Simple gyro how to do

The gyro is made as follows:

Tools/materials: 1 paper milk carton, 2 plastic bottle caps of the same size, colored markers or crayons, transparent tape.

1, from the opening of the milk carton down, the milk carton 4 prongs cut, so that the milk carton four sides separate, and then cut off half the length of each side.

2. Round the corners at the end of the four leaves and draw your favorite colorful patterns on the leaves. And then the plastic bottle cap with transparent tape on the center of the blade, up and down one, the position should be relative. Turn the bottle cap by hand to drive the gyro to spin up.

The origin of the gyro

The gyro is one of the earliest recreational tools in Chinese folklore, also known as the gyro, which is known as "Ganle" in southern Fujian Province, and "Bingcheng (gá)" or "Playing the Old Bull" in the north. The northern part of the country is called "ice-cob (gá)" or "playing the old ox". Hebei Wuqiao area is called bo. Guizhou and other local languages called géluō. Henan Puyang area called delou, Jiaozuo dialect called Pi Laojian. China is the old home of the gyro. From the Neolithic site in Xiaxian, Shanxi, China, stone gyros have been excavated. Visible, gyro in China at least four or five thousand years of history.

As for the term gyro, it did not formally appear until the Ming Dynasty, when Liu Dong and Yu Yizheng co-authored the book "Scenery of the Imperial Capital," which mentions a ballad: "Yang Liu'er green, play the empty bells; Yang Liu'er live, pumping the gyro; Yang Liu'er dead, kicking the shuttlecock."

It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, the term gyro has officially appeared in the word, gyro has become a popular toy for children in Chinese folklore, and from the text can also be found in the play of folk children's games is seasonal, playing the gyro has become a popular activity in the spring.