Culture Insider: Children's games in ancient China

By Bi Nan (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2017-06-01

Culture Insider: Children's games in ancient China

The New Year painting from the Qing Dynasty depicts children playing hide-and-seek. Collected by the Capital Museum.

Hide-and-seek

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child's eyes while other kids run around to tease him or, more commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find them.