Soon, Chu Yun was 28 years old and very beautiful. Although her father sighed for many years because he failed in Gong's exam, she was not affected. Chu Yun is very happy every day, and her happy laughter often comes from home. Chu Yun likes swinging best. She often swings on the swing in the yard alone.
Unexpectedly, one day Chu Yun was swinging at home, just as her door was open, and her beauty shocked people outside. This man's name is Li Yue. He was only 18 years old and was admitted to Gong.
Li Yue just caught a glimpse of Chu Yun, who was swinging outside Chuyun's room, and was immediately attracted by her beautiful image when she was swinging, and she liked her very much. Li Yue immediately decided to go back and ask his parents to make a letter of appointment. He wants to marry the girl on the swing.
Chu Yun's father thought that Li Yue had been admitted to Jinshi at that age, so he agreed. But Chu Yun didn't want to, because she had never seen Li Yue at all. She felt that her father, as a scientific research loser, didn't even have the courage to talk to that Gong, so he was very timid.
In desperation, Chu Yun had to secretly disguise herself as a man to take a local exam. In the examination room, Chu Yun met Li Yue, who was impressed by Chu Yun's talent and had a good impression on him.
In this local examination, Chu Yun won the title of a juren and gave it to his father as an encouragement. However, the timid father still did not solve the marriage crisis of Chu Yun, and insisted that Chu Yun marry Li Yue. Chu Yun is very helpless.
One day, Chu Yun's father was not at home, so she played on a swing at home to relieve her sadness. She happened to pass by her door. Chu Yun had a brainwave, let Li Yue into his home, and told Li Yue that she wanted him to pretend to be the right person, and then they came together to dispel her father's idea of letting her get married.
Li Yue smiled and agreed. Chu Yun agreed, very happy, and sat back on the swing to continue swinging. Li Yue walked behind Chu Yun gently and helped her swing slowly.
Soon, Chu Yun's father came back. Chu Yun took Li Yuelai to tell his father that this man was his sweetheart and asked his father not to marry her again.
Chu Yun's father laughed and touched his daughter's head and said, "Silly boy, this man is the Jinshi I want you to marry!" "
Chu Yun Tian was one leng, only then did she know that she had made an own goal big. She was pleasantly surprised, bowed her head in shame, blushed like a red apple, and hurried away burying her face in it. Soon, Chu Yun and Li Yue got married and they lived happily together.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Lantern Festival every year, people all over the country had the habit of swinging. After the eleventh day of the first month, people began to set up swing racks of different heights in the open space of village street and their own yards. From the completion to the 16th day of the first month, people swing for a while every day.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, people thought that swinging could make people relaxed and happy, and also exercise their body and will. There is no doubt that swinging is a beneficial folk sports and entertainment activity. In some places, people think that swinging can cure diseases, which may be the reason why swinging can be passed down from generation to generation and lasts for a long time.
Even children who can't walk and old people who are too old and thin have to swing with the help of others, not to mention young men and women and mature people.
Tang Bohu, a famous writer and painter in Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem "Swing Poetry", which read:
Two beautiful girls, Jiao E, are swinging in the shadow of poplar trees.
You Chun's son flicked his finger, and a pair of them flew to the outside of the cloud nine.
Zheng Banqiao, a famous litterateur and poet in Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem when he was a magistrate in Weifang, Shandong Province, which specifically described the joyful scenes of Weifang people's swinging and flying kites in March in spring. The poem wrote:
Paper flowers are flying like snow, and charming girls are swinging from side to side.
Five-color Luo skirts sway in the wind, making butterflies fight for spring return.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, swinging can be divided into "single swing", "double swing", "standing swing" and "sitting swing". Many places have masters on swings, and sometimes exhibition competitions are held on swings. Those who swing the highest and most beautifully will be praised by their neighbors. These days of swinging are often good opportunities for young men and women in ancient times to meet and contact.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to ordinary swings, there were the following special swings with national characteristics.
One of the swings is called "Hu You", also called "Mule". The practice of this swing is to tie an iron shaft to the upper end of the swing main rod, and the top of the shaft is in the middle of the beam. A small iron thousand is hung at each end of the beam. It is very interesting for people to stand or sit on the swings at both ends, swinging around and turning around.
There is also a kind called "Guo Liangyou". This is a complicated swing in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, and its practice is quite complicated. People first set up a big square wooden wheel on a solid wooden frame, and a pair of small swings hung on each corner of the wheel.
Then four people sit on the pedal at the same time, and the others shake the board to make the big wood turn. People on the swing, with the rotation of the big wooden wheel, swing freely, high or low, very comfortable.
The last kind of swing is called "the board is not evil", that is, a pulley head is sleeved on the cross beam of the swing frame, and a thick rope is wound on it, so that both ends of the thick rope hang down, and a pedal is fixed on one of the rope heads.
When people start to play, they need to step on the pedal with their feet, then hold the thick rope with their legs, and pull the rope head at the other end tightly with both hands so that the rope head faces down, and the swing at the other end of the thick rope can bring people up.
Prizes such as peanuts, candy and wine are hung on the semi-circular thorns above the swing beam. Anyone who can climb on it and firmly fix it on the pulley head can reach out and touch the prize. As long as he touches any kind of prize, he will give it to this person.
