Ancient ice skating is like?

Skating, also known as “ice play,” many people believe that skating is a “foreign toy” that comes from foreign countries. In fact, as early as in the Song Dynasty, China already had a skating sport. However, it was not called skating at that time. , and call it "ice play." "Ice" includes speed skating, figure skating and acrobatics on ice.

Ancient skating

"Song History" records: The Emperor "fortunately Hou Yuan, watching ice play." This "Ice" movement lasted for a few dynasties and was enduring. By the Qing Dynasty, it had become a popular cultural and recreational activity.

According to the Qianlong Year of the Emperor Victory published in the Qianlong era, the record is: “The skaters on the ice have iron teeth. On popular ice, such as the StarChip, they scramble to win.” This is the current speed skating. game. The book "Edimony" also states that "on the ice, the emperor also view it, Gai Shangwu also." Oh, that's the ball. I play football.

It can be seen that China has an ice hockey movement in the Qing Dynasty. It is a traditional folk sport that is prevalent in northern China and is also very popular in parts of Shanxi. This kind of activity was documented as early as the Song Dynasty. According to Song Shi Li Zhi, "Fortunately, Hou Yuanuan spent his time playing in the ice." The poem “Ice and Hip” by Qing Ren Bao Zhu Po is even more detailed: “Hurricane Wind The river is condensing and the new ice is as flat as anyone.The people play in the cold as an ice show, and the ironworker runs through the knees.The iron if the sword ridges the ice, if the mirror is mirrored, and the shoe is worn by the mirror. Mirror scraping sound.” In addition to wearing skates for speed skating and figure slides, there is also an ice car that is popular for children. The ice car is nailed into a rectangular wooden frame with wooden planks or wooden strips. A pair of palladium nails are nailed to the left and right of the wooden frame. The palladium nails need to protrude beyond the water frame to contact the ice surface to reduce friction and facilitate gliding. People sit on the water frame and hold a pointed iron bar in both hands for boosting and tossing the ice. The ice car slides up. At the same time, the iron bar has the role of mastering direction and incitement.

2. Foreign skating

In the ancient times humans, Nordic nomadic people have used animal bones to engage in skating; Later, they were introduced to Sweden, Denmark, Holland, etc. by Finnish nomads, and the skating movement had a relationship with humans. It was around the 13th century in England. Ice skating has become very popular. At the end of the 19th century, the skating movement was introduced to China. Skating is divided into speed skating and figure skating. Beijing has always been a good area for the development of the winter sports. From the old "Three Seas", the folk ice-lounge leisure has been integrated into the lives of Beijingers and given a certain sense of humanistic connotation.

The skating sport can not only enhance the body's balance ability, coordination ability, and flexibility of the body, but also enhance people's heart and lung function, and increase aerobic exercise capacity. It can also effectively exercise lower limb strength and is very suitable for driving families. There is also a good weight loss. For teenagers, skating helps children develop cerebellum. Put on the ice skates to enjoy running on the ice, pride, not only to relax, but also get into the fun of nature.