Traditional Chinese toys still alive 中国传统民间玩具

  中国日报网   2024-01-05 15:41:48

PlayStations, Game Boys and iPads have occupied the spare time of many a child in recent decades.

Despite the digital revolution (数字革命, shù zì gé mìng), however, traditional toys (传统玩具, chuán tǒng wán jù) have proved to be everlasting entertainment for kids across the generations.

In China, those toys have always been connected with traditional culture (传统文化, chuán tǒng wén huà). For example, the Han Dynasty-invented lanterns (汉代发明的灯笼, hàn dài fā míng de dēng lóng) symbolise the prosperity of a family in Chinese culture and represent festivity. Shadow puppetry (皮影戏 ,pí yǐng xì) was invented when Emperor Wu of Han (汉武帝, hàn wǔ dì) summoned his officers to bring his beloved concubine back. The humble kite (风筝, fēng zhēng) was initially used as a tool for military communication (军事通信工具, jūn shì tōng xìn gōng jù). Rattle drums (拨浪鼓, bō làng gǔ) first appeared as musical instruments in the warring states period. And for more than 2,000 years, the shuttlecock (毽子, jiàn zi) continues to be wildly popular.

Who ever said heritage was boring?

 
Kite [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Kongzhu, Chinese yo-yo [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Cloth tiger [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Shuttlecock [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Shadow puppets [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Rattle drum [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Morphing paper flowers [Photo provided to China Daily Asia]
 
Rabbit lantern [Photo provided to China Daily Asia] 

责编:田梦瑶

一审:田梦瑶

二审:秦慧英

三审:黄晓辉

来源:中国日报网

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