What are the folk games?

Folk games:

1, the eagle catches the chickens

The eagle catches the chickens, commonly known as the "yellow harrier to eat chicken", also known as the "weasel to eat chickens", is a multi-participant Puzzle recreational games, in the outdoors or a certain space indoors. This game, the development of students' sensitivity and coordination ability, cultivate students' cooperation practice, cooperation consciousness has a certain role in promoting.

The game requires at least three people, one as a hen, one as an eagle, and the rest as chicks. Chickens in order behind the hen holding the lapel in a line, the eagle stands on the opposite side of the hen, make catching chicks posture. At the beginning of the game, the eagle screams and does a chicken chase. Behind the hen's chicks do panic, the hen is trying to protect the chicks behind her. The eagle then screams and turns in a circle to catch the chickens, and the chicks are dodging right and left behind the hen.

2, shuttlecock

Shuttlecock (shuttlecock), is a simple and easy to do fitness exercise, is a traditional folk sports activities. This activity can move the muscles and bones to promote health.

It is widely played in China and has a long history. According to historical documents and unearthed artifacts, shuttlecock originated in China during the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang.

3, cricket

Cricket fighting, one of the Chinese folk fight theater. There are only male crickets, and they bite each other in defense of their territory or for the right to mate. The two insects fight fiercely, and the defeated party either escapes or withdraws from the fight, but there are few cases of "death in battle".

Cricket fighting is also known as "Qiu Xing", "Fighting Cricket" and "Fighting Cricket". It is a recreational activity in which crickets fight each other for fun. Popular in most parts of the country. It is held at the end of fall every year. The lifespan of the cricket is only about 100 days, which limits the season of cricket fighting to the fall. In ancient Chinese characters, the word "autumn" is the pictogram for crickets.

4, hopscotch

Hopscotch, also known as jumping out of airplanes, is a worldwide children's game, but also one of the traditional Chinese folk sports games, fun, entertaining, and was loved by the majority of children.

In the 1950s to 1980s is quite common, in some children's playgrounds, parks and elementary school playgrounds and so on will have hopscotch position. Sometimes, even in an open space, as long as there was a piece of chalk or a tree branch, children would draw nine squares of hopscotch on the ground and then play together.

5, jumping band

Jumping band, also known as jumping rubber band, jumping rubber rope, jumping monkey band, is a suitable for children's folk games, popular in the 1950s to 1990s.

Leather band is made of rubber with elasticity of the thin rope, about 3 meters long, the leather band is straight and fixed, you can step back and forth jumping. Can be three to five people to play together, can also be divided into two groups of competition, jumping and singing is very interesting. First by two people each take one end to stretch the leather band, others take turns to jump, according to the prescribed action, the completion of the winner, halfway through the jump wrong or not hooked the leather band, another person to jump.