What strange toys did the rulers at the top of the ancient empire have?

In modern times, we have high-tech products such as computers and mobile phones, from which we can enjoy endless fun. It is hard for us to imagine what toys ancient people used to entertain themselves when they were bored. History records many strange "toys" of rulers. I know chess, Taiping drums, male prostitutes and mechanical toys, which are hard for us to imagine.

The first is chess, which is played on a platform, allowing four people to play games at the same time. The rule is, whoever puts the most chess bullets into the middle pit will be the winner. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi enjoyed playing chess very much when he usurped the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the king also has unique chess skills, and almost no one is xelloss's opponent in chess.

Taiping Drum and Male Prostitute are both performed by young rulers. The Taiping drum is similar to the wave-breaking drum that children play now, but it can also be played with a mallet, which is very nice. Male prostitute, with a strange name, is actually similar to modern plastic toys. It is a toy handed down from the Ming Dynasty, and male prostitutes are mostly colorful in the palace. Its most prominent feature is the appearance of rabbit ears.

Finally, there are strange mechanical toys, which spread from the west to the Qing Dynasty. The principle of this toy is similar to the jumping frog that we used to play when we were children. Are all clockwork-centered toys. There were many cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in the Qing Dynasty, and this kind of clockwork toy was also very popular with Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. The strangest thing is the clockwork toy "Writer", which can automatically write Chinese characters on paper, and the fluency will surprise us.