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Origami gyro method

The method of origami gyro is as follows:

1, flower-shaped gyro folding

Square colored paper folded several times to the meter crease, unfolded along the crease to make a small square, take the two sides of the folded into a rhombus, folded along the center line under the triangle, folded the other side of the folded on the flip open, the gyro is done.

2, two-color gyro folding

Rectangular colored paper folded in half and folded both sides into a triangle, folded and flattened. Take a rectangular colored paper of a different color and fold the same, folding the two parts together. Then take a small square of colored paper folded side to side, four corners folded inward, along the crease nest together, and take a slightly larger small square of colored paper the same steps folded, three parts of the combination together gyro is done.

3, pointed gyro folding

Square color paper folded on the opposite side of the cross crease, along the crease press folded into a square, folded diagonal horizontal line, along the traces of folded triangular, upward folded unfolded below, according to the video rotating gyro is done.

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The gyro is one of the earliest Chinese folk entertainment tools, also known as the dora, Minnan language called "dry music", the north is called "ice brochette (gá)" or "playing the old bull! The northern part of the country is called "ice-cob (gá)" or "playing the old ox". Hebei Wuqiao area is called bo.

Guizhou and other local languages called géluō. Henan Puyang area called delou, Jiaozuo dialect called Pi Laojian. In Beijing, it is called "welded tip", firstly, because there are metal welds on the tip, and secondly, because the people in Beijing want their children to understand from a young age that "traitors" are to be flogged by everyone.

The shape is rounded at the top and sharp at the bottom. Once upon a time, they were made of wood, but in modern times they are mostly made of plastic or iron. It can be played by wrapping a string around it and jerking it hard to make it spin upright. Or use the elasticity of the clockwork to rotate.

Traditional ancient gyro roughly wooden or iron inverted conical shape, play is to use a whip to split. In modern times, there are gyros that are fired from a transmitter. Of course, there are also some "hand-twisting gyro" is very popular. The gyro is a very familiar toy to teenagers. It is popular all over the world. China is the old home of the gyro. From the Neolithic site in Xia County, Shanxi, China, stone gyros have been excavated. Visible, gyro in China at least four or five thousand years of history.