Toy	Description
陀螺 (Tuo Luo) - Tops, Beyblade	A top is a toy that you can spin around on the ground. In the song dynasty there was a toy that resembled a top it was called Qian Qian. The Qian Qian was a needle like form that was about one inch long placed on an ivory disc. People would twist it with their fingers to start it spinning and then see whom's top would spin the longest. Concubines and court ladies would pass the time playing with tops in the gardens of palaces. In the Ming dynasty the book spectacles in the capital city, the foot of the lion, when willow leaves bud, spin tops. It was not known weather or not if tops evolved when the Qian Qian formally tops were very popular in Mainland China the ways for playing with tops were very basic. Children set the tops on the ground and used a small whip to set the top in motion. To make the tops spin and spin they would turn it with their hands and hit it with the whip. The tops have many kinds: wood, iron, and plastic, paper, etc, vary in different ways.
扯鈴 (Che Ling) Pull Bells, Chinese yo-yo	Reference to the "empty bell" was first found in annals of the Ming Dynasty between 1386 and 1644 AD. The bamboo or empty bell, commonly known today as the Chinese yo-yo, was originally made of two round, wooden ends connected in the middle by a horizontal piece of wood. This simple toy was nevertheless an integral part of ancient Chinese culture. Performers of the Chinese yo-yo could often be found in the ongoing street entertainment of Chinese festivals. This ancient spinning game is simple to learn yet provides endless levels of skill development. The barbell-shaped, hollow toy is manipulated on a string tied to two sticks, which are held by the player. By spinning the Chinese yo-yo fast enough, the player can elicit a humming sound from the yo-yo. Once the beginner has learned to spin the Chinese yo-yo and maintain its speed, he can then progress to learning how to do tricks with the yo-yo, sticks, and string.
毽子 (Jian Zi) Shuttlecock	The Chinese played Jian Zi. This Chinese sport was played initially in Asia at least 1000 years ago. Jian Zi was made by round pieces of lead and tin for the base, and chicken feathers for the top, the children made Feather balls and played the game. The game was called Tsu Chu which was similar to football. Jian Zi, for the Chinese, is the memories of their childhood. Recollections from children's teams independent leaf, chasing, kicking and playing with a ball of feathers. Often it is considered as traditional popular free time game, however Shuttlecock is actually a complete sport, with rules made specifically and only for this.
沙包 ( Sha Bou)	It is a toy which is easy to make when the poor has no money to buy toys for the children
跳繩 ( Tiou Sheng)	The Tiou Sheng goes back at least 1,500 years in China ,. It was called "jumping one hundred threads" because the rope looked like a hundred separate ropes at it circled in the air. It was popular during the Spring Festival in the South of China. Jump ropes can be made of many materials including grass and cotton, and straw and cotton combinations coated with wax. Single and group jumping is popular in China as it is in the West.
尪仔標 (Ang-Aa-Biao)	Ang-Aa-Biao is a kind of card game . There was a picture on one side of each card. It required at least two persons to play this game. Players collected cards from each player, then put the cards on the ground (picture- side face down). After that, players used one card to hit other cards on the ground. A player won when he turned the pictures face up.
風箏 (Kite)	Kite was originally called Zhiyuan in north China , and Yaozi in south China . Early in the Five dynasties, a man named Li Ye used to make and fly kite in the imperial court. He once attached a whistle made of bamboo to the kite, sound was let out when the kite was flying, them kite was named after Zheng, a kind of Chinese music instrument. Then it was named Fengzheng till today. The earliest kite in the world was made by Mo-tse, a famous Chinese philosopher lived 2300 years ago, for military purpose. He spent three years making an eagle and managed to fly it. The eagle later was regarded as the first kite in the world. Kite flying became a recreation probably from the Tang dynasty when the royal family and aristocrats were addicted to it. It was said that the Emperor Xuanzong in the Tang dynasty once was deeply attracted by a kite named Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea flying in the air. The invention of paper made kites cost less and quick spread among the common people. As time went on, kites flew to various counties in the world. The well-known British scientist, Dr. Needham, once described kites as an important scientific invention spread to Europe from China in his book, A History of China's Science and Technology. The invention of kite aroused the dream of mankind to fly and led to invention of airplane.
竹蜻蜓 ( Zhu Qing Ting)	Very easy to make, does not have a fancy history. Historians invented when seeing the flying dragonfly in the air
波浪鼓 ( Buo Lang Gu)	This little drum is a well-known item throughout Asia , having been used since ancient times to call women from their homes to see the wares of the peddler who was passing through town. When spun from side to side, the beads hit the drumhead to make it resound. This version is painted with a dragon image on both sides -- one in red, the other in black. This quite the popular item with children who love to play with anything that makes noise.
竹蟬 (Zhu Chan)	A traditional Chinese toy that makes sound.