1 Kite flying
Kites, also known as "paper kites", "wind birds", etc., have a long history and are widely circulated. Legend has it that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the public made a wooden kite to view the Song City. According to legend, the five generations of Han Li Yi made paper kites in the camp, led the wind and played, and then used bamboo as a barrel at the head of the kite, so that the wind and bamboo sounded like a kite, so it was called "kite". During the Tang Dynasty, kites became a means of entertainment, but only in the imperial palaces and aristocratic mansions. After the Northern Song Dynasty, it spread among the people. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, kite making was more elaborate. In Cao Xueqin's monograph "Records of the Examination Workers of the Southern Harrier and the Northern Irises", dozens of crafts for making kites are recorded. General system; First, thin bamboo pieces are used to form a skeleton, simulating the shape of butterflies, centipedes, phoenixes and other birds, birds, fish, insects, paste on leather paper or thin silk, and draw the drawing. When playing, use the twine to pull, use the wind, and put it into the sky. Small lights with pulleys can be hung on the traction line, floating with the wind, starry night, like a string of stars, on the kite with strings, buzzing wind like a kite, called harrier. Kites are children's favorite playthings, and flocks of kites are competing to fly when the flowers bloom in the spring, and they have been passed down to this day.
2 corner snails
In ancient times, it was called "pumping gyroscope". Commonly known as "ground rats". Widely circulated, Liu Tong and Yu Yizheng in the Ming Dynasty "Imperial Capital Scenery Strategy" This has been documented. The coke is cut from small miscellaneous wood into the shape of a pagoda with a horn-shaped tip, which is about two inches long. The player holds a small bamboo pole tied with a cloth towel, first wraps the cloth towel around the wooden corner snail, opens it to the ground, the corner snail rotates along the clock underground (the left hand pole is the reverse clock), from time to time with the cloth towel to whip the corner snail, can also be used by the two people to beat the corner snail, so that the corner snail collides, the longer the rotation is won.
3 Slingshots
Also known as "collapse bow". Folk children's toys, the Southern Song Dynasty careful "Wulin Old Things" "Small Broker" has been recorded in the "Slingshot". Iron "bean strips" are bent into fork-shaped two small rings with an equal length of leather bands, and the other end of the two leather bands is connected to the two ends of a long animal skin. There are also small tree forks to make bows. When playing, hold the handle in one hand, pinch the small animal skin of the small stone with the other hand, aim at the target, pull it backwards and then release the hand, shoot the standing stone out of the child Playing with the slingshot Always want to shoot the bird and the balloon, but there are fewer shots of the birds. Modern slingshot players are rare and replaced by various toy pistols and air guns.
4 hopscotch
Folk children's games, first draw six squares on the ground, each square is about two feet square, each square is a room. When playing, first throw a small tile or an object into the grid, and then jump in with one foot, kick the tile into the other tiles, and whoever jumps all the squares first wins. During the period, the tiles kicked must not be kicked out of the extra or touch the line drawn by each grid, and the offender must stop jumping, let others jump, and wait until the next time it is his turn, continue to jump from the previous stop grid, and the winner defeats the palm of the loser.
5 Look at the west lake view
Because of the scenery of the world, it is no better than the West Lake. However, folk are also commonly known as "dioramas". In the past, the streets and alleys of the Shangfu Market were often decorated with the West Lake for people to enjoy. West Lake view with a wooden box to hang a number of landscape paintings, up and down, the lower end of the front box surface, loaded with a special lens, through reflection, you can see the picture of the box, the box owner from time to time to beat the small drum gong, from time to time to explain the scene inside the box. Sometimes singing dramatic pieces or other tunes; "Take more money to see more, take less money to see less, don't take money to see the light", to attract customers.
6 jump rope
In ancient times, it was called "jumping a hundred ropes". It was popular as early as the Ming Dynasty. Shen Bang's "Miscellaneous Notes of The Wan Bureau" is contained; "With a long rope, the two children are tied to each other, and the flying swing is uncertain, making it difficult to doubt, if it is a hundred so, in fact, a rope." The crowd jumps on its wheel of motion, and wins by those who can pass, whether they are tripped by the rope, and those who listen to the rope are guilty of striking it, the name is known; Jump hundred ropes. It was still popular in the Qing Dynasty and has been passed down to this day. Its jumping method has a person who throws a rope and jumps himself, counting the winners and losers. There were also two people throwing ropes and one jumping. Or jump on one foot, jump on both feet. Two others crossed two ropes and threw them, one jumped with his feet in the middle, and so on.
