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Who knows the origin of throwing hydrangea?

The hydrangea thrown by the girl represents the girl's heart Color embroidered hydrangea is a common mascot in China. In ancient times, there was a custom in some places that girls got married on a certain day, usually the fifteenth day of the first month or the fifteenth day of August. Let the suitors gather under the embroidery building, and the girl throws hydrangeas. Whoever gets the hydrangea can become the girl's husband. Of course, girls usually look at the right person and throw hydrangeas at him for him to find. In many places, the bride's sedan chair is tied with a hydrangea, which means good luck. More than 800 years ago, a poor family lived in a small village under the ancient town of Jiuzhou in Jingxi County. Adi, the son of a poor family, fell in love with Axiu, a girl from a neighboring village. Axiu is beautiful and kind, and deeply loves her honest, hardworking and brave brother. One spring, when Axiu was at the fair, he was attracted by a rich and powerful villain in the town. He wanted to marry Axiu. Axiu threatened to die, but he refused. When the rogue learned that Axiu loved his younger brother in the neighboring village deeply, he rolled his eyes and made a plan to make Axiu give up. He bribed the government, put Adi in a dungeon on trumped-up charges, and sentenced him to death, awaiting trial in autumn. When Axiu heard the news, it was like a bolt from the blue. He cried all day in Lacrimosa. After Axiu cried blind, Axiu started sewing hydrangeas stitch by stitch for Adi, who will be beheaded in autumn. The needle pierced his hand and blood flowed to the hydrangea. After being soaked in blood, the flowers on the hydrangea become brighter, the leaves become greener and the birds become more vivid. After 998 1 day, the hydrangea filled with Axiu's deep love for Adi and soaked with Axiu's blood was made. In Axiu, he sold his jewelry and bribed the jailer. Accompanied by his family, he touched the scrawny Adi who had been tortured for so long in a dark and humid dungeon. Axiu was desperate and fumbled for a hydrangea to hang around Artie's neck. At this moment, I saw a flash. Axiu, Adi and his family drifted to the foot of a beautiful and rich mountain, far away from the devil. Later, Axiu and Adi got married, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life with their hardworking hands. Throwing hydrangea is a traditional sport that Zhuang people love. Its history can be traced back to more than 2000 years ago. At that time, the ancient bronze weapon "Feituo" was used for throwing, mostly for fighting and hunting. With the progress of society and the improvement of material life, Feituo gradually developed into the present embroidered cloth bag, that is, hydrangea. Hydrangea is a colorful ball made by girls by hand. It is the most common sphere, and there are also ellipses, squares and diamonds. Hydrangea is as big as a fist, and it contains cottonseed, millet, chaff and so on. The upper and lower ends are tied with ribbons and red pendants respectively. People throw themselves at each other after dinner, entertain themselves and exchange feelings. With the development of history, it has gradually evolved into a way for young Zhuang men and women to express their love. Throwing hydrangea is a traditional sports activity of Zhuang nationality in Xu Ge. Every year, on traditional festivals such as Spring Festival, March 3rd, Mid-Autumn Festival, the Zhuang people will hold songs. At the song festival, young men and women were invited to meet in the fields and by the river. They are divided into men and women. They keep a proper distance, sing to each other, express greetings with songs, and enhance understanding. Lyrics have a wide range of contents, involving ideals, feelings, farming and so on. The song has questions and answers, the voice is constantly fluctuating and the expression is beautiful. The girls couldn't help but pick up the delicate hydrangea in their hands and throw it at the right person. The young man caught the hydrangea quickly and accurately, appreciated it and threw it back to the girl. After several rounds of throwing, if the young man likes a girl, he will tie his small gift (such as silver jewelry or wallet) to the hydrangea and throw it back to the woman. The heavier the gift, the deeper the boy's affection for the girl. When a girl receives a gift from a young man, if she accepts it, it means that she has accepted the pursuit of that young man. At this time, the two may continue to express their love for Song, or they may meet in a secluded place. Another folk form of throwing hydrangeas is that men and women are divided into team A and team B. Team A chooses two singers to throw hydrangeas at team B and sing a strong song. After receiving the hydrangea, Team B sent two singers to return the ball to Party A and a song in the shortest time, and so on. Singers who take part in "sending the ball" and "returning the ball" are generally masters of seven-step folk songs. Another form is to erect a wooden pole with a height of about 10m on the field. A wooden board with a round hole in the middle is nailed to the top of the pole, and there are men and women on both sides. Throw the ball into the round hole, and the one who passes through the hole wins. As a traditional sports activity of Zhuang nationality, throwing hydrangea has a broad mass base in Guangxi, and it has certain sociality, nationality, practicality and interest, which invisibly enhances the attraction of this project. Beautiful hydrangea and cheerful singing make people feel that their hearts are not as good as theirs. The technique of throwing hydrangea is simple and easy to master. It can promote the friendship between people and play the role of conveying feelings and spirit with the ball. The mystery is beyond words. Only by joining this activity can we appreciate its charm. Throwing hydrangea not only has the function of social entertainment, but also can exercise people's physical strength and will, improve people's sensitivity and physical fitness, and cultivate decisive, tenacious, confident and positive noble qualities and sentiments.