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Cat's Cradle

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Guessing Riddles Written on Lanterns

Guessing Riddles Written on Lanterns
In the Song Dynasty, the custom of guessing riddles written on lanterns on Lantern Festival came...

Liubo

Liubo
Apart from xiangqi (Chinese chess) and weiqi (the game of go), liubo was another board game...

Mah-jong

Mah-jong
Mah-jong is a competitive game with a history in China. As it is played with tiles, similar in...

Cat's Cradle is a string game enjoyed by girls. A cotton string of moderate thickness is used in the game. The game starts with a string finely looped over the fingers. It is played in two versions joined by a single person or a group of two respectively. In the first version, a person would play with his own hands by intertwining, reeving or picking until a key overturn movement realizing a complete change, forming an intricate pattern between the fingers. In a game of two, the partners shall closely cooperate to vary the patterns successively to finally form an intricate pattern. However, if the cooperation is not good enough, the string may become entangled when transferred to the other's hands, and the game will have to stop by then.  

Cat's Cradle can help to cultivate children's imagination, make their knuckles flexible and enhance the development of brain.

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