History of the development of hand bowing in ancient ChinaWhy hand bowing did not develop in China

Hand bowing and hand cones (Temari balls) first originated in China and came to Japan around the 7th century A.D. as a favorite toy for girls, slightly larger in size than a softball. Historically, Temari balls were made using leftover trimmings from kimono making, filled into a ball shape, and then wrapped with colorful silk threads, which later evolved into an art. Initially, the core of the ball was just something made by wrapping some threads around it, but around the end of the 16th century, the core was replaced with a highly elastic sphere made of cotton threads, and colorful threads were wrapped around it to form geometrical shapes, and the resultant toys were known as Tekkow. The size of the toy is mostly bigger than a softball and smaller than a handball.

Japanese New Year's Day and New Year's Day, there is a tradition of parents giving hand bows to their children, in the winding of the ball in the mother will be hidden in a note to wish their children, and the children will not know put into the ball of the note written on the specific blessing of what.

Handball (手毬), also known as (手まり), is a type of threaded ball. Originally a ball for children to play with, handball has become an art in which the surface of the ball is painted. Japanese women and girls play tsukumari both indoors and outdoors, sometimes kneeling down when playing indoors. Togyo became popular after the middle of the Edo period, and is especially popular on New Year's Day.

Since rubber became cheap after the middle of the Meiji era, a kind of elastic rubber ball (Japanese: ゴムまり) became popular as a toy in Japan, and it was played by slapping it on the ground with the hand or throwing it in the air. It was a girl's toy, and it was played on New Year's Day from the Edo to Meiji periods, and now it is played all year round.