Origin of rattle

The rattle is called "rattle" in ancient times. The rattle is an ancient musical instrument, mostly used in the court music, in the performance of ritual ceremonies are commonly used instruments. After the rattle flowed into the folk, lost the function of ritual music, evolved into the folk sound apparatus. In ancient times, the rattle was also often shaken by the cargo man to solicit customers. Li Song of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Cargo Man Figure" in the hands of the cargo man is holding a rattle is quite sophisticated. In his stretcher hung with a variety of children's toys and small goods, behind the shelves are also hung diagonally a special rattle, by four gradually increasing the small drums stacked together, between the turn 9 0 degrees, four small drums each have a double-ear projectile, drums under the smooth and suitable for the grip of the handle. This exquisite rattle hanging on the shelf, with other toys, must be goods to be sold. Generally speaking, the larger the drum surface of the rattle the lower the sound emitted, the smaller the drum surface, the higher the sound, the four small drums here from small to large, different sizes, when shaken, it will emit a high and low staggered sound, the design is very skillful. Through this rattle can be seen in the Southern Song Dynasty rattles as folk toys have been very popular, and reached a high level.

Small commodities capital of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, is the development of today's "World Supermarket", Yiwu, Yiwu people will be known as the "rattle culture". According to the Yiwu County Records, as early as the Qianlong period in the Qing Dynasty, there are local farmers engaged in the "chicken feather for sugar" industry. Cargo man's sugar stretcher by two baskets, two mountain goods box, a rattle, a stretcher composition, baskets used to load the chicken and duck feathers and other items, the box is loaded with brown sugar made of sugar cakes and ginger sugar granules, is the capital of the cargo man for the exchange of rattlesnake

. Later, the sugar stretcher in the goods slowly increased, there are a variety of essential commodities, the cargo man shoulder sugar stretcher, hand rattles rattles, walking along the streets to the crisp and rhythmic drums to attract customers. Yiwu people believe that the "chicken feather for sugar" rattle gave birth to the world-famous Yiwu Commodity Market.