Hey, it’s Cuju, and there’s a big star named Gao Qiu. So, what was the day for the young football player in the Southern Song Dynasty? In ancient times, Cold Food Festival was a festival and Qingming Festival was just a solar term. After the Song Dynasty moved south, the Cold Foo

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What is the name of ancient Chinese football?

Hey, it is Cuju , and a big star named Gao Qiu was also released. So, what was the day for the teenage football player in the Southern Song Dynasty?

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One day during the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1174-1189), the sound of wooden fish dawn along the street of Toutuo in the temple awakened Huang Ruyi and his parents who rented a house in Baohefang northwest of Lin'an City. Baohefang, commonly known as brick streets and alleys, is also called Haier Lane by the common people because there are many shops selling mud kids in the shop.

Today is the third day of Cold Food , which is the Qingming Festival. In ancient times, Cold Food Festival was a festival and Qingming Festival was just a solar term. After the Song Dynasty moved south, the Cold Food Festival, which was originally popular in the north, was also spread to Lin'an . During the Tang and Song dynasties, people banned fires during the cold food and made new fires during the Qingming Festival. After that, the Qingming Festival gradually replaced the cold food and became a festival to pay homage to ancestors.

During the Cold Food Festival, Lin'an people banned fireworks and ate cold food. Every household had to put willow branches on doors, windows and eaves. Even the little house was in love, it was still green and cute. Some families will also string a swallow-shaped pasta with dates embedded in it - "Zi Tuo Yan" on willow branches to commemorate meso Tuo . Regardless of the officials and the people, if there is a daughter at home who is fifteen years old and in her hair, most of them will wear hairpins on this day and perform a ceremony for coming-of-age ceremony.

Northern Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" partially

On the Qingming Festival, the palace should arrange for young eunuchs to use elm to "drill wood to make fire" in the pavilion gate. First, those who get the new fire can receive the reward of gold bowls and silk cloth. On this day, the bureaucrats and commoners in Lin'an had to go to the suburbs to visit the graves and pay tribute, and also have a tour along the way. Whenever this happens, the carriages and horses will block the city gates, and tourists will be everywhere in the mountains in the south and north of the city. Some people hold banquets in the countryside, intoxicated by the strange flowers and trees in the beautiful gardens, and some people place mats on the lake, living in colorful boats where you enjoy them everywhere.

htmlHuang Ruyi, who was 20 years old, wore a straight-legged head and changed into a new round-neck robe that he made, which was also a common clothing style for men in the Song Dynasty. Huang Ruyi's parents had already packed up the items needed for today's worship, and were wearing mats hanging on silk screens around them, preparing to go out.

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Cuju, also known as tread ju , cuba , cuba , cuba rush, cuba rush, etc., is an ancient ball sport. As early as the Warring States Period, was popular in Linzi, in the State of Qi, and in the Song Dynasty it became even more popular in all social classes. Whether it is a high-ranking official or a rural villager, they like to Cuju in their spare time. Even the emperor has several fans, such as Song Taizu, Song Taizong, and Song Huizong.
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Today, Huang Ruyi took a leave and did not go to Cuju in the brothel, but wanted to go out of the city to do an important task. He left Haier Lane and walked towards the Qiantangmen . He saw many young and old men and women along the way, both men and women were cuju in the open space on the street. This is not surprising. The people of the Song Dynasty continued the customs of the Tang Dynasty, especially like to swing Cuju and swing in the Qingming Festival during the Cold Food Festival, which warms the body.
Through the streets and alleys, Huang Ruyi stopped at a bridge market by Qinghe Lake. There are many daily necessities shops and restaurants in this kind of street market near the river and near the bridge. At this moment, there is a paper horse shop next to the bridge, and there are several exquisite attics piled up of paper at the door. The custom of burning paper money was popular in the Song Dynasty. Not only was there a "paper horse shop" that specialized in selling paper utensils and incense and candles, but there was also a profession of chiseling paper money.
The "Wang Family Paper Horse Shop" in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan of the Northern Song Dynasty
At present, there was a circle of people surrounding the open space in front of the paper horse shop, and there was noisy. It turned out that several young men in luxurious clothes broke a paper pavilion and insisted that Cuju, a guy who was chiseling paper money in the shop, defeated them before he could pay. Huang Ruyi joined in the fun. Seeing that the young man had a sad face, he said righteously that he wanted to play for him. How to compare
? The two sides discussed and wanted to have a "one-person household".
Southern Song Dynasty·(Romance) Ma Yuan's "Cuju Picture": Showing the "White Fight" scene
There are two main ways to play Cuju in the Song Dynasty. One is the "White Fight" that does not set goals and pays attention to skills, and the other is the " Ball Building " that sets goals and focuses on confrontation. The so-called "fresh" is to use the feet, legs, knees, waist, back, chest, shoulders, head and other parts to catch the ball and top the ball, and make various difficult and difficult technical movements called "solving numbers". You cannot touch the ball with your hands, and if the ball falls to the ground, you will deduct points. "Free fighting" has many forms: single-player kicks are called "one-person game house", two-person game house is called "two-person game house", three-person game house is called "three-person game house"... You can even take turns to play football, which is called "ten-person game house".
Huang Ruyi competed with the "one-person household" with the city boys. This means that each side sent one person to show off his skills. The spectators present judged the skills. Whoever has the best skills will win.
Song-Cuju pattern bronze mirror
I saw two people holding balls, and they all used their unique skills, including "soles cross the bridge", "swallows return to the nest", "slanting flowers in an oblique manner", "clever knee lifting", "bead curtain", "phoenix holding beads", "goose inserting food", "full of legs" and other names. Huang Ruyi has long been a veteran on Cuju field, and has a unique skill - she can make the ball spin across her body and never fall off for a whole day. These young men are his opponents? He won without any suspense.
"Thank you for your help from the young master. I'm afraid those yamen are not easy to mess with. You must be careful!" The young man who was chiseling paper money thanked him again and again. The people of the Song Dynasty called the children of the powerful "Yannei" and the rich "Zhenwai".
"Don't worry, I'm... terrible!" Huang Ruyi said halfway, and suddenly ran away because he remembered: He still had to go to the blind date outside the Qiantang door!

