The unforgettable folk games of the Mid-Autumn Festival

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, probably many people will be reminiscent of childhood with unforgettable games .

Lion dance

Unicorn dance is also known as lion dance.(Photo: internet).

Unicorn dance, also known as lion dance at Mid-Autumn Festival, is a custom of Chinese origin dating back thousands of years. According to Chinese books, "period" is the name of a male lion, " unicorn" is the name of a female lion. People do not distinguish whether they are males or females.

According to folklore, the unicorn is a mythical mythical animal, its deer, horseshoe, oxtail, wide mouth, big nose, has a horn on its forehead, five-colored hair on its back, yellow undercoat. It is a very gentle animal (also called a beast), does not kick on the grass, does not harm living things. The unicorn appears only when a saint is born or under peaceful and prosperous times. Thus the lion dance game in the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes the appearance of the unicorn, is also a wish for the peaceful, prosperous country and houses to be lucky.

Pick up your lamp

In rural areas, it is often organized for children to process lamps together in villages, hamlets and neighborhoods during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The lantern procession festival can be launched by local authorities or village youth groups. They assigned each other to make big star lanterns or beautiful lanterns to compete with each other during the procession of lights.

Together with the star lamp, today, lamps are made diversified with different shapes.(Photo: internet).

With the light of his star, today, lamps are made with various shapes: the monk lamp, the lion head, the fish lamp, the rabbit shape .

Along with the procession of lights, each child holds a mischievous toy for himself: masking various cartoon characters.

These masks are usually made of paperboard or paperboard: Ton Ngo Khong, Tran Bat Gioi, Bach Essence.

Mid-Autumn Festival has the meaning of connecting friendship, fostering the close love between the village, the family, between adults and children. Folk games not only bring joy and laughter, but also mean to direct each individual into healthy, collective activities.

Jump round

Number of players: 10 or more children, divided into 2 teams to play.

'O-prison-me' chose the first team to dance (team A). The other team (Team B) held each other's hands squatting, creating a circle 'fence'. Each pair of 'linked hands' slumped to touch the playing field as a 'trap door', ready to scoop up when the opponent jumped over .

The members of Team A walk around the outer ring, choose the moment of being caught off guard by a B trap trap door to suddenly jump into the ring. If possible, Team B must 'open' that position for both team A to enter. Team A won the match again to find another opportunity to cross the B team. And just keep going in and out if the team wins .

In case the trap door of Team B's fence promptly raises an obstacle and touches the A's jumping leg, it may even cause an opponent to fall, then Team A is considered to lose and must sit down instead. create a jump for the B team in battle .

Note , the pair of 'linked hands' when knocking up can cause obstacles to be low and arbitrary, but the player of the jump team must always be in the 'squatting' position. If a certain pair stands up to violate the rules and the team considers losing it.

Citrus jackfruit .

This is a long-standing game of Northern children. A turn of 8 babies.

10 - 15m from this horizontal line, draw a straight line to be the destination.(Photo: internet).

In the group, choose a 'hold' kid . The remaining 7 babies are lined up, named after 7 types of fruits: Orange, Tangerine, Mit, Dua, Dua, Hong, Can. Each person stands independently of each other and puts his hands behind his back, intertwining to form an excitement. 10 - 15m from this horizontal line, draw a straight line to be the destination.

A small friend holds a small ball or a fruit, surprisingly placed in the bowl of 1 of the remaining 7 players. The receiver must quickly run to the finish line, while two people close to the two sides will try to stop.

If you can reach the destination, your child can call any friend's name (name the fruit) to carry you back. Once returned to the original position, the game continues to be repeated.

Note that the baby must not drop the ball to the ground or be retained. If one of the two things happens, the baby will have to return to the original position.

Heaven - Earth - Water Game

The steward said: 'Heaven' and points to any friend, he will have to answer 'Chim', when he says 'Land' and points to a friend, this little friend continues to reply: 'Tree'. Conversely, if the manager says 'Bird' , the young will have to respond as 'Heaven' . In the game, there are 3 pairs of words to remember: Heaven - Birds, Earth - Trees and Water - Fish. If a child answers wrongly, he / she will be punished at the request of the supervisor or the rest.

Another version of this game is 'I am king'. In it, the supervisor will say 'I am the king' , the rest of you will bow down and say ' You are king '. On the contrary, when the supervisor lowered his body and said 'My Majesty' , you must answer 'I am the king'. These games are suitable for large groups of children and create a very lively atmosphere.

Mouse to lure cats

Number of players: 6-7 or more.

The mouse avoids the attack and must run all the way round and sit in the position of the cat leaving before escaping.(Photo: internet).

The whole group sent out (or 'o-prison-prisoner' ) 01 she was a rat. The rest are cats, sitting in a circle with their faces facing their minds, their hands hanging behind their backs to pick up prey. The 'mouse' holding a towel (bait) runs around outside the circle and discreetly releases the towel behind a certain 'cat', trying not to let the cat know .

Run one round, if the mouse finds that the other cat does not know that there is a bait on the back, the mouse has the right to pick up the towel and whip it into the shoulder, on the back of the cat off guard . The lost cat must get up and run around to avoid the attack, and then go back to the old place, exit.

If the cat is more mischievous and detects a towel after his back, then hold the towel up and rush to hit the mouse around the circle. The mouse avoids the attack and must run all the way round and sit in the position of the cat leaving before escaping.

The game that keeps going with the 'mouse' is just . 'cat' wins.

Burn fire with dried grapefruit seeds

Waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival night, when starting to break the pawn will light the grapefruit.(Photo: internet).

It is a string of grapefruit beads like a pretty necklace! To have this unique lamp, the sisters tried to find lots of grapefruit seeds to make lamps. Peel, separate the grapefruit seeds, remove the skewed copper wire into the chain, bend the circle and then dry. Waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival night, when starting to break the pawn will light the grapefruit. When the string of grapefruit seeds lit up, the sound of the grapefruit exploded, the aroma of grapefruit essential oil spread to tangerine with flashing blue flames.