People in the Tang Dynasty tried to persuade wine by throwing pots. What kind of game was the "throwing pot" in the Tang Dynasty?

From its name, the game of throwing pot can probably see how it is played. In some ancient banquets, people couldn't drink and eat there casually, so throwing pots was a small game to persuade people to drink at banquets. People shoot arrows into the pot at a fixed position, and the loser can drink according to the number of throws, similar to dice and poker.

At first, the game of throwing pots was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At some large banquets, the host invited guests to shoot arrows. But in the later stage, because not everyone can shoot arrows or shoot arrows, it takes up a lot of space, and it is easy to injure other guests by mistake. Thus, the game of archery was simplified into a later pot-throwing game, in which an arrow was also taken, but the guest threw it by hand. Don't think that this game is very simple, and the alignment of hands is not necessarily accurate, so

And with the development of history, the difficulty of the pot-throwing game has gradually increased. It can be seen that the difficulty of throwing pots has increased since Wei and Jin Dynasties. It has not only a spout but also ears, and can be thrown in all three places. Then, according to various patterns, you can add more points, or even cast blindly, that is to say, you can only cast when you see the position of the pot. This activity is basically only circulated among dignitaries and literati, and some poor people at the bottom are.

Don't just think of it as a game. At that time, it also symbolized respect for invited guests, which was a way of etiquette. Therefore, everyone is proud of throwing pots well and knowing all kinds of tricks. In fact, this kind of game was still circulated in dignitaries and palaces until the Qing Dynasty. Later, in the Republic of China, due to the great changes in society and the spread of many foreign games, no one continued to play this game.