Ten thousand people watch the side of Cuju. The swing is busy with spring

Although Qingming Festival is a solemn festival to remember ancestors, the people of the Song Dynasty gave it a joyful atmosphere. Lin'an people will go out for a trip to the west of the city on this day, and the store will take advantage of the bustling fun to join West Lake to sell everything.

left Qiantang Gate, and Huang Ruyi saw someone flying kites on the West Lake Bridge from afar. At that time, kites were popular among the people. There were many craftsmen making kites in the street market. There were also highly skilled kite artists in Lin'an gou rushing, named Lu Bituo and Zhou San. People like to compete in kites on the streets, and win by squeezing off their opponent's kite strings, and kites have become common toys on peddlers' carrying.

Huang Ruyi walked through the crowd of kites and came nervously to a small boat by the West Lake where a matchmaker was waiting for him to come to look for his wife. A pretty girl sat on the boat. Huang Ruyi only looked at her for two or three eyes and took out a golden hairpin and inserted it into her hair crown.

This was the custom of blind dates at that time. If you like it, you would use a golden hairpin to insert a crown and a bun, which was called "inserting a hairpin"; if it was not satisfactory, you would give two pieces of colorful satin to the woman to "suppress the shock", and the marriage would not be done.

but it is important. Huang Ruyi's heart was finally let go. He bid farewell to the matchmaker and the girl, walked leisurely along the lake alone, and went to Fengyu's gate to participate in a Cuju competition that he had made an appointment early.

"Xingqu Picture of West Lake" Cuju Field outside Fengyu Gate, that is, football stadium

Next to Fengle Tower in front of Fengyu Gate, there is a wide Cuju Field. There is a goal in the center of the venue, with two posts three or two feet high and nine or five inches wide between the posts. A net made of ribbons hung at the top of the posts. A round hole with a diameter of two or eight inches was opened in the middle of the net. This round hole is called "Fengliuyan".

At this moment, there are many people standing inside and outside, waiting to watch the "Battle Build" game.Building a ball is a way to play Cuju in setting goals. During the game, both sides sent at least seven people to wear crimson and green jerseys respectively to form the left army and the right army to compete. Each side has players called ball head, ball stumble, ball stumble, head stumble, head stumble, left pole net, right pole net, stumble net, stumble net, etc., and stand in different positions on the Cuju field according to their respective functions. In the end, the side that hit the ball the most wins.

Huang Ruyi changed into Zuo Jun's crimson jersey, pierced the corner of her clothes to her waist, and threw the ball to start warming up. The ball used in Cuju in the Song Dynasty was a hollow inflatable balloon. It was usually made of the inner core of a cow or pig's bladder and then wrapped with a shell made of soft cow leather. This kind of ball can be played high and far, and in the blink of an eye, Huang Ruyi sent several balls into Fengliuyan. During

, a group of children were clamoring on the sidelines: "Six ingots silver, full moon, lock chrysanthemum, quiver ten thousand characters, cloud moon, cigarette seal, leaf peach, pilobe head, a bottle of flowers..." These are all the names of the brand balls.

The game began, and the lottery was decided to kick off first.

