投 壶 [a game during feast in which the winner was decided by the number of arrows thrown into a distant pot] 古时宴会时的娱乐活动,大家轮流把筹投入壶中,投中少者须罚酒
投壶是从先秦延续至清末的汉民族传统礼仪和宴饮游戏,投壶礼来源于射礼。由于庭院不够宽阔,不足以张侯置鹄;或者由于宾客众多,不足以备弓比耦;或者有的宾客的确不会射箭,故而以投壶代替弯弓,以乐嘉宾,以习礼仪。宋吕大临在《礼记传》中云:“投壶,射之细也。燕饮有射以乐宾,以习容而讲艺也。”