The story of the origin of jigsaw puzzles

1, Tangram is an invention of working people in ancient China, and its history can be traced back to at least the first century BC, and it was basically finalized in the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was widely circulated among the people. In Volume I of Lenglu Miscellaneous Knowledge, the Qing Dynasty wrote, "Recently, there are seven ingenious maps with five shapes and seven numbers, with thousands of changes. The body is small and changeable, and the tools of the game are enough to dispel boredom and break the silence, so secular people like it. "

2./kloc-in the 0/8th century, the jigsaw puzzle spread abroad. Needham said it was "one of the oldest pastimes in the East", and so far the library of Cambridge University in England still has "seven ingenious new music".

Edgar allan poe, an American writer, actually refined a puzzle with ivory. French Napoleon also used jigsaw puzzles as a pastime in exile. Who would have thought that Tangram would have something to do with Napoléon Bonaparte, Adam, Du Lei, Poe and Carol? In fact, they are all fans of jigsaw puzzle.

4./kloc-in the 0/8th century, the jigsaw puzzle spread abroad, which immediately aroused people's great interest. Some foreigners played all night and called it "Tangtu", which means "Puzzle from China".