空竹的种类 Different Kinds of Kongzhu

Aside: As to the earliest Kongzhu, its shape and size are quite different to Kongzhu nowadays. With the development of modern science, the material and technique for making Kongzhu has made great progress.
旁白：说到最早的空竹，其形状、大小与后来的空竹是有着相当大的区别的，现在的空竹随着现代科学技术的发展，在工艺上，材料上有着非常惊人的改变。

采访空竹协会主任李宽江：后来发展成这个单轮空竹，又发展成双轮的，当时都是竹木的，比较原始的这种空竹。后来，改革开放以后，抖空竹人多了，发展到材料改变了，但形状没改变，这个用的是塑料的，工程塑料，不怕摔，而且成本比较低。
Interview：Then single-wheeled Kongzhu was developed. Later two-wheeled Kongzhu was developed. In the old time, all Kongzhu are made of bamboo. After the reform and opening up, more and more people begin to play Kongzhu. People begin to make Kongzhu by new materials, while keeping its shape. Plastic Kongzhu is cheap and not fragile.

现在还有好多异型空竹，有几层的空竹，两头有轴的空竹，盘儿呀，碗儿呀，碟儿呀，什么现在都有。
Some Kongzhu are made in exotic shapes. Some Kongzhu have several layers. Some Kongzhu have an axis on both sides. Some Kongzhu look like plates or bowls.

Host: You can see here, it is amazing. Look at this, this one is about meter cross, and it’s got all the different Chinese zoonic animals in it. This one is little bit smaller. What is been around, the things are making noise. Sound is amazing. You can see the designs, this one got “yin” and “yang” pattern on it. The bad come along into the evil, a little bit good in every evil, a little bit bad in every good. Look at that, this got a beautiful Chinese symbol on it, I am not sure what its mean is.
主持人：你看这里，太神奇了。看这个，直径大约一米，上面有中国的属相图案。这个小一些，周围一圈的孔是用来发声的。声音非常好听。你看这个设计。有“阴”和“阳”的图案。