹
". The
side-end of broad locks before Ming
Dynasty (1368~1644 AD) appeared
in the shape of a long circular tube.
For broad locks in Ming Dynasty and
Qing Dynasty (1644~1911 AD), most
were made of bronze and the shape of
the upper side-end is a triangle while
the lower part is a slant rectangle. For
broad locks after late Qing Dynasty, the
shape of the upper side-end is also a
triangle and the lower part is a square.
The majority of broad locks found in
this era were made of brass, some made
of Yunnan tutenag or iron. Most iron
broad locks inherited the styles of the
padlocks before the Ming Dynasty.
Their side-ends are of long circular-
tube shape.
「廣鎖」是橫式鎖具，常
用於鎖門、鎖櫃、鎖箱、…等。
《十三經注疏》中說『東西為
轉，南北為廣』，《辭源》解
釋為『南北為縱，東西為橫』。
廣鎖的正面呈凹字狀，大多為
銅質。早期的廣鎖，其端面呈
長圓筒形；中期的廣鎖，即明
朝 ( 公元 1368~1644 年 )、清
朝 ( 公元 1644~1911 年 ) 時期
的廣鎖，其端面上部呈三角形、
下部呈斜方形，材質大多為銅；
後期的廣鎖出現於二十世紀，
其端面上部呈三角形、下部呈
正方形，材質多為黃銅，亦有
雲南白銅與鐵質者。大部分之
鐵質廣鎖沿襲了明代以前的式
樣，其端面呈長圓筒形。
廣鎖
Broad Locks