Tisch
There are more and more squares in the city, which find an excellent place for people who smoke gyro. Every weekend, I can always see people in high spirits, watching the excitement around the top of the mountain. Whips with whistles crackled past, and the terrazzo floor was crowded with dancing gyros. I once took my little niece to the square to play, so I couldn't help but buy one, hoping to relive the fun of spinning a gyro when I was a child. But after playing for a while, I found that the crowded square could not find the simplicity of the past anyway. So many colorful gyroscopes of different sizes, no matter how wonderful the rotation, seem to me to be performances that have nothing to do with nostalgia.
The game of ice gyro I played when I was a child was a past event that really immersed me in it and couldn't help laughing.
Many years ago, in the countryside, there was no electricity and no heating equipment, and winter was particularly difficult. I don't go to school on Sunday, and I can make a beanstalk fire in the hall several times a day at home. I also have a cold, runny nose and cowardice.
But this situation completely changed in the morning.
On dry and cold days, the pond in front of the house freezes easily. Get up at four or five in the morning to study, and it is still dark around. Only the pond can reflect silver light. I hit a piece of gravel and kicked it casually, and then there was a dull sound-so we knew that the ice in the pond was thick that day.
Sometimes I get distracted during self-study, and I plan to go home from school how to skate and how to turn the top.
Now that I think about it, my childhood was actually quite easy. I'm trying to play almost all the time when I'm not in class. Even in class, there are many cases of desertion. Psychology always thinks that those simple lessons are nothing to energetic children, but all kinds of magical games seem to have endless mysteries.
The morning self-study ended after 7 o'clock and the sun just came out. At home, before the meal was ready, I took out my whip and gyro from the corner and rushed to the pond.
Naturally, many children gathered on the ice, and some of them wore their mother's new cotton shoes and walked from one side of the river to the other. Some people stomp their feet like bravado when running, deliberately scaring other friends around them.
The gyro pumped people to spread out the battlefield at the other end of the pond, raised the whip and beat them heartily. Those gyroscopes are not as big as those sold in the square now. Usually they find a small piece of wood, cut it into a cylinder with a knife, then cut one end into a thin circle like a pencil, and embed an ordinary steel ball at the bottom, and it can be used.
The position of the embedded steel ball should be equal to the surrounding distance, otherwise the gyro will tend to lean to one side and affect the balance.
I have seen a master of spinning gyro among my companions. In a long and narrow pond, he can drive the gyro from one end of the pond to the other. The gyro never falls to the ground or "dies". When he is happy, he will draw a circle on the ice with shovels brought by other partners, and then drive the gyro into the circle. In the end, the gyro seems to be fixed at a point in the center of the circle and has been rotating without deviation.
A few years later, I saw the skaters draw a beautiful arc in the middle of the field. I always stubbornly associate them with gyroscopes. I feel that when I was a child, the spinning top that my partner played was really no less than the excellent performance of an excellent ice athlete.
But I haven't practiced my friend's spinning top very well. Most of the time, I smoke for a while and feel a little sweaty, so I run to the other end of the pond to watch others beat ice with shovels. The ice is really not as thick as usual. When the shovel falls, it usually leaves only a white mark. The icebreaker's small hand was red with cold, stopped to rub it from time to time, and then knocked again.
A hole with a big face will take more than ten minutes to repair. The water in it gushed out and gradually overflowed the ice, affecting the skaters nearby, and everyone immediately went ashore.
Some courageous people will come back from school at noon and continue to play on the ice. But this time is already very dangerous. When people walk on it, there is always a creaking sound behind them.
Once the neighbor's children had a good time and completely ignored the sound of breaking the ice. The ice under his feet suddenly fell, and he had no time to escape, and half of his body fell into the ice water. He went ashore, changed his cotton-padded clothes, was held in his arms by his mother, and gave him a fat beating.
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Yunnan is a province with many ethnic minorities. The state regards traditional sports meetings of ethnic minorities as legal activities of the state. Yunnan has ethnic sports games every year, and at the same time, many measures have been taken to support the development of ethnic cultural undertakings. In Yunnan's multi-ethnic provinces, national unity and harmony are particularly important.
There are martial arts, crossbow shooting, fireworks grabbing, spinning the top, blowing guns, etc ... During the games, there are also cultural performances of various ethnic groups, and the ethnic games are very lively, such as Wumeng Valley and jumping in the laundry room (also known as stepping, Zhuang people's "grabbing hydrangea" and "rolling grass pier", Dai people's.
Although many years have passed now, what I can't forget most in my memory is "playing top", also called "playing snail", and then I went to western Yunnan, also called "playing snail". Playing the top has been popular among Wa, Yao and Zhuang nationalities in Yunnan for a long time, and there are various ways to play the top, some of which can reach 4 or 5 kilograms. In the competition, a whip rope is used to wind the gyro, and the gyro rotates and collides with each other. It took a long time for the top to spin after hitting the opponent. There are single duets, double duets, multi-person duets, and there are many kinds of tricks. Gyros are made of wood, pottery, bamboo and horns. There are also different shapes, such as chicken-shaped and disc-shaped. The most common one is that the upper part is like a cylinder and the lower part is like a cone.
