Entertainment is something that runs through human life, modern mobile phones, tablets, people can relax from the Internet, and in ancient times, technology was not so developed, people can only make games to increase the fun of life.
In ancient times, there were actually many interesting games, and most of them were very brain-burning, such as table games such as chess and Liubo, ball games Keju and Bu Ball, and plant games of fighting grass and riding bamboo horses.
But these games have changed a lot in later generations, and some of the gameplay of the game has disappeared with the evolution of history, but there is a game in ancient times, which has been passed down for thousands of years, and everyone can play it, and in modern times, it has evolved a lot of ways to play, it is the pot throwing game.
Pitching pot originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the princes invited guests, usually to invite guests to shoot arrows to show etiquette, the host invited guests to shoot arrows, guests could not refuse, but not all guests are good at archery, so many times will encounter embarrassing situations.
In order to avoid losing face, some people proposed to throw arrows into the jug instead, so that even those who can't shoot arrows can have a fun time.
Sima Guang's "Pitching Pot Xingge" mentions:
"It must begin with the swallow and drink, seek to be happy, or be sick and unable to shoot, and raise the utensils between the banquets to send the thrift. ”
It can be seen that the production of the pitcher is extremely coincidental, and it is an expedient measure that cannot be held due to the constraints of venue factors or personal factors.
Compared with archery, the pitching pot requires a smaller space, and can be carried out at any time in the banquet, which greatly reduces the danger.
In this way, the pitcher replaced archery, and became a traditional ritual and feasting game, which lasted from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
In the history of China for thousands of years, the first record of throwing pots was in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Jin Dynasty Pinggong died, all countries came to mourn, although the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States were endless, but in peacetime, everyone was still relatively friendly.
At the banquet of the death of Jin Pinggong, everyone sat together to drink and chat, and after three rounds of drinking, some big men felt bored, and some people proposed to play a sport, that is, throwing pots.
The first to throw the pot is the Jin Zhaogong of the Jin Kingdom, because he has just ascended the throne, the Jin Zhaogong needs to make his own name, so when the pot is thrown, let the ministers around him sing and cheer.
With the singing of the minister's cheerleaders, the arrows entered the pot, attracting a burst of applause, and then Qi Jinggong, estimated that he had drunk too much, so he sang while throwing the pot to cheer himself up.
Other chanting:
There is wine like water, and meat like mountains. The widow voted in the pot, and the king prospered.
After the words, the arrows also entered the net, at this time Jin Zhaogong was unwilling, and the pot was thrown, and the song he sang was really a wolf's ambition, Qi Jinggong said that he wanted to replace Jin Zhaogong and make the Jin Kingdom prosperous.
This was obviously provocative, so the two sides began to argue, and the atmosphere of the banquet reached a climax, but fortunately, there were other people's advice, plus they both drank wine, and after apologizing to each other, the two sides died down and continued to play with the pitcher.
And with the development of the pitcher, the requirements for it are also more, in ancient times, the pitcher is not to take a pot, take some arrows to throw on the line, but have more detailed rules and etiquette, the "Book of Rites" in detail recorded the detailed process of the Zhou Dynasty pitching pot.
If you want to throw pots, you must first prepare the utensils for throwing pots, and if you want to play a game, you must prepare two pitching pots, the materials are metal, ceramics are OK, the neck of the pitcher is slender, and the bottle belly is wide, which is a little different from the film and television drama.
In the pre-Qin period, the pitcher had no ears, and some beans should be placed in it, which was to prevent the arrows thrown into the pot from popping out, and the standard size of the pitcher was seven inches in the neck, two and a half inches in diameter, and the pitcher was one foot two inches high, and one inch was about 2.3 centimeters at that time.
In addition, it is necessary to prepare a number of arrows, the material of the arrows in ancient times required to be made of wood, but later there was not so much attention, just use bamboo, wood to do, the head end is thin and the tail end is thick.
Moreover, the length of the arrows is also different, from 40 cm to 70 cm There are different specifications, and different arrows are thrown on different occasions, and the distance between the guests and the pot is also different.
After preparing the things, the two sides participating in the competition start to throw the pot, the process is more complicated, not like we play the game now, just start, but to blame each other.
The host needs to hold the arrow in front of the guest, make a gesture of invitation, and the guest should say that he does not dare to offer ugliness, excuse himself, and after making a gesture of three invitations, the two salute each other, and then they can start throwing pots.
In addition to the person who participates in the pot throwing, there is also a master shooter, that is, the referee, who will first announce the rules, the arrow must be the end into the pot to be valid, if the tail of the arrow into the pot first, the judgment is invalid.
After the rules are announced, the shooter asks for music, and when the game begins, it is generally the guest who throws a arrow first, and then the host throws another arrow, alternately, and even if the person who grabs the shot hits, it will be judged invalid.
Winning or losing is no different from the current one, generally a game is eight arrows, whoever throws more wins, and then has the right to punish alcohol or other punishments.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the game of pitching pots was very popular, not only to bring the guests closer to their feelings, but also to see the existence of pitchers in diplomatic occasions between countries.
In the Han Dynasty, the pitching pot was still prevalent in the scholar class, compared with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Han Dynasty did not have so many complicated rules, and purely became a kind of entertainment during banquets.
And because of the universality of the pitcher, people's skills are getting higher and higher, and many different throwing methods have evolved, and the nobles are thinking of ways to show off their skills.
Skilled people sometimes ask for a screen to be placed in front of the pitcher and then cast blindly, and some people will cast the pot with their backs to the pitcher.
In the Wei and Jin dynasties, there were more patterns of pitching pots, and the pitching pots had also undergone great changes, and the craftsmen had added ears on both sides of the pitching pots, and the gameplay had also added "Yi'er", "Piercing Ears", "Inverted Ears", "Lianzhong", "Whole Pots" and so on.
And the pitcher is very popular, according to the "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Goryeo":
"The monarch of Goryeo lives in Pyongyang City, and is a common favorite to play, throw pots, and bow down."
It can be seen that the pitching pot is as popular as Keju, and it has been spread abroad, of course, it may also be that Goryeo at that time was relatively close and had a close exchange.
In the Song and Yuan dynasties, the pitcher was still very popular, but at this time there were also some contradictions, some Confucians thought that it was very inappropriate to entertain the pitcher, and put forward a lot of criticisms and suggestions, so that the pitcher was stained with political color.
epilogue
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, although there were many people who played pitching pots, they were affected by historical development after all, especially in the Qing Dynasty, with the introduction of Western sports, pitching pots gradually withdrew from the historical stage.
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