What games were there in ancient western countries?

The earliest works introducing western folk children's games.

Zhang Deyi's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio was the first book to introduce western folk children's games.

Restatement of Wonders is Zhang Deyi's second travel book after Restatement of Wonders. The book ***6 volumes, nearly 6.5438+0.5 million words, describes all kinds of exotic stories, local conditions and customs in Japan, the United States, Britain, France and other countries, among which a lot of space describes the folk sports games of western children.

Zhang Deyi (1847- 19 19) was one of the first batch of 10 students in Shi Jing Wentong Museum, which was founded by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Premier of Qing Dynasty in 1962 (the first year of Tongzhi). Wentong Building is the earliest foreign language school in China, so Zhang Deyi is proficient in English and has been sent abroad for inspection many times, making extensive contact with all walks of life in Europe and America. During the long days of traveling around the world, I compiled my own records of what I saw and heard into eight travel works. A total of 78 volumes, about 2 million words, called "Travel Notes in Europe and America". Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is the second book. The content of this book was learned by the author when he was abroad from 1868 to 1869. Among them, 64 kinds of western children's games were introduced, including stone ball, long-distance shooting and billiards. The language is concise and to the point, and the description is lively.