Which nationality is the pearl ball?

The original name of the pearl ball is "picking pearls", and the Manchu word "Nichuhe" is also called "kicking the nucleus", "picking the nucleus" and "throwing the nucleus". In Manchu, "He" is the abbreviation of "Nichu River", which means "Pearl". Pearl ball originated from the productive labor of Manchu ancestors in picking pearls. Both Manchu Customs and Records of Jilin recorded that pearl ball originated from the productive labor of Manchu ancestors.

In ancient times, pearls were regarded as status symbols of women's chastity, religious piety and wealth, so they received social attention. History of manchu has a long history and has been living in the northern Changbai Mountain, the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang and the Wusuli River basin. The production of oriental pearls and pearl picking in this area has become one of the traditional modes of production of ancient Manchu people.

have a long history

In the Qing Dynasty, because of its excellent quality, winter bamboo was favored by the court nobles, and the demand increased sharply. In order to ensure the supply of oriental pearls, the Qing government banned folk pearl collection, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs organized pearl collection, and specially set up "Sacrifice Ding" and "Zhu Xuanda" to take the lead in pearl collection. Due to the limited number of East Pearl, there is also fierce competition between Zhu Xuanda, and the speed and quantity of pearl picking are compared with each other.

In order to speed up the pearl collection, the collected Meretrix meretrix was directly put into the basket, and then the pearl collection was opened on the shore. Some simply throw clams into baskets on the shore, which can greatly improve the speed of pearl collection. The activity of throwing mussels was gradually formed among children in villagers' leisure time, and it was the embryonic form of ancient pearl balls. This game is very popular among Manchu children along the Songhua River, Yalu River and Bohai Sea.