When it snows, we will have snowball fights and make snowmen. How did the ancient emperors play in snowy days?

Modern people have many recreational activities. In winter, they can have snowball fights and make snowmen. Although the ancient entertainment culture was not as rich as it is now, it was actually not as empty as we thought. Ancient emperors usually had fun in winter.

Once in the cold winter, the lake will be covered with ice because of the climate. In ancient times, a winter recreation activity was derived, that is, skating. At that time, people were very interested in ice sports, and many other elements were added to skating, such as competitions. There were special skating activities in Qing dynasty, and skating was actually similar to skating now.

All ice sports in ancient times were called skating, which first appeared in the Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, it is more common in the north, and there are many kinds of skating. For example, when running ice, runners put on special shoes and slide on the ice. There is figure skating, and then there are some ice acrobatics. Until the Ming Dynasty, once it was winter, skating became a winter sport in the court.

For the emperor, watching skating in cold winter is also a pastime and can be said to be very popular. In the north of China, there are many different ice activities because of the cold climate. In fact, from some costume dramas in the Qing Dynasty, we can see that there was skating in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the shoes worn by skaters were relatively simple to make.

For the ancient emperors, whether it was cold or hot, there was never a lack of entertainment items.