Introduction to ancient Chinese toys, what are the ancient toys

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Ancient toys have: rattle, nine rings, spinning tops, bamboo dragonflies, kites, etc.

1. Rattle.

The rattle is an ancient and traditional folk musical instrument and toy that appeared during the Warring States period. Early rattles were musical instruments rather than toys. Rattles are not unique to a certain place, and rattles have appeared in various parts of our country and in various ethnic minority areas.

Rattles are popular in Zhuoni in Gansu Province, Zhongdian, Weixi and Lijiang in Yunnan Province, Yanyuan in Sichuan Province and vast areas in northern China.

2. Nine consecutive rings.

It is a traditional Chinese folk intellectual toy, and Zhuo Wenjun has the sentence "Nine consecutive rings are broken from it" in a letter to Sima Xiangru. In the Qing Dynasty, there was also a record of Lin Daiyu's skillful interpretation of the nine consecutive links in "Dream of Red Mansions". Zhou Bangyan also left a famous sentence about the nine links: "Indulge in clever hands, can solve the chain." ”

3. Spinning top. The spinning top is one of the earliest entertainment tools of Chinese folk, also known as Dhara, called "Ganle" in Hokkien language, and called "Bingyu" or "beating old cows" in the north. The Wuqiao area of Hebei Province is known as BO.

4. Bamboo dragonfly.

Bamboo dragonfly is one of the traditional Chinese folk children's toys, which is widely spread. The bamboo dragonfly consists of two parts. One is the bamboo handle. The second is "wings". When playing, rub your hands together, and then let go of your hands, and the bamboo dragonfly will fly into the sky.

5. Kites. By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information; From the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to the development of the paper industry, the folk began to use paper to frame kites; In the Song Dynasty, kite flying became a favorite outdoor activity.

Toys played by children in ancient times: Kong Ming lock, rattle, juju, bamboo horse, double land.

1. Kong Ming lock

It consists of six rectangular wooden strips with grooves inside, two of which are concave and convex in three directions horizontally and vertically. Originated from the mortise and tenon structure pioneered in ancient architecture, it is said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.

2. Rattle

The rattle appeared in the Warring States period and is a small hand-held tambourine. The main body is a small drum, with two projectiles on both sides, there is a handle under the drum, and the projectile shakes and beats the drum to make a sound when the drum handle is turned, and the early rattle is a musical instrument, and later becomes a children's toy.

3. Keju

Football first originated in the Song Dynasty in China and was called Keju. At first, it was a ball covered with leather and rice bran, and later it became a modern soccer ball.

4. Bamboo horse

Bamboo horses were very popular toys in the Han Dynasty, and hundreds of dolls rode bamboo horses together, which was no less popular than today's children riding scooters through the city.

5. Shuanglu

The backgammon pieces are like a pony, fifteen black and white, two people play each other, roll the dice and move according to the point. The movement of the pieces is determined by the number of points rolled on the dice, and the first player to remove all the pieces from the board wins.

Ancient puzzle games have tangrams, Kongming locks, etc.

1.Tangram: also known as "Tangram" and "Wisdom Board", it is an intellectual toy circulated by the Han people. It evolved from the Yanji of the Tang Dynasty, which was originally an indoor game of the literati, and later evolved into a puzzle board toy among the people.

2.Kong Ming lock: is a traditional Chinese intellectual toy, more than 2,000 years ago Kong Ming invented a method, with a bite way to intersect three groups of wooden strips vertically intersect and fix.

3.Shuanglu: is a game similar to Ludo chess, which was once quite popular judging by the records in literary works and the cultural relics handed down from generation to generation.

Six Bo and one Lu Bo. The two of them play each other, each of them has six chess pieces, so it is called Liubo. The key to the victory or defeat lies in the throw, which is very fortuitous, and the two sides move according to their respective throws.

4.Li Yi's 32 chess pieces: black and red chess pieces each have 1 general or commander, rook, horse, cannon, elephant or phase, soldier or shi, 2 each, pawn or pawn 5.

5.Go: It is a treasure in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, it embodies the pursuit of wisdom of the Chinese nation, the ancients often used "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting" to talk about a person's talent and cultivation, in which chess refers to Go.

6.Nine Rings: Nine Rings is a traditional Chinese folk intellectual toy, made of wire with 9 rings, the rings are set on a horizontal plate or various frames, and run through the ring handle. When playing, follow a certain procedure and repeat the operation, so that the 9 rings can be untied separately or combined into one.

1. Rattle.

The rattle was produced after the drum, and as early as the Neolithic period of painted pottery, artifacts suspected of being drums were found. In 1978, the bronze seat of the Warring States period was unearthed in Suixian County, Hubei Province, and there was a column inserted on the base, and the column was a drum, and the drum body was long and wooden, similar to today's waist drum. The shape of this drum resembles a giant rattle, except that it is not equipped with two ears.

