Picking up stone seeds
Picking up stone seeds is a traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics project on the third batch of representative projects of Xuzhou's municipal intangible cultural heritage. The game of picking up stone seeds began in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It is also called "grabbing" and "picking stones". It is one of the traditional folk games. Liu Dong and Yu Yizheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "A Brief Account of the Scenery of the Imperial Capital - Spring Field": "In this month, women are idle, holding five balls in their hands, throwing, picking up, and holding, which is called grabbing". According to research, the game of picking up stone seeds in Xinyi has a history of more than 100 years. When girls were young, they usually started playing the game of stone seeds without any toys. Over time, the game of picking up stone seeds was formed. The equipment used for picking up stone seeds is five stone seeds the size of ginkgo. When playing, it is accompanied by ballads, which are divided into four levels (four paragraphs) with clear rhythms. Throwing, scattering, catching, grabbing, and skimming are used, with the order of "small grass", "big grass", "small movement" and "big movement". The specific game method is generally a two-person competition, or more than two people can form a team. Teams compete with each other with equal numbers. Whoever completes the whole process first wins. From a cultural perspective, the game of picking up stones is both an affirmation and a heritage of historical culture, and it has influenced people's cognition of social life. The game of picking up stones in Xinyi reflects the normal life and folk customs of people in Xinyi area and Xinyi historical period. In addition to influencing people's spiritual shaping, it also spreads the function of regional culture. Traditional folk games have changed the value recognition of society to a certain extent, enhanced national self-esteem and self-confidence, and realized people's pursuit of happiness and satisfaction. It has enriched people's entertainment space, promoted the development of the people's entertainment industry, and built a healthy and harmonious folk leisure life. Through games, children's hand flexibility can be improved and their eye-hand coordination ability can be enhanced. Through a series of difficult hand movements, the effect of exercising the brain and restoring physical and mental strength can be achieved. The set of movements is highly technical and requires high concentration of energy. It enables children to feel the quantitative relationship of things from the game, experience the importance and fun of mathematics; deepen the understanding of the concept of numbers, promote the development of children's small muscles; practice using mathematical methods to solve simple problems in the game, and children's awareness of peer cooperation has also been enhanced. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)