Relive your childhood through traditional folk games.

(Baonghean.vn) - Everyone's childhood is a place where memories and experiences associated with unforgettable folk games are anchored. Let's return together."a turbulent childhood"through the games of yesteryear...

1 - Dragon and snake ascending to the clouds

"Dragon and Snake Climbing to the Clouds" is one of the popular folk games for children in Vietnamese villages in the past. This game, associated with a children's rhyme, requires players to be agile, skillful, cooperative, disciplined, and quick-witted, especially the leader of the group. In the past, on moonlit nights, children would often gather at the village communal house to play "Dragon and Snake Climbing to the Clouds."

2 - Playing marbles

Marble shooting has always been a captivating game for all boys in their childhood. The game helps with physical activity and observation skills, with the prize being the marbles they hit their opponents with. The round, colorful marbles are a favorite among many boys, some even having entire collections. The ability to accurately aim at targets at different distances provides boys with hours of pure joy.

3 - Playing catch

This is a traditional folk game that tests dexterity. It's also known as "chuyen" or "chuyen chuyen." The playing space is a small, flat area of ​​land, about 1.5 to 2.5 square meters. The most common number of players is two, but it can also be one, three, or four. This game is especially popular with girls. The game of "chuyen" is not only fun to play and visually appealing, but also pleasant to the ear, with the familiar rhyme "one chuyen onet" that every child knows.

4 - Playing spinning tops

Playing "gụ" (spinning tops) is a popular folk game among most ethnic groups in Vietnam. It's an outdoor game primarily for boys, but it's also played by young people and the elderly, and may have different names depending on the ethnic group. In the past, on flat ground, you could find groups of children engrossed in the spinning tops (or spinning tops).

5 - Jump rope

Jump rope is a very familiar folk game, especially in rural areas of Vietnam. The game is also very simple; all you need is a rope for everyone to participate. One of the unique characteristics of folk games is their strong sense of community. Therefore, any folk game requires the participation of the whole group, helping to strengthen relationships between people in a community.

6 - Playing O An Quan (a traditional Vietnamese board game)

Another game that was very popular among the 80s generation was the game of "O An Quan" (a traditional Vietnamese board game). Many people from the 80s generation, now married with children, still can't forget the feeling of joy when they won and got to "take everything".

7 - Cockfighting

Beyond the peaceful scenery of the countryside, every afternoon, looking out at the dikes in the fields, I would hear the lively sounds of us children, chattering in our white shirts and blue pants, each holding a handful of grass, each blade of grass called a chicken. Just a single blade of grass like that became a beautiful part of the memories of the children of our countryside, memories of a battle called "grass-chicken fighting."

8 - Playing stick fighting

Stick-throwing is a children's game. Two people stand facing each other. Each person holds two pieces of bamboo, one short and one long. They dig a small, long hole in the ground, place the short piece of bamboo over the edge of the hole, and use the long piece of bamboo to toss the short piece high into the air, striking it forcefully far away. If the person opposite catches the bamboo, that person gets to play instead.

9 - Pulling the palm frond

During the season when palm sheaths fall, children in the countryside have a blast using them to make pull-along carts. They simply strip off the dry leaves around the stem and use the stem as a handle. The sheath serves as a seat for one or more children. The puller is the one who uses their strength to pull the cart forward.

10. Planting buds, planting flowers

Plant buds, plant flowers. Jump high, touching means you lose.

Peace

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