In the developed Internet now, entertainment activities are overwhelmed, then in the ancient times when science and technology were not developed, there was not even electricity, let alone the Internet and mobile phones, how did the ancients spend time? What entertainment do they have?
At that time, there was a throwing game called "throwing pot", which was very popular and was a popular form of entertainment in ancient China. "Throwing pots" almost ran through the entire process of ancient feudal society on the mainland, originated in the pre-Qin period, and gradually disappeared until the end of the Qing Dynasty. After a long period of development, the pot has undergone a process of change from simple to complex, from coarse to precise.
The origin of the pitcher
Throwing pots, simply put, is that everyone takes turns to throw arrows into the wine pot, and the person who shoots more wins, and the winner can let the losing party drink.
Chinese good wine, throwing pot is a kind of entertainment game produced between pushing cups and placing cups and raising chips on the banquet, according to the "Li Ji · Throwing Pot" record, throwing pot is an extension and evolution of shooting ceremony.
In the pre-Qin period, one of the etiquettes of the princes when they invited guests to banquet was to invite guests to shoot arrows, and guests could not resign. However, archery requires a wide field and enough bows and arrows, and for more entertainment and for those who really can't shoot arrows, they use arrows to throw wine pots instead. Over time, the pot throwing, which can imitate archery and is easy to do, has become a game during the feast.
Ouyang Xiu once wrote in "The Tale of the Drunken Pavilion": "The pleasure of feasting, not silk and not bamboo, among the shooters, the one who wins, the one who offers the chips staggers, the one who sits up and makes noise, and the guests rejoice." Among them, "shooting" refers to the game of throwing pots.
The development of throwing pots
Throwing pots is not just a game, it's also a ritual.
In the pre-Qin to Han Dynasties, the method of throwing pots has been greatly improved, but it is regarded as an elegant activity by scholars, with mostly stereotypical elements and less competitive entertainment components. After the Han Dynasty, people continued to change all aspects of the pot to increase its fun and entertainment, especially the tricks of the pot competition became more and more abundant, and many different ways of playing appeared.
In the Tang Dynasty, the game of throwing pots developed to a new stage, and the skills of throwing pots became more and more sophisticated, and there were even books dedicated to the art of throwing pots. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, pot throwing was still popular among scholars, but Sima Guang was quite dissatisfied with its gradual entertainment trend, and he modified and restricted it according to feudal etiquette, which to some extent affected the entertainment of the pot throwing game.
After the Ming Dynasty, the jug throwing game entered a new stage of development, from the ancient archery ceremony to the entertainment-oriented, by the scholars and literati Confucians unanimously loved, so its skills, pot body and gameplay have been innovative. According to the "Throwing Pot And Playing Ya", there were as many as 140 kinds of throwing methods at that time.
By the time of the Qing Dynasty, Western sports were now introduced to China, and the jug throwing game was also declining, and finally withdrew from the historical stage.
From the pre-Qin dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, throwing pots gradually evolved from a ceremonial activity only for the upper nobility to a variety of entertainment games in which men, women and children could participate, reflecting the rich imagination and creativity of the ancient people, as well as the efforts and actions of constantly exploring interesting life.