Kaleidoscope

Make A Shuttlecock

: A bamboo dragonfly is an age-old Chinese toy. The T-shaped toy is made up of a horizontal bar...

: The string lion dance is kept alive in Huotong Town in Ningde of Fujian Province. Also called...

: Ancient China has very rich game culture and Chinese traditional puzzles once influenced greatly...

To make a shuttlecock, you need to tie up some tail feathers of animals into a bundle, and insert the bundle through the hole of a coin, which serves as the base, before using a cloth to tightly wrap the coin and sew it up. The types of shuttlecocks include chicken feather ones, fur ones, paper slip ones and knitting wool ones.

Shuttlecock Kicking

Shuttlecock kicking is one of folk games in China. According to historical documents and unearthed relics, the sport originated in the Han Dynasty and was all the rage in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was so popular that there were even shops solely dedicated to the making and selling of shuttlecocks. In the Ming Dynasty, there appeared formal shuttlecock kicking competitions. The Qing Dynasty saw the heyday of the game. Both the shuttlecock making and kicking techniques reached unprecedented levels.

Details

Four Basic Kicking Techniques

Four Basic Kicking Techniques

There are four basic kicking techniques, i.e. kicking with the inner ankle, the outer ankle, the instep and the sole. The shuttlecock can also be kicked with the tiptoe and the heel.
Shuttlecock Kicking Competitions

Shuttlecock Kicking Competitions

There are various types of shuttlecock kicking competitions depending on the kicking ways. The game can be won for the number of kicks, time of duration or complexity of techniques etc. Shuttlecock...