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广东省揭阳市惠来县2024-2025学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试题
In old times, people didn't have smartphones or computers to use for fun. Still they had interesting games to play. Let's take a look.
Kites
Kites have quite a long history. In the old story, Mo Di made the first kite. People first used kites to send messages. In the Song Dynasty, kites got very popular with people. Now, Beijing, Tianjin, Nantong and Weifang are the four most important places of kite making.
Cuju
This is old Chinese soccer. The name" Cuju" first came out in the book Records of the Historian by Sima Qian. At first, soldiers played the game as training. In the Song Dynasty the game was all the rage at the time. People across the country loved playing it. Women also played the game.
Chuiwan
Chuiwan is a ball game. It is a bit like golf(高尔夫). The game got popular in the Song Dynasty, It was still popular in the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Someone in the Yuan Dynasty even wrote a book called Wan Jing for the game. However, the game got less popular in the Qing Dynasty.
Go
Go, or Weiqi, is a game for two players. It has a history of more than 4,000 years. In the old story, Yao made the game to teach his son. People in old times thought it was a game for gentlemen(绅士).
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