Childhood is beautiful, but childhood will eventually pass away. Growing up with us, there are often toys that get old, such as yo-yos, building blocks, and four-wheel drive racing cars. So what were the toys for children in ancient times? In fact, children of ordinary people in ancient times generally did not have decent toys. Their childhood toys might be pieces of mud by the pond or small sticks picked up in the woods. Only children from wealthy families had toys.
What kind of strange toys did the kings who were at the top of the country in ancient times have? In fact, every prince's growth is not very happy. He has to learn a lot of things from a very young age. In fact, their childhood toys are very few. Most of them are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the most is just flying a kite, but more are still beneficial. Intelligent toys, after all, will not be an emperor in the future, but also a prince, how can he be playful. Only a few dandy boys are eager to have fun.
After becoming the emperor, there were a lot more toys because there was no one to restrain him. This is also the reason why many emperors began to fall after becoming emperors. After all, their fathers were in charge of them when they were young. After he ascended the throne, all kinds of exotic animals and newly invented gadgets that were paid tribute to the vassal states from far away became the emperor's toys. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, when the imperial powers threatened the country, many Western gadgets came to China and entered the country. The palace became the prince's brother's toy.
In addition to these physical toys, there were many games in the palace. Just like playing house, basically everyone has played it when they were children. So what is the playing house like for the princes and princesses? Most of the objects they use for playing house are real objects reduced to normal proportions, mostly made by eunuchs. After all, such things are of little use and common people cannot afford them, so most of them are made by eunuchs and servants to please the emperor or the emperor. Main house.