Mysterious Chinese Secret Box | Four Seasons Series

The Four Seasons series has four different boxes in this series, and there are four different puzzle solutions. They are of similar difficulty rating, although this is often different for different people. Just different numbers of moves and different types of moves

Each puzzle box has beautiful graphics in colors representative of seasonal change, and they all have multiple compartments.  So, when someone thinks they’ve opened the box, your stash is still safe in the other compartment deeper inside the puzzle.  This is a type of misdirection that is often used in puzzle boxes. They have their origins in functional items, and the history of Chinese puzzle boxes certainly shows that they were originally intended for use as document safes, and the like.

Box Dimensions: 11.73 cm x 8.25 cm x 5.39 cm / 4.62 in x 3.25 in x 2.12 in

Each box is packaged with a solution in a plain white cardboard box.

As an extra measure of quality control, each box has been opened and tested to ensure they are all in good working order.

Spring

The Spring box has more moves to open than any of the others. As well as the main compartment there are two separate drawers that also need to be opened.  
The wood is stained light green and the transfer shows the patterns of flowers of Spring.

Difficulty Rating: 4 / 10

Summer

This Chinese puzzle box has a compartment in the top and a single drawer in the bottom to open. The wood is stained the rich dark green of Summer and the transfer has lovely geometric patterns on it in green tones.

Difficulty Rating: 4 / 10

Autumn

This is a two compartment box and both compartments will be tricky to discover. The colors are the golds and browns of the changing leaves of Autumn

Difficulty Rating: 4 / 10

Winter

There are seven steps in total to open all the compartments of the Winter Chinese puzzle box. The wood is stained dark brown and the transfer has geometric patterns that includes tinges of blue and white to represent the very cold winters that China suffers.

Difficulty Rating: 4 / 10

NOTE: Measurements were performed manually and are only approximates.