Ordinary people often fall when they can't get up, or slide down when they get up without tightening the pulley. Because the swing is covered with soft sand or firewood, there is no need to worry about danger, so this kind of swing is very popular and people like it very much.
In fact, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were also many traditions of swinging in southwest minority areas. There are also popular unique swing forms such as "grinding autumn" and "Millennium windmill".
"Rolling autumn" can be divided into two types, one is called "turning to rolling autumn"; The other is called "Mo Danqiu". There is a pillar in the middle of the swing, and there is a shaft at the top, on which four thick ropes are tied. There is a ring at the end of each rope, and four people hold the ring and rotate it, like a mill, so it is called a "rotary grinding ball".
"Modanqiu" is played by taking a hardwood, fixing it vertically on the site, cutting the top into a shaft, and then choosing a wooden pole with a diameter equivalent to that of a wooden column, cutting a hollow in the middle and placing it horizontally on the top of the column, which becomes "Modanqiu".
The number of people riding on both ends of the wooden pole is equal. After walking a few steps on the ground, the rider quickly rides on the wooden pole or creeping club head, and the wooden pole will rotate. The two ends of this swing are constantly rising and sinking, as if people are carrying the pole up and down, so it is called "grinding the pole for autumn".
Grinding marbles is very popular among the Dai, Jingpo, Miao, Zhuang, Hani, Buyi and Gelao nationalities in southwest China, among which Hani is the most typical.
The Hani people play "Moqiu" mainly in May and June. They call May "the year of May", also known as "Bitter Zaza" Festival. "May" is the Moqiu Festival.
Windmill swings are also called Qiu Che, Spin Ball, Spin Ball, Spin Ball and so on. Because its shape is slightly like a windmill, it is called "windmill swing". The structure of windmill swing is more complicated than "hanging autumn" and "grinding autumn".
First of all, people set up two wooden columns in the field, and set up a beam at the top of the swinging column. There is a wooden cross-shaped roller in the center of the beam, just like a windmill wheel. There are four pairs of parallel pedals on the roller, and a board tied to a thick rope is shaped like a swing.
When people play, four people need to sit on the board, let the roller rotate, and then the swing will rise and fall. The swing will rotate in a circle. When the speed is fast, it is like a big windmill flying, which is very beautiful.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were two people on each board of the windmill swing and eight people on four boards in the Miao nationality area in Qiandongnan. This windmill swing is called "Autumn is Eight".
Windmill swings are very popular among Miao, Achang, Lisu and other ethnic groups, among which Lisu is the most typical. Most Lisu people are women who turn windmills and swing. In festivals, they wear costumes to compete, and the swing begins to turn like a spinning wheel, faster and faster, just like turning a colorful rotating hydrangea.
Korean people in the northeast of China also like swinging, a traditional competitive entertainment activity. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such activities were often held on festivals, and sometimes competitions were held.
During the festival, Korean girls wear colorful skirts and swing around. They compete for height, elegant long skirts, tinkling bells and thrilling swings, which are amazing.
The Naxi people in northwest Yunnan and south Sichuan also have the custom of swinging, commonly known as the "swing meeting". The swings of Naxi people are usually held on the first day of the first lunar month every year.
In the Qing Dynasty, someone wrote a poem "Zhi Zhu Ci of Yanyuan", which specifically described the swing meeting of Naxi people. The poem wrote:
Colorful picture frames are hung to connect the sky, and the New Year is better than the New Year.
Sisters dress up beautifully, and Qianlang throws ropes to swing.
Also, in flowers of war's novel Jin Ping Mei, which was later called the social encyclopedia of the Ming Dynasty, there were scenes depicting women swinging. The original text is as follows:
It is said that the Lantern Festival has passed, and the first clear day is coming. Wu Yueniang set up a swing in the garden and played games with his sisters to relieve the spring sleep. First Moon played with Meng Yulou, then came down to teach Li Pinger and Pan Jinlian to play, and then Xiao Yu and Huilian put on a swing.
This Huilian stood straight and repeatedly, arm in arm with a silk rope, and her feet were fixed on the drawing board below, without anyone pushing. The swing flew in the clouds for a long time.
Then suddenly flew down, ending like a flying fairy, very cute. Seeing this, Yueniang said to Lou Yu and Li Pinger, "Look at your daughter-in-law, she can fight."
Jinling Xiaoxiaosheng, the author of Jin Ping Mei, accurately describes the characters' personalities. Elaine, a domestic servant at that time, was much better than those "ladies" and "ladies" because she often took part in labor.
Li Shengzhen, a famous poet in Qing Dynasty, wrote an autumn outing in his Zhuzhi Ci.
The drama of fortune tellers is everywhere.
Lady's spring picture, this is the first one.
There are two female dancers recently.
The shadow of the sun hangs in the sun and dances half a fairy, and the phoenix is beautiful.
Floating red and dragging green pavilions and pavilions hurt Xianggou opera.
In addition, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to the most common swings, many kinds of swings appeared in some ethnic groups in China, which greatly enriched the connotation of ancient swing culture in China.