Let me talk about these kinds of toys in detail.
First of all, let's talk about toys that make sounds. In 1950s, a toy named "Taoxiangqiu" was unearthed in China, about 5,000 years ago. Taoxiang balls are generally large, hollow inside and filled with pebbles. When shaking, pebbles hit the wall of the pottery ball, making a rustling sound. This may be the oldest children's sounding toy in China.
We are all familiar with the rattle, which first appeared in China during the Warring States Period. A rattle is actually a small drum with a handle. There are two projectiles on both sides of the drum. When the handle is turned, the bullet makes a sound when it hits the drum.
Bamboo whistle and bamboo horn are all familiar toys, but in fact they are all toys that make sound by blowing air with their mouths through sound holes and cavities.
Next, let's talk about fitness toys. You should know that gyro is also a kind of toy that has been very popular with children until now. The upper part of the gyro is generally cylindrical and the lower part has sharp corners. When the sharp corner touches the ground, it will rotate upright with a rope.
Bamboo dragonfly is also one of the oldest toys in China. Before 500 BC, China people made bamboo dragonflies. Bamboo dragonfly is mainly divided into two parts, one is a thin paddle made of bamboo, and the other is a handle inserted in the middle of the paddle. When you rub the handle with your hands, the blade will fly when it rotates and lifts, which looks like a dragonfly from a distance. Later, bamboo dragonflies spread to Europe, and Germans invented helicopter propellers according to the principle of bamboo dragonflies.
Diabolo is also one of the traditional toys in China, and now many people play with it. Diabolo evolved from gyro, and shaking diabolo is to shake or throw diabolo with ropes with handles at both ends, which has strong ornamental value and can keep fit. Some diabolos make a sound when they rotate. Diabolo is nicknamed "China Yo-Yo" abroad.
Let's talk about doll-shaped toys, clay toys, which were called "clay goods" in ancient times. In the Han Dynasty, folk artists made clay toys for sale, and in the Tang and Song Dynasties, clay toys were quite popular. Cloth tigers and male prostitutes are holiday toys. Cloth tigers usually appear in the Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients thought that tigers were "ghosts" and could ward off evil spirits. The appearance of male prostitutes in Mid-Autumn Festival is related to the legend of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon Jade Rabbit.
Finally, talk about educational toys. Ancient educational toys are mainly represented by jigsaw puzzles and unlocking toys. Like modern people, educational toys are usually the favorite kind of toys of the ancients.
Huarong Road and Tangram are the most famous imposition toys. Yes, Huarong Road is taken from the story of Cao Cao's crushing defeat of Huarong Road during the Three Kingdoms period. Huarong Road is on the chessboard of 12, with ten pieces representing Cao Cao, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu and four soldiers. The remaining two squares are empty. Players can move the chess pieces through these two squares and move Cao Cao out of Huarong Road with the least number of steps.
Tangram originated from several pictures of Yan in Song Dynasty. It is composed of seven boards, which can be changed and combined into various shapes at will.
Among the unlocking toys, Jiu Huanhuan and Lu Bansuo are the most famous. As the name implies, a nine-ring chain is composed of nine rings and a ring handle. The game is to take all the rings off the ring handle or put them on.
Luban lock is a three-dimensional educational toy with several wooden blocks inserted together. The game is to split the whole lock by pushing and pulling different combinations of wood blocks.
To sum up, the types of ancient children's toys are no less than those of modern people, and many toys also have the effect of educational and fitness.
With the continuous progress of science and technology, children's toys change with each passing day. When we were young, our favorite things to play were four-wheel drive, gyro, yo-yo, toy gun and so on. How did you spend your childhood without these technologies in ancient times?
In ancient times, children's games were often closely related to the changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Since the Song Dynasty, countless painters have painted children's scenes, especially in the Song Dynasty, among which Su Hanchen's artistic achievement is the highest. At the same time, it also provides a precious historical record of images for future generations-"Baby Play Map".
In ancient times, bats were a symbol of happiness.
Catch frogs
Play cricket and catch butterflies.
pick lotus
Pumped gyroscope
Play during recess
Hitting, also known as "stepping", is regarded as the ancient version of "golf" in China, with the rule of hitting the ball into the hole.
It feels much more interesting than children's childhood now. Running and jumping is a childhood.
Nowadays, children can play many things, such as scooters, puzzles, building blocks, video games, rocking cars, and some children can also play mobile phones that adults can't live without. There are so many interesting things. So did the ancient children have fun? There must be, and there are many. In ancient times, although the living conditions of most families were difficult, children also had games and toys they liked to play. What are there? Please read on. Of course, the most popular one is Lubansuo, which is equivalent to the ancient Rubik's Cube. It is simple in structure, scientific in design and varied. It is said that it was invented by Lu Ban to test his son's cleverness.
In ancient times, children also played a game to show off their wealth, "fighting grass". Let's go to find all kinds of flowers and plants together, and then sit together to see who has more patterns and who has rare grass, who is the "grass forest leader." Fighting grass can also be expressed by "force", that is, hooking their stalks together and pulling hard, whoever breaks will give up.
Now introduce a kind of leisure toy "Taoxiang Ball". The principle is very simple. It is a hollow ball made of clay, which is filled with projectiles or pebbles. When it is gently shaken, it will make a gurgling sound. Later, people invented the wave drum on the basis of pottery balls, which was used by vendors as a shouting tool and a right-hand man for mothers to coax their children.
There are many interesting games, such as riding cattle, shooting birds, flapping butterflies, fishing small fish and fighting crickets. The ancients also invented ancient military flags, Go, chess and so on. Every toy was invented by the ancients with wisdom. Writing here, I also remind parents that it is indeed more fun than in ancient times, but games like video games and mobile phones are still less for children to play. After all, children's health is more important, and they should be supervised to play some intellectual games.
1. Swing
Perhaps among all the ancient children's games, the swing is the oldest, most popular and best-preserved folk game, and it still maintains a strong vitality. Swing has been loved by children and girls for thousands of years.
2. Bamboo horse
Little urchin, holding the whip high in his right hand and pulling the reins of the horse's head in his left hand. The "horse" on the leg is dragging a tail with bamboo leaves, and the horse's head is lifelike. From this, we think of a sentence in Li He's poem "Children's Songs of the Tang Dynasty" in the Tang Dynasty: "The bamboo horse shakes the green tail, and the silver bend is half bright." This "green-tailed" bamboo horse is quite similar to the one in the picture, which is a happy scene for children to play games.
How did ancient children entertain themselves?
Rob the bird's nest
Learning action
The second is to learn to perform. In ancient times, there was a saying of "joining the army", which was the name of the characters in the drama of joining the army in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the drama was relatively simple, with only two roles: joining the army and stork. Joining the army is an official name similar to military staff. There is no fixed position, and it can be set at any time as needed. When wars are frequent, such as the late Han Dynasty and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, its position is very important, and it can even directly assist the king in drafting documents to direct operations.