What are the classic toys in ancient China?

Kite, rattle, nine rings, ceramic ball, diabolo.

1, kite

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, kites began to be a tool for transmitting information. Since Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the development of paper industry, people began to use paper to paste kites. Flying kites became a popular outdoor activity in the Song Dynasty.

2011April 16, Wu Xiaohong, the British Guinness World Records Certification Officer, announced here that the kite-flying activity held in Weifang, China set a new Guinness World Record of 6 198 people flying kites in Gaza in 20 10.

2, rattle

It is an ancient and traditional folk musical instrument and toy, which appeared in the Warring States period. The early rattle was a musical instrument, not a toy. Ringing bells is not unique to a certain place. Rattlesnakes have appeared in all parts of China and ethnic minority areas. This kind of rattle is popular in Zhuoni, Zhongdian, Weixi and Lijiang in Gansu, Yanyuan in Sichuan and northern China.

The rattle was called Fu, Fu and Lu in ancient times. In Tibetan, it is called Damaru, Dake, Raolu, Reba Gongga and Zhuoni Drum. Naxi people call Dongba drum and tambourine. Also known as snare drum, peddler drum, wave drum, Braun drum and wave drum, some areas in the south of the Yangtze River are also called shake.

Three, nine rings

This is a traditional folk intellectual toy in China. In Zhuo Wenjun's letter to Sima Xiangru, there is a saying that "nine chains are broken from it". A Dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty is also recorded by Lin Daiyu's skillful interpretation of the nine-linked rings. Zhou Bangyan also left a famous sentence about the Nine Rings, "Clever Jie Lianhuan."

On March 8, 2003, Wang of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province, China successfully solved the Nine-Chain in 3 minutes and 57 seconds, and entered the Guinness Book of World Records.

4. Tao Xiangqiu

Taoxiangqiu is an important primitive musical instrument and the earliest sounding toy. The unearthed ceramic balls are all ceramic balls, which are hollow in the middle and filled with marbles or sand grains, which will rattle when shaken.

5.diabolo

It has a long history in China. According to textual research, Diabolo was first evolved from the Han folk game equipment "Gyro". Gyroscope is a toy that appeared in ancient times. Wooden gyroscopes were unearthed in Hemudu Cultural Site and Changzhou Weidun Site in Neolithic Age, while ceramic gyroscopes were unearthed in Yin Xi Village Site in Xia County, Shaanxi Province.

The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of diabolo development. Not only the equipment is simple and easy to learn, but also the movements and techniques are diverse, fascinating and popular.

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