As we all know, when the gyro rotates at high speed, the sum of centripetal forces in all aspects reaches balance, but it makes a conical motion around the vertical axis of the fulcrum, and can temporarily stand at the end of the axis and maintain dynamic balance without falling due to gravity, which is the gyro principle. The spinning gyro also gave me great enlightenment. A person's life is like a spinning top. When it rotates, it stands, so proud. Once it loses its whipping power, it stops spinning and lies down, much like a retired old man. It thought that the spinning gyro could rest, but with the disappearance of inertia, the gyro jitter slowed down and the colorful light became more brilliant. But when lying on the ground,
People say life is like a blink of an eye. At this age, my left eye has seen prosperity, my right eye has seen desolation, and the world has seen more desolation. However, as long as I live, I will stand like a top and run hard to find my own world, so I remember to "stand up" and be a man. Because of this, whenever I see the spinning top nailed there, I can't help but say "stand up". Yes! The past 40 years ago came to my mind, and the first lesson when I set foot on my job was to "stand up". At that time, I just came out from the army farm and reported to the Military Management Committee of Q City. When I arrived at the door, I was stopped by the soldiers on guard and asked what I was doing. I said I was here to report. The soldier looked at me doubtfully. My clothes were tattered and tanned. Let me wait for a while. "There is a young farmer at the door, saying that he has come to report the case." The person on duty said; "Tell him to come in." I entered the duty room and the attendant severely reprimanded me. "Stand up! Stop, this is the colloquial language used by the government to deal with criminals. After reading the report, the waiter explained; " I misunderstood. I thought I was in the wrong place. I should go to the police station. I found it here. The subtext is that you are a prisoner. From then on, I remember to be a "tail-clamped" person. Although I didn't sniff and beg for a living like a beggar, I also learned the truth of being a good person. This is my first lesson when I first entered the society. Therefore, if the gyro wants to stand well, it must rotate quickly by itself. This job is like playing the spinning power of a top. When people have goals and ideals, they will strive to "stand well".
Colorful light rotating with the gyro. Childhood memories also come to mind, vivid and unforgettable for a long time. At that time, our gyro was just a simple wooden knot, but it was not so gorgeous to cut it with a knife. The purpose is to push a ball and play "rattle" with the friends in the alley, and the whip in your hand lashes the spinning gyro hard. The dolls compete with each other, and with the rotation of the top, they introduce cheerful smiles.
Through cheerful gyro thinking, there is a time when you forget all the noise, soothe your tired body and mind, and make your childhood unforgettable. After retirement, when you are full of gloom, it is also a calm and faint happiness to taste your childhood and feel life.
Tisso
Gyro is an ancient and traditional toy in our hometown. The wood used to make the gyro should be hard, hard and heavy, and the center of gravity should be lower. The gyro made in this way is short, stocky, stable in rotation and comfortable to watch. The gyro is made of elm, jujube and locust. Saw these rough sticks with a saw, cut them with a knife and polish them with sandpaper if possible. After the gyro is completed, a steel ball should be embedded in the bottom of its cone to reduce the friction on the ground, which is equivalent to putting on skates for it.
When we were young, we couldn't make gyroscopes, and the wood we chose was willow. Willow in my hometown is the most common and easy to find. Wood is loose, easy to cut and split, and easy to make. But its material is very loose and light. In addition, the gyro is thin and long, just like a rolling pin, which is seriously out of proportion and ugly when the wind blows. These gyroscopes are wobbly and don't turn for a long time, giving people a sense of panic and anxiety. However, as long as we make one, we will have a good time. Children who play in the mud all day, the life at home is too poor to expect to play high-end beautiful cars, trains, planes and cannons like children in the city!
The whip that hits the gyro is also an ordinary cotton sliver, which is usually twisted into two or three strands, so that when hitting the gyro, it has a certain weight and strength, and it is pumped cleanly; Snapping, crisp and bright. In the early morning and evening, as long as you hear the sound of flogging, there will be the joy of groups of happy children.
Playing the top requires a flat and smooth field, and we usually play it on the threshing floor. Although it turned slowly, it soon became a mud nest, but it was not bad. But we play most in winter, because it is cold and icy, and the ice is slippery, as if it were oiled. The top turns faster on the ice, which makes you dazzled and elated. Whipping is labor-saving and can exercise skating skills at the same time, so all my friends are very comfortable.
Our game is mainly competition. Whip once to see who can turn fast and stand long. Serving is skillful. You have to wrap the whip around the top and then whip it again. If you stop for a short time, you will lose. Two rounds collide, mine collides with your gyro, you fall first and I win; It is even better to look at the big circle three times. You can turn with great curvature and turn a few times. I can't do it. My little friend Zhang Maotou often wins the championship, and I will find fault with him behind his back! Once, in order to beat us, Yan stole the steel ball of his father's unicycle and put it on the gyro. Later, it was found that he had beaten us, reminding us to be too cautious and not to destroy the furniture again.
Childhood dreams, colorful dreams, childhood songs, colorful songs, childhood footprints, childhood stories. Whenever I hear this nursery rhyme, I will recall my childhood memories. Childlike heart, childlike heart, lively and lovely, childhood fun accompanied by reverie, childhood fun accompanied by joy. Playing the top, an interesting thing in our childhood, even moved to the classroom today, becoming a project in physical education class and a square fitness class for the old people to keep fit and prolong their lives. We feel that the times are developing, society is progressing and life is rich and colorful!