Wrestles with Burning
Incense Stick
There is an interesting Chinese
name of the game "Tang Pou-fu Pointed to/at Qiu-xiang," which is related
to an legend. In fact, the verb of "point (to/at)" in Chinese sounds exactly
like "touching with burning incense stick" and it symbolizes the action
of Mr. Tang in the following story.
It was said that Tang Pou-fu
was a very famous scholar and artist, who fell in love with Qiu-xiang.
She was a maid in a powerful official's house. In order to court her and
be close to, Tang pretended to be a hired servant in the same household.
Due to his talent, he was then allowed to choose one of the maids to be
his wife after going through a lot of difficulties. Tang Pou-fu had his
dream fulfilled when he "pointed at" the girl he loved. In the game, the
competition of touching the tissue paper with burning incense stick in
turn seems to be easy.
However, the winner must
be the most alert one to choose where to touch, so that a coin won't let
fall in his turn.
Wrestles with Burning
Incense Stick
Material: incense, paper,
a coin, a rubber band, a cup.
Place/Site: Anywhere
Number of participants:
Two or more.
Aim: The one who doesn't
let the coin fall down to the bottom of the cup will win.
How to play: Use a rubber
band to tie a piece of paper or tissue on the top of a cup. Put a coin
in the center of paper. (See picturer1) Two people take turns to use the
incense to burn a hole on the paper around the coin. (See picture2). The
one who lets the coin fall down to the bottom of the cup loses. (See picture3).
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