拔河ba2he2

cassielin
 October 23, 2008 at 09:07 AM posted in General Discussion

 

 

拔河ba2he2  tug-of-war

 

I saw a tug-of-war race(game) this afternoon on our college's playground! So I decided to post a thread here!^_^  It is a very interesting game! Have you ever play it before?

 

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changye
 October 23, 2008 at 02:17 PM

I’ve just found an etymology of “拔河” on the Internet, which has long been on my mind since I learned the Chinese word several years ago. “拔河” is originated in a military training done using boats in the river (河), in “楚国”, one of Chinese ancient kingdoms, about 2,400 years ago.

http://baike.baidu.com/view/44776.htm 

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kimiik
 October 23, 2008 at 01:33 PM

Btw (light digression), I wonder why the famous German city of Bayreuth is called 拜罗伊特 in chinese instead of something like 百合 (or even 百合特) which would sound much closer.

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bababardwan
 October 23, 2008 at 09:10 AM

yes,but not with all those red flags and people calling out jia you which would have definitely enhanced the experience.Great pic cassielin.