What are the special games in Xiamen?

Shaking one's head is the most interesting folk activity in Xiamen every year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has also become the biggest festival for Xiamen people, surpassing the Spring Festival. This is also rare in the country. Every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sound of dice from every household becomes a unique scenery in Xiamen. I have been in Xiamen for several years and have a special liking for this kind of activity. It was really fun!

There have always been several opinions about the origin of Bo cake. The most popular one now is related to Zheng Chenggong. It is said that around 1660, Hong Xu, a subordinate of Zheng Chenggong, and Tang Ya, a subordinate of the Ministry of War, came up with the game of making cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival in order to send soldiers to miss their relatives in their hometown during the festival. Its rules are roughly as follows: according to the title of the imperial examination system at all levels, each meeting will have one champion, two opposite, three red and four (exploring flowers), four entering and eight four (Jinshi), sixteen two lifting (lifting people) and thirty-two outstanding Jinshi. There are 63 cakes in the club, of which 796 13 is a lucky number. Because 998 1 is the emperor's number and 8972 is the chitose number, Zheng Chenggong was named King Yanping, so the number 63 was used. This legend can be heard blindly, but careful scrutiny is very problematic. Some scholars have searched Zheng Chenggong's conscription records, Min Hai Minutes, Hai Notes, Taiwan Province Notes and other historical materials, as well as Xiamen local chronicles such as Lujiang in Gan Long, Ganlong Jiahe Scenic Area, Daoguang Xiamen and Xiamen City in the Republic of China, but they have not found any records. According to historical research, every year around 1660, Zheng Chenggong fought either the Qing court or the Dutch colonists in Taiwan Province, and almost all of them were worried about the shortage of military food, so it was impossible to have extra food for "cake" entertainment. In addition, the old people born and raised in Xiamen have never heard of this legend, and it became popular only after 1986 was put forward. Therefore, this legend can be regarded as an interesting incidental event of the Mid-Autumn Festival Bo cake, but it cannot be regarded as a positive solution to the origin of Bo cake.

In recent years, many people have suggested that the "blog" of blog cake should be to fight for the sake of fighting. Personally, I think it is unnecessary. Judging from the custom of rich cakes, it is obvious that there is some original meaning of gambling. However, the "Bo" here is more exactly a kind of divination. Gambling is luck. Stimulating one's real behavior through virtual luck is a common custom of China people since ancient times. It was really warm when the dice fell into the big porcelain bowl and tinkled and everyone was overjoyed. Mid-autumn moon cakes are actually a good omen for the coming year, which contains people's mutual emotional cognition.

In my opinion, there are two other factors that make rich cakes popular. First, it embodies the equality between people. As we all know, in real life, it is difficult to achieve real equality between people. There is a considerable distance between superiors and subordinates, between elders and juniors. But in the process of rich cakes, no matter how high or low, it is the luck of the same table. I have seen some leaders go home with poor things several times, and I am still very happy. Second, everyone has a prize. The general game is often the winner is king, and the loser loses all. But Bobbing is different. Basically, everyone can guarantee a prize, with only a few differences, so that everyone will have a good time.

Finally, introduce the content and rules of Bo cake. The basic practice is that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone gets together and rolls dice to divide "cakes". The traditional "emblem cake" is composed of moon cakes of different sizes. A set of * * * consists of 63 cakes, which are divided into 1 yuan cake, 2-hall cake, 4-red cake, 8-way cake, 16-way cake and 32-show cake. However, with the development of the times, the form of "cake" is also changing: "cake" is no longer a moon cake, but a combination of practical items, such as shower gel, shampoo, food and so on. , as long as the combination according to the specified number of cakes. The rules keep changing. The current rules of the game are as follows: 6 dice are thrown in 1 porcelain bowl, and 10 is a group, with Gong Si as the winning symbol, which is roughly as follows: a show (including 1 Gong Si); Two elevators (including two gongsi); Three reds (three reds and four); Quaternion (four points are the same but excluding red four); Opposite category (one to six points); The number one scholar (four reds, also known as "four reds") grew up. The number one scholar is graded, and "four reds" is the lowest grade of the number one scholar, among which the number of points with dice is larger; Five reds are called "five reds", which is higher than "four reds" and has the most points among them. Five children with the same number of points (except Hongzi) are called "Wuzi", which is bigger than Hongzi and smaller than Wu Hong, and the ratio of points between Wuzi is also bigger than the rest of the dice. Four reds plus two reds, called "the champion inserts golden flowers", is the highest realm of the champion; Liugong is "Liubohong", and all the "cakes" are theirs, including other people's income (except the income of "Golden Flower Champion"); Six-six is called "six-black". When you arrive, turn off the lights and grab the cake. Hong Lao said that there are two situations when you can't eat cake. One is that if there is no red four, there will be no opposite, four advances and five sons. This is called "black punishment"; On the other hand, if a dice jumps out of the porcelain bowl during the dice roll, it is invalid this time and you can't participate in the pie sharing.