7 Pick stones
Also known as "grabbing a child" and "picking a stone". Folk children's games. Ming Liu Tong and Yu Yizheng's "Imperial JingJing Scenery Sketch - Spring Field" Yun: "It is the moon also, the female woman is idle, the hand is five pills, and throws, and picks, and inherits, and grabs the child." In the past, some young girls often played with picks, and the way Yiyang went to the countryside was; With five small stones, first hold the five stones in your hand, throw one of them, and throw the other four on the table or the ground, commonly known as "putting". Then start to pick up, that is, throw a son, then swoop down to pick up a son, and then throw a grain and then pick up two sons, and pick up in turn; Then sprinkle all four sons on the table, throw one son and then swoop down on all four sons; Finally, all four sons are scattered on the table, throw one son and then first pick up the other party to select the second son, and then stack the other two sons high and then lean over. Those who successfully complete the above procedure win. The son who played, after the change to the use of small cloth bags filled with sand, the game of picking, the city is currently rarely played.
8 wife punches
Also known as "guess what". Folk games. According to the customary rules, clenching a fist for a stone and stretching out the palm of the hand for a cloth bag, forking the index finger and middle finger for scissors, and the stone can smash the scissors,
Scissors can cut cloth bags, cloth bags can wrap stones, and those who are smashed, cut, and wrapped are defeated. The loser is often slapped in the palm of the hand by the child of the winner. Children decide times in the game
The prologue also draws this punch. There are also those who punish the drinker at the banquet.
9 Eagles carry chickens
Yiyang Lake Township is called "Eagle Bearer Chicken", and mountain township is called "Old Worm (Tiger) Biting Tail". It is composed of several people, the first one calls himself the eagle, the rest of the people in the front of the column stretch out their hands to block the eagle, the second person squeezes the belt of the person in front of him with both hands, and the back is strung together in turn, and then the eagle grabs the last person, playing with the back and forth, left and right, until the last one is the winner. There are still children in the countryside who love this game.
10 bucket crickets
Also known as "Bucket Promotion Weaving", "Bucket Cockroach". It is an entertainment activity in which crickets fight each other. Legend has it that it began during the Tianbao period (742-755) of the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Shi - Jia Xiang Dao Biography also has a record of fighting crickets. The Ming Dynasty prevailed, and there were rumors; "Crickets Qu Qu called, Emperor Xuande wanted." It was passed down to the Qing Dynasty, and the activities became more and more elaborate. According to Qing Gulu's "Qing Jia Lu"; "Before and after the white dew, train crickets, to gamble on the joy of fighting, called autumn rejuvenation, commonly known as fighting to earn achievements." The cages looked at each other, formed in groups, and called the insects generals. When fighting, two colors are made on the stage, or red or green, known as the header, and the spectators under the stage, that is, the victory or defeat on the stage is a win or loss, which is called a label fighting. The chips are divided into chips, called flowers, with one hundred and twenty pieces of money as a flower, one flower to a hundred flowers, a thousand flowers, etc., according to the agreement of the two families, the winner wins the lottery. Before the Cultural Revolution, it was popular among children in Yiyang's urban and rural areas to play with clams.
11 rolling iron rings
One of the games for kids. Holding an iron rod with a curved groove at the top, the boy pushed an iron ring more than a foot in diameter and flew forward, making a "whooshing" sound. Most of the players are children around the age of seven. Often play in the valley to see who rolls the longest. Children in the city roll through the streets and on the side of the road. In the past, it was popular in the folk.
12 Untie the bandage
Folk children's games. Play by two people, with a thin rope, the two ends are connected to a ring, first by one person with both hands to open to form a geometric shape, and then by the other person with both hands to pick, wear, hook and other methods to change the original shape, so that the two people take turns to untie, cleverly stretch out a variety of shapes, the winner. There are many players.
13 Hide and seek
Folk children's group games. "Blind Man Catching Cripple" is one of the hide-and-seek games in a circle formed by several people holding hands, one of whom wraps his eyes in a handkerchief to dress as a blind man, and the other who binds one hand to his leg to install a cripple. At the beginning of the game, the cripple whistles and jumps inside the circle, and the blind man catches the whistle, if he catches the cripple, he wins, and can change to another pair to catch it.
14 horseback riding horses
Folk children's games. When playing, two children first hold their left wrists with their right hands down, and then hold each other's right wrists down with their left hands, forming a square knot-shaped "seat" and then crouching down to let other children sit on the "seat", and then standing up and walking, commonly known as "riding horses". There are also horse-and-horse fighters.
