introduction
Toys can be said to be an indispensable companion item for everyone in childhood. Modern children in the intelligent era, mobile phones and computers accompany them, their childhood play is full of Internet, more or less missing some of the child's childlike heart. We can't help but wonder what the children of ancient times were playing with, and what were the toys that belonged to their time.
Ancient children frolicked
First, the emergence and development of ancient toys
In ancient times, the toys that children played with were called "playthings" at that time, so this is why there is a saying that "playthings lose their minds". In the Han Dynasty, someone made toys specially for children to play, using dirt to make puppies, horses, cars, etc., and these mud toys were especially loved by children. However, at that time, people generally believed that parents buying toys for their children was a luxury behavior and was not advocated, so there was no market for toys at that time, and it could not form a commercial chain about toys.
It is recorded in the "Treatise on the Hidden Man and The Floating Luxury": "Or take good soil and sell it as a pill." ”
Fighting crickets
It was not until the Song Dynasty that China's toys gradually had a market, and there was even a phenomenon that a street was dedicated to selling toys. Craftsmen who make toys can also make a living through the handmade of toys, toys in the Ming Dynasty are also called "juggling goods", at this time parents are more open-minded, will take the initiative to buy toys for children, buy them toys is like buying them a new dress. Ming Dynasty toys also have a special stall, forming a kind of toy stall economy, vendors on the day of the rally will be their own toys one by one, in order to seek the favor of some parents, some parents will even take the initiative to take their children to the street, let the children to choose their favorite toys.
Ancient toy rattles
Second, the toys of ancient children
To say what toys in ancient times we are most familiar with, the rattle is one of them, a small drum under a handle, easy for people to hold, the drum on both sides of a rope tied to a small ball, turn the drum handle, the ball will hit the drum surface, make a grunting sound, this toy can be said to be a young child's enlightenment toy. During the Southern Song Dynasty, there would be walking vendors carrying a bunch of toys, and rattles were one of them. During the Tang and Song dynasties, clay sculpture toys became more popular than the Han Dynasty, of which "Mo Drink Le" was one of the most popular clay sculpture toys for children at that time, "Mo Drink Le" was because of the opening of the Silk Road, passed from the Western Regions, this kind of doll even has clothing to change it, and today's girls like Barbie dolls are much the same.
Ancient pottery figurines
There is also a game that children often play, which can be described by the word "walking the bird" without exaggeration, and in ancient times there was a small spotted dove made of bronze, and the dove had a large wheel on each side and a small wheel under the tail. There is a ring buckle on the chest that can be tied with a rope, and the ancient children pulled this little spotted dove cart, and the little spotted dove would walk more with the child, like a well-behaved little pet. During the Jin Dynasty, there were toys that are still very popular with children, bamboo dragonflies, and bamboo dragonflies in the Jin Dynasty can make them soar through rapid rotation. Grasshoppers in the fields are also toys that children can play with, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties, people were particularly keen on fighting crickets.
Nine consecutive rings
Don't say that children love to play, the adults at that time also loved to play, but the children played with the nature of crickets, full of childlike fun, and the adults played with a competitive color. In the Ming Dynasty, a particularly popular toy among children is the "nine rings", "nine rings" can be said to be a puzzle game, children think about how to unlock the nine rings, is conducive to the development of their brains, so the nine rings of this toy is also deeply loved by adults, if their children unravel the nine rings, it must be to show off to outsiders.
Ancient children walked the little spotted dove
epilogue
Ancient children's toys are no less than toys today, and what toys really bring to children is a kind of innocence and happiness that belongs to children. The joy brought to us by childhood toys is difficult for adults to experience again after growing up, so everyone's childhood is particularly precious, especially playing with toys with friends, which can further promote the friendship between friends. Let the precious friendship of two people be cultivated from a young age, unlike modern children, addicted to mobile phones, computers, do not go out to diplomacy, their children are much less than before, that kind of innocence that belongs to children. The development of some puzzle games can also promote the development of children's brains, so toys can not be underestimated.
bibliography:
"The Theory of The Hidden Man and the Floating Extravagance"