The book () written by a folk artist in the Qing Dynasty describes the method of making and playing diabolo in Beijing that year.

A folk artist in the Qing Dynasty wrote Yanjing Miscellanies, which described the method of making and playing diabolo in Beijing that year.

Yanjing Miscellanies in Qing Dynasty recorded the method of making diabolo in Beijing that year. "Children in Beijing have a way of playing diabolo. Cut the bamboo into two pieces and make a short tube of Hanazono Sakura. The two ends are continuous and solid. Knowing the middle, shake it around a small stem with a rope, which is as loud as Hong Zhong. It is very audible."

Diabolo, a traditional game, is very popular in Beijing. Diabolo lovers can see it in all parks. Playing diabolo can exercise elbow joint, shoulder joint and wrist joint, which is very helpful to people's health, so it is approved to be included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

Diabolo is a traditional folk musical instrument in China. Typical diabolo can be divided into single wheel and double wheel. The diabolo is shaped like a waist drum and made of bamboo or wood. A flat round wheel with two hollow wheels at both ends. Dig four or five small holes in the wheel and put bamboo flutes in the holes. The two wheels are connected by a shaft. A single-wheeled empty bamboo is shaped like a top with wheels on one side. Because of its hollow wheel and bamboo flute, it is named "empty"

Diabolo is generally called diabolo, and it is also called bell ringing in the south, which is popular all over the country. It is generally believed that diabolo originated from the "empty clock" in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of at least 600 years. In the Ming Dynasty, nursery rhymes recorded "Liugong, Spinning Top, willow Willow, Empty Bell. The diabolo game in Ming Dynasty has many ways of playing on the ground and in the air.

How to shake diabolo well;

If you want to shake diabolo well, you must be familiar with posture. First, you should hold your head up, that is, keep your head straight. Second, relax your shoulders, put down your elbows, and transfer all your strength to your hands. Third, hold out your chest and pull your back, so it's easier to jump. Fourth, we should tuck in our stomachs and collapse our backs. Fifth, we should relax our waist and nourish our spirits. Shaking diabolo requires turning the waist, pulling and rolling.

Sixth, closing the hips and closing the hips can lower the center of gravity, stabilize the chassis and enhance the strength of the legs. Seventh, relax the muscles of the waist and buttocks. Shaking diabolo is both rigid and flexible, and the posture changes with the change of diabolo, which is closely related to the change of footwork.