Nine-ring is a traditional folk intellectual toy in China. It is composed of nine rings made of metal wires sleeved on a horizontal flat plate or various frames and passed through by ring handles. When playing, repeat the operation according to certain procedures, so that the nine rings can be untied or combined into one. The following are the schematic steps of assembly.
Material: nine rings
1. Hang the first ring of the nine-ring chain on the long shelf of the nine-ring chain.
2. Hang the second ring of the nine rings on the long frame and remove the first ring.
3. Hang the third ring of the nine-ring chain, together with the second ring, on the long shelf.
4. Hang the first ring of the nine-ring chain on a long shelf, and all three rings are on the shelf.
5. Remove the first ring and the second ring. At this point, there is only a third ring on the frame.
6. Hang the fourth ring of the nine-ring chain on the long frame.
7. Hang the first ring of the nine-ring chain on the long frame. At this time, there are second, third and fourth rings on the frame.
8. Remove the third ring. At this point, there are only the second and third rings on the frame.
9. Remove the second ring, leaving only the fourth ring.
10, and so on, hang other rings on the frame according to the previous method.
1 1. Hang other rings on the frame according to the original method, so that the nine-ring chain is installed.
Introduction of nine-ring game
Jiu Lian Huan is a traditional folk intellectual toy that spreads in Shanxi Province. It uses nine rings in a string and wins by unraveling them. According to the Records of Dan and Lead by Yang Shen in Ming Dynasty, the two intersecting rings were made of jade. "Two rings intersect into one, can be closed, can be solved into two, and can be merged into one."
Later, instead of jade, copper or iron became toys for women and children. It has a history of nearly 2000 years in China. In Zhuo Wenjun's letter to Sima Xiangru, there is a sentence that "nine chains are broken". A Dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty is also recorded by Lin Daiyu's skillful interpretation of the nine-linked rings. Zhou Bangyan also left a famous sentence about the Nine Rings, "Clever Jie Lianhuan."