Hopscotch - Use chalk or stone pen to draw a rectangle on the ground, which is divided into 8 to 10 grids. This is the "house". Each person holds a "bead" (strung with abacus beads or oysters. There are also tiles) in his hand, stands outside the line, and throws it into the first grid without breaking the line. Then, bend one leg, jump with the other leg, and at the same time kick the bead with your toes, moving forward one square at a time toward the last square. The "beads" in the middle can never touch the line, otherwise all the efforts will be wasted, and you will have to let other children jump, and then start from the beginning again when it is your turn. The last "house" is a semicircle, which is also the base camp of victory. The amount of exercise in this kind of game is not very large, but it exercises people's balance ability.
Jumping Monkey Rubber Band - This is a girl's favorite game. Two girls act as stakes, at least one meter apart, holding a "monkey rubber band". The remaining one or several children (depending on the number of participants and the distance between them) hook the rubber string with their legs and feet. , while singing self-composed songs, while constantly changing patterns and jumping around. The height of this monkey rubber band is very low at the beginning, only at the bare feet. As the jumps increase one level, it gradually rises to the knees, waist, chest, neck, until it is raised high above the head. The girl in the middle is jumping more and more difficultly. She has to perform several tricks at the same height without making mistakes in order to level up. Otherwise, she loses and has to end up doing the boring tasks. When jumping monkey rubber bands, girls jump and sing songs at the same time. She dances and sings at the same time, with graceful movements and swinging her long braids back and forth, looking very lively. The "monkey rubber bands" are not really made of monkey skin, but are cut out of discarded bicycle inner tubes and connected one by one to each other. There are also special rubber ropes for sale, which are best for jumping, but they are very expensive and almost no one buys them.
Shuttlecock is a toy that is kicked with the feet. Among the children in Ningchegu, there are many girls who are good at kicking the shuttlecock. They can play for half an hour or even longer without letting the shuttlecock fall to the ground. There are two ways to make a shuttlecock, most of which are made by children. One is high-end: wrap copper coins with square holes in leather or cloth to form a round holder, with chicken feathers tied in the money holes; the other is low-end, tear the used homework book open and tie it with wire in the middle , cut the two ends into strips to form a shuttlecock.
Games that both boys and girls can play include: smashing, playing with wooden figures, fighting games, and acting in movies.
The so-called "zi" is a cloth bag, a six-sided cube sewn with rags, filled with sand and sometimes grain. "Smash" means to hit the person's body. Two lines must be drawn on the ground in advance, more than ten meters apart, and then the children must be divided into two groups, one group lined up in the middle of the field, and the other group standing at both ends. After the start, one of the children at both ends will hold the child and smash it towards the middle one. Whoever is hit by the child will go to one side and stay there. If the hit fails, the child at the other end will pick it up and hit it again. In this way, the children on the field must remain highly vigilant and constantly turn around to face the person who is smashing the pieces. They can hide or catch the pieces. If caught once, the child who was originally off the field can be "revived" and re-entered. However, if too many people are hit and the number of catches is not enough to save them, causing them all to die, it is considered a win and they are exchanged with another group of people. The longer a group of children can stay in the middle of the field, the more skilled they are.
Muren'er - many children guess first, and finally a losing child is chosen to chase and slap the others. As long as it is caught by it, it will take its place and chase others. However, if the person is about to be overtaken, he shouts "Wooden Man" and then stands on the ground and moves. If he becomes a "Wooden Man", he does not have to replace him. But if you want to run again, you have to be "resurrected" by being patted by other children.
So, on the one hand, the losing child has to slap the other children after they slap the "wooden man" to make it become a "wooden man" again, and on the other hand, he can chase others again...
Battle play - also called "playing good guy and bad guy". In fact, it is a simulated war scene. Children all want to be fighting heroes because they have watched many combat feature films. So, they were divided into two groups. One group of children became the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army or the People's Liberation Army, referred to as the "good guys". The other group is the enemy, the "bad guys." Of course, some simple makeup is also required. However, the result is always that the child pretending to be the enemy is defeated, raises his hands to surrender, and sometimes looks embarrassed and trembling with fear.
In addition, children’s games in Ningchegu include flying kites, shaking diabolo, rolling hoops, bumping canes, catching canes, ga'er, fishing for dragonflies, making pornographic movies and fanning old people. Kaiwai and so on.
In short, the games played by children in Ningchegu in the past were very colorful, and most of them had positive meanings. Generations of children in Ningchegu have played these classic games. Currently, most of these game projects no longer exist. Nowadays, most children in Ningchegu play computer games. It can be said that these modern things have replaced almost all game content. Their realism and effects are even worse. They are only good for children's physical and mental health. Far less practical and beneficial than those ancient traditional games.