The left army's "ball head" kicked the ball and kicked it with its feet to "slide the ball". Other players of the team kicked the ball several times according to the rules, and then passed it to the "ball head", and the "ball head" kicked the ball through the romantic eye. He shot and immediately drums and music sounded to celebrate. After the ball passed the Fengliuyan, the right-ranking player wearing a green jersey received the ball, passed the ball in the team, and then shot with the "head of the ball". After repeated this, the left army scored more goals than the right army in the end, and won!

Huang Ruyi won the ball and was overjoyed. He hoped that one day he could become a member of the "Zhuo Team" under the Jiaofang Music Club. The royal team of the Song Dynasty, with sixteen soldiers on both sides and thirty-two, often participating in Cuju performance competitions at court banquets. The winning party can receive silver bowls and colorful satin rewarded by the emperor, and all players will wear brocade together to thank grace, while the defeated party will not only be whipped, but also apply white powder on the face as a humiliation.

The wind and moon shine on the lakes and seas, Qi Yunguan ancient and modern

"Qiyun Club, the four seas, the breath is bright on the spot. The writer is in charge, Yuanshe is the most romantic."

"This Huang Ruyi really has a good kick!"

"Don't look at him young, he has long been the old senior in Qiyun Club ~"

Cuju talks on the sidelines. A young man in white in the crowd had long been obsessed with it. After hearing these comments, he admired Huang Ruyi very much. He took the opportunity to learn Cuju skills by learning the skills of his master.

In Lin'an, Southern Song Dynasty, many groups with the same aspirations and discussions of poetry, skills and martial arts appeared among the people, called "society". Among them, Qiyun Club and Cuju Playing Club specialize in Cuju activities are Qiyun Club. Qiyun Club, also known as Yuanshe, players in the club are called "Yuanyou". If you want to join Qiyun Club to learn from your master, you must hold a formal apprenticeship : prepare a banquet gift to your master. The master will attend with all his disciples to pay homage to the ancestors and seniors of Qiyun Club, perform the master-apprentice ceremony, and then you can start Cuju.

Song Dynasty·White glaze black color Cuju picture porcelain pillow

Huang Ruyi didn't want to accept a disciple, but seeing that the young man in white was sincere, he said, "It's okay to accept you as a disciple. But Qiyun Club has many social rules, you have to listen carefully. We have the 'Ten Forbidden Precepts' - avoid talking, gambling, fighting, right and wrong, arrogance, deceit, rashness, lawsuits, frivolity, alcohol and sex, and the 'Ten Do Not Kick' and 'Ten Important', etc. Can you do it?"

The young man in white was named Gao Fei, and he nodded immediately after hearing this.

"Let's go, take you to Huangjianzui Cuqiu Teahouse to see the world." After Huang Ruyi said that, she led Gao Fei from Fengyu Gate into the city and headed to Baoyoufang.

Huangjianzui Cuqiu Tea House is located next to the Noodle Shop in Baoyoufang, and Cuju artists often perform on-site. There are several corner kick shops like Cuju that sells as a selling point in Lin'an.

Song-Baoju Tongzi colored pottery figurines

Along the way, Huang Ruyi and Gao Fei talked about the mountain competition held by Qiyun Club every year:

"This mountain competition is a large-scale event for friends from all over the world to compete in football skills and evaluate the quality of the world. It is named after the competition on the mountain. Every year, Qiyun Club will post widely and invite friends from the sea to participate. Friends from all over the world must pay the 'incense gold', that is, the registration fee can only participate."

" What are you trying to compete? Oh, it’s both a comparison of “built ball” and a competition of “fresh matches”. Especially this "in vain" is very important. At that time, the whole family will determine the quality of Cuju skills through "white fighting". The winner can go down the mountain with the "famous flag" symbolizing honor. Some "famous flags" also have couplets written on them: "The wind and moon shine on the lakes and seas, and the clouds are the ancient and modern times." It is really majestic! "

" When you arrive at the Cuju field, no matter whether you are a king, prince, general or a commoner, you can happily sit side by side with Cuju, without distinction between high and low. "

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Not long after, the master and apprentice had already arrived at the Huangjianzui Cuqiu Tea House. Several artists were performing Cuju in the teahouse. When Huang Ruyi saw that one of them was his old friend Fan Laoer!

The two exchanged a few words and couldn't help but perform a "Sun and Moon Crossing the Palace" together. This is a kind of trick of "two-person stadium" in "White Play". It is probably that the two stand opposite each other and throw a ball and pass it to the other party. In this way, two balls will be shuttled back and forth on the Cuju field at the same time, just like the alternation of the sun and the moon, so it is called "Sun and Moon Crossing the Palace". It is a skill for masters to fight. Art.