During the Spring Festival in Song Dynasty, a game called "Guanpu" was popular, what is this about?

Previously, when you visit the temple, you will often see playing balloons, set the circle of such a small game, from time to time to play a couple of try luck. Song Dynasty during the Spring Festival? Guan puff? , in fact, is a similar recreational activity.

The game is very simple: vendors prepare some small things, such as snacks, toys, fruits, and so on, the two sides about the price, take out a few coins and throw them into the jar, if they are all the back face up, you win, you can take away the agreed things. If you don't win, the few coins you bet go to the vendor.

Of course, there are other ways to play the game, roughly speaking, through a certain kind of game, by luck to get valuable things cheaply.

This is very much like the game of lasso, which is still around.

In fact, Guanpuo was characterized in the Northern Song Dynasty as ? Gambling? s, and was explicitly banned by the government. However, it was no longer banned during the Spring Festival.

People have taken to the streets, eat, drink and play, get together to play Guanpou. Because it is rare for the year to be so lively, there are a lot of people playing Guanpou, and even some boudoir women and poor people have also taken to the streets to try their luck.

(Nowadays, it's a game of ring)

The most important feature of Kwanpo, compared to gambling in general, is that all kinds of objects can be used to play. Not only some gadgets, but also meals, wine, meat, clothes, horses and even houses and concubines can be used to play.

By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were no legal restrictions on Guanpiao.

So it didn't matter if it was New Year's Eve or not, you could play if you had the chance. Even many vendors carried all kinds of guanpuo tools with them and set up stalls wherever they went, earning a living in this way.

Guanwu this activity, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties is still very popular. Because it was not a direct gamble, it was often treated as a form of entertainment by the government and the public, and was popular at various festivals.

In fact, if you think about it, there are still rings at temple fairs, or all kinds of draws in small stores, which can be said to be another version of Guanpou.

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The history of human gambling is really long, "Shuowen Jiezi" recorded? The ancient Wu Cao as Bo?

The history of human gambling has a long history.

We are all familiar with the famous Tian Ji horse racing story of the Warring States period. Sun Bin used the art of war to teach Tian Ji in a game of horse racing. Now, the team of the king and the team of the king, the team of the king and the team of the king, the team of the king and the team of the king, the team of the king and the team of the king, the team of the king and the team of the king. In the end, he won two out of three games against King Wei of Qi. This is a clearly documented gambling game in which the king participated.