What are the traditional toys in China?

Traditional toys include: kites, rattles, nine-ring rings, ceramic balls, diabolos and so on.

1, kites, in the northern and southern dynasties, kites began to become 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.

The rattle 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 areas. This kind of rattle is popular in Zhuoni, Zhongdian, Weixi and Lijiang in Gansu, Yanyuan in Sichuan and northern China.

3. Nine-ring is a traditional folk intellectual toy in China. In Zhuo Wenjun's letter to Sima Xiangru, there is a saying that "the nine chains are never interrupted". 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."

4. Tao Xiangqiu 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.

Diabolo 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.