15 origami
One of the folk children's games, in order to adapt to the characteristics of children's hobbies and imitate, inspire their imagination and creativity, often fold paper into the shape of various utensils and animals, such as sailboats, pants, hats, and birds. Especially in preschool, teachers often teach them to fold paper, cut paper, and choose and hang it to encourage them.
16 tangrams
Also known as "Qiqiao Diagram" and "Wisdom Board", folk traditional intellectual toys, Evolved from Yanji in the Tang Dynasty. Originally an indoor game played by literati. Later, it spread to the folk and gradually evolved into a puzzle board toy, that is, using a square thin board, three-plywood or hard board paper, divided into seven pieces, and slightly cut to make it. The gameplay takes apart the seven boards and pieces them together into seven shapes. Such as character dynamics, animal and plant images, housing architecture, mountain pavilions, boats, cars and horses, flowers, birds and insects, space stars and various geometric figures. You can play alone or several people can play various matches. Due to the scientific design, the ingenious and ingenious changes can improve people's imagination and judgment ability and inspire children's wisdom.
17 Draw cards
Folk children's games. In the past, cards were pictures attached to cigarette shells, and later there were special printed pictures for sale. The signs are printed with zodiac signs or Three Kingdoms era figures, etc., and are sold in toy stores. When playing, one party places a card on the table or on the ground in advance, and the other party uses its cards to throw it vigorously, which can turn the opponent's card into a win. There are also "paper beats" that are folded into hexagonal trapezoids with paper folded instead. Or take the rectangular cards, each from the end of the table to the other side of the table end of the hard fight away, than to hit the near and far, hit the table under the table to lose. There are also patterned pieces of paper with cigarette packs folded into triangles to replace cards.
18 Become Tiger Cat
Folk children's games. Children play with grimaces, pull out the edges and eyelids with their hands, pretend to be tiger cats, scare their companions as a play, especially two- or three-year-old children are more cute when they pretend to be tiger cats.
19 nine consecutive rings
Folk traditional intellectual toys. Ming "General Records of Dan Lead"; "Nine links, the two are consistent with each other, the line is related, the solution is two, and the two are merged into one." The Qing Dynasty was very popular. At that time, the nine rings were made of metal wire, and the small rings were nine, nine connected, set on a strip of horizontal plates or various frames, and their frame handles were sword-shaped, ruyi-shaped, butterfly-shaped, plum-shaped, etc., and each ring was connected to it with copper rods. When playing, according to the law, all nine rings are connected to the copper ring, or all are untied through the sleeve. Later it was made of copper or iron. Its solutions are diverse, can be combined and can be divided, and there are many variations. A close friend Xu Ke's "Qing Barnyard Banknotes" records its solution; "If the nine rings are to be connected to the pillar, then the first ring is first, then the second ring, and the first ring, and the third ring, and the first and second rings, and then the fourth ring, and the first ring, and then the fourth ring, if it is repeated up and down, eighty-one times, and the nine rings are on top." The solution is to first go down to the first ring, then the third ring, and then to the first ring, and then to the first and second rings, and then to the fifth ring. If it is changed up and down, where there are eighty-one times, the nine rings will be completed." At first, it was popular among boudoir women and children, and later spread to the people. Later, it was absorbed by acrobats and developed into an ancient trick performed on stage. The performers will use nine metal rings, use skilled techniques, or combine or divide, or set flower baskets, colored lanterns, palace lamp shapes, the technique is agile and skilled, the changes are unpredictable, and it has become a popular acrobatic show for the audience.
20 paper cuts
Ancient name "ribbon cutting", the origin is very early, the Southern Dynasty Liang Zongyi "JingChu Chronicle"; Tang Duancheng style "Xiyang Acrobatics"; Ancient texts such as Ming Zhou Qi's "Celebrity Examination" have cut narratives. From the use of paper cut can be divided into window flowers, wall flowers, door notes, ceiling flowers, lantern flowers, festive flowers, clothing embroidery and so on. Pure paper cuts for appreciation include monochrome paper cuts, color separation paper cuts, lining paper cuts, spot color cuts, color block paper cuts, outline paper cuts, wood print paper cuts and so on. Yiyang paper-cutting is widely spread in the folk, every time there is a birthday celebration, marriage and other celebrations, respectively, cut shou characters, double happiness, window flowers or cut into flowers, birds and animals, insects and fish. Gifts are often decorated with egg flowers, hat flowers, shoe flowers and other gifts, and paper-cutting techniques are generally passed on by word and deed and passed down from generation to generation. In particular, girls learn to cut paper and play paper-cutting games from an early age. Yiyang once had a professional "paper art society".
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