There are toys such as wave drums, nine-ring rings, spinning tops, etc.

1. The rattle

is an ancient and traditional folk musical instrument and toy that appeared in the Warring States Period. Early rattles were musical instruments rather than toys. Rattles are not unique to one place. Rattles appear in various parts of my country and in various ethnic minority areas. Rattles are popular in Zhuoni of Gansu Province, Zhongdian, Weixi and Lijiang of Yunnan Province, Yanyuan of Sichuan Province and the vast areas of northern China.

In ancient times, rattles were called rattles, drums, and drums. In Tibetan, they are called Damaro, Dake, Raolu, Reba Qionggea and Zhuonigu. The Naxi people call it Dongba drum and hand drum. It is also called small drum, hawker drum, wave drum, bolang drum, bolang drum, and in some areas in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also called yaogudong.

2. Nine Links

It is a traditional Chinese folk intellectual toy. In Zhuo Wenjun's letter to Sima Xiangru, there is a sentence that "Nine Links are broken from it". In the Qing Dynasty, "Dream of Red Mansions" also contains records of Lin Daiyu's clever interpretation of the Nine Links. Zhou Bangyan also left a famous saying about the nine-link chain, "A good hand can solve the nine-link chain." On March 8, 2003, Wang Zhongbin from Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province, China successfully solved the nine-link chain in 3 minutes and 57 seconds, entering the Guinness Book of World Records .

3. Top

The top is one of the earliest entertainment tools among Chinese folk. It is also called top. It is called "Qianle" in southern Fujian and "bingyi" or "bingyi" in the north. Beat the old cow." The Wuqiao area in Hebei is called bo. In Guizhou and other local dialects, it is called "geluo" with ge pronounced as the second tone and luo pronounced as the first tone.

The upper part of the shape is round and the lower part is sharp. In the past, they were mostly made of wood, but now they are mostly made of plastic or iron. When playing, you can wrap it with a rope and pull the rope hard to make it rotate upright. Or use the elasticity of the spring to rotate. Traditional ancient tops are roughly inverted conical shapes made of wood or iron, and are played by splitting them with a whip. Modern gyroscopes are launched with transmitters.