"Children Playing in an Autumn Courtyard" , Su Hanchen, c. 1150
In the painting of Children Playing in an Autumn Courtyard done by Su Hancheng in the Song Dynasty, which is now preserved in the "National Palace Museum" in Taiwan, there shows a prop for the game of turning the jujube. Two and a half jujubes are used in the game to make a millstone-like toy with a stand made of three toothpicks. It's a game of spinning and balance with jujubes. In the game, the one that keeps the balance of the "jujube millstone" for a longer spinning time will win. The drawing is also a proof to the emergence of multiple forms of top toys at that time.
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