During the Warring States Period, there was also a kind of "drum set", the drum body was extremely flat, and the drum skin was covered with drum skin on both sides, and the drum skin was fixed with two rows of drum nails arranged in a staggered manner, similar to the drum used by modern "big drum book" rap artists. The drum body is attached to the drum stand by three metal rings. The drum frame is completed with lacquered wood carving technology, the double phoenix is back to the drum body, and the base is a double tiger with the back to the face.

The appearance of these drums provided the basis for the production of rattles.

2. Nine consecutive rings.

Nine Links is a kind of traditional folk intellectual toy that circulates in Shanxi Province. It is connected in a string with nine rings to unravel. According to the Ming Dynasty Yang Shen's "Dan Lead General Record", jade was used as a material to make two interpenetrating rings, "the two rings penetrate each other into one, get their pass, solve them into two, and merge into one."

Later, copper or iron was used instead of jade to become a toy for women and children. It has a history of almost 2,000 years in China, and Zhuo Wenjun wrote to Sima Xiangru with the sentence "Nine consecutive rings are broken from it". In the Qing Dynasty, there was also a record of Lin Daiyu's skillful interpretation of the nine consecutive links in "Dream of Red Mansions".

Zhou Bangyan also left a famous sentence about the nine links: "Indulge in clever hands, can solve the chain." ”

3. Spinning top. During the Jin Dynasty more than 1,700 years ago, another interesting toy appeared in China - bamboo dragonflies. After this toy was introduced to Europe in the 18th century, it was called "Chinese spinning top" by Westerners, and it can be seen that the real spinning top was transmitted abroad earlier than this.

Why is the bamboo dragonfly called the "Chinese spinning top"? It turned out that the term "spinning top" was officially proposed by the French physicist Foucault in the mid-19th century. In English, gyro means "spinning body".

The spinning top is a rotating body that rotates on the ground, and the bamboo dragonfly is a rotating body that rotates in the air, so the bamboo dragonfly can also be said to be a kind of spinning top.

4. Bamboo dragonfly.

The bamboo dragonfly consists of two parts. One is the bamboo handle. Use a piece of bamboo to cut a bamboo pole (handle) 20 cm long and 4 to 5 mm in diameter.

The second is "wings". Use a piece of bamboo 18 to 20 cm long, 2 cm wide and 2 cm thick, and make a small round hole with a diameter of 4 to 5 mm in the middle for installing the bamboo handle.

Then cut a bevel symmetrically on each side of the hole to play the role of the bamboo dragonfly rising with the air vortex. Once the wings are ready, insert the bamboo handle into its small hole. When playing, hold the bamboo handle with the palms of both hands, rub it quickly, and as soon as you loosen your hands, the bamboo dragonfly will fly into the sky.

5. Kites. The kite was invented by the ancient working people in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China, and has been around for more than 2,000 years. According to legend, Mo Zhai made a wooden bird out of wood, which was developed for three years, which is the earliest origin of human kites. Later, Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the kite material of Mo Zhai, and it was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that Cai Lun improved papermaking and began to make kites with paper, called "paper kites".

Nine consecutive rings, unparalleled in the world, is a Chinese intellectual toy. Rattle, also the world's unparalleled Chinese children's toy empty bamboo, also known as "shaking", is a famous folk toy. Mud is a kind of whistle that can be blown, it is colorful, and after the appearance is oiled, it is black, bright and beautiful, suitable for children to play.

There are many kinds of mud howling.

Windmills, bamboo horses, stilts, ringing springs. Feather shuttlecock.

Empty bamboo, pockets, rolling hoops, mandarin duck buckles, kneading dough people, tangrams, and so on.

Traditional Chinese toys include rattles, nine rings, spinning tops, bamboo dragonflies, kites, etc. 1. Rattle: It is an ancient and traditional folk musical instrument and toy, which appeared in the Warring States Period, and the early rattle was a musical instrument rather than a toy.

2. Nine rings: It is a traditional Chinese folk intellectual toy, which is made of 9 rings with wire, and the rings are set on the horizontal plate or various frames, and the ring handle is through. 3. Spinning top.

Traditional ancient spinning tops are roughly wooden or iron inverted cones, and are played with whips. 4. Bamboo dragonfly: It is one of the traditional Chinese folk children's toys, which is widely spread.

The bamboo dragonfly consists of two parts. One is the bamboo handle. The second is "wings".

5. Kites: During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to become a tool for transmitting information; From the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to the development of the paper industry, the folk began to use paper to frame kites; In the Song Dynasty, kite flying became a favorite outdoor activity.