Guangxi Folk Customs

Shoe Dance

Among the cultural and sports skills of the Zhuang people, the most interesting ones are the "shoe competition" and "shoe competition" that are as powerful as military formations. "Shoe Dance". Sneaker competition is a team of several people, who all wear a pair of long skate shoes to race; participants must move in unison and work hard together. If one person is not attentive, the whole team will be knocked off their feet. It is said that sneaker dance originated from the Ming Dynasty. During the Jiajing period, the Zhuang heroine Mrs. Wa led the Guangxi soldiers to Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese pirates. She trained the soldiers with a three-person race with tied legs, which made the military disciplined and united. Later, it evolved into this interesting sport.

Dragon Boat Racing

Also called Dragon Boat Racing, it is a popular folk sports activity. Nanning City has the habit of dragon boat racing every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month during the Dragon Boat Festival. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), the Nanning Republic Daily recorded: "The old custom of dragon boat racing is held once a year and competes in the middle reaches of the Yongjiang River." After liberation, the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat racing became a unique traditional sports activity in Nanning City, and the scale expanded year by year, and the events became better and better. In 1997, due to its large scale and new format, the dragon boat race held in Hetan Road Township, Nanning City was awarded the title of "The Best Competition Area for the National Million-people Dragon Boat Communication Race" by the All-China Sports Federation and the Chinese Dragon Boat Association.

Playing football on stilts

This is the "stilt ball" of the Zhuang people, and it plays like football. However, you cannot use your feet to kick. You can use the pair of "prosthetic limbs" whether running, scrambling or kicking a ball. The ball used now is football, but in the past the ball used was grapefruit. It turns out that as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Nandan County, Guangxi had a grapefruit kicking game; every Mid-Autumn Festival, a grapefruit kicking competition was held. In modern times, it developed into playing football on stilts, which is even more unique.

Lions Climbing the Golden Mountain

Dancing in the Air on the Elevated Road In the eyes of the Zhuang people, lions are auspicious things. Zhuang's unique lion dance skills include lion dance on a high platform, two lions playing with a ball, lion plum blossoms, crossing the overpass, knife-tip lion skills, lion climbing to the golden mountain, etc. This move [Lion on the Golden Mountain] is even more dangerous. [Jinshan] is made up of about 35 long benches stacked up into 17 floors, 8.5 meters high; performers dressed as [lions] climb [Jinshan], jumping, soaring and dancing on the swaying [Jinshan], which is thrilling. It's amazing.

Up the mountain of swords and under the sea of ??fire

The Yao people are a nation with relatively strong folk customs. During their rituals of offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, and exorcising evil spirits, they often perform a series of stunts and magic to show their invincibility. In terms of spirit, climbing a knife ladder with bare feet and crossing a sea of ??fire are two of the thrilling stunts. Climbing the Knife Ladder, also called "Climbing Knife Mountain", involves installing sharp knives as steps on a wooden ladder. You step up and down on the sharp blade with your bare feet, and the skin on the soles of your feet is not damaged at all. There are several ways to cross the sea of ??fire: one is to burn several iron plowshares red, and walk on them with bare feet one step at a time; the other is to walk through the "sea of ??fire" burning charcoal; the other is to "walk with a lamp", That is, the lanterns made of bamboo tubes are lined up in a row, and one step at a time, one lantern after another, the lights are still blazing. It is really magical!

Polishing Autumn

There is a beautiful story: a long time ago, there was a severe drought, no rain, no harvests, and people fell into terror and despair. Two brothers came up with an idea: make a moqiu out of wood and swing it to the sky to pray for God's mercy. They worked hard for 15 days and nights, and finally the sky moved and rain fell. However, the two brothers died of overwork. In order to commemorate them, later generations polished Qiu during festivals. When polishing the autumn, there are one or two people at each end of the crossbar. They alternately kick the ground to make the crossbar rise, fall and rotate. At the same time, they make turns and rolls on the bar, put their abdomen against the bar and hang their limbs in the air. When they rotate to the ground, they reach out. There are many skill moves such as picking up flowers, and tumbling in the air like a trapeze artist, which are both thrilling and beautiful. This kind of activity is called "Consultation" by the Yi people and "Possing Autumn" in Chinese.

Tongding

This is a test of your waist, leg and arm skills for climbing over mountains. The Maonan people live in the mountainous areas of northern Guangxi. There are many dangerous roads in the mountains, which is the reason for the formation of this [Tongding] sports game. It turns out that Maonan people often hold objects with both hands together and lift them when crossing dangerous roads. In order to develop a strong back, legs, feet and shoulder and arm strength, they have to do "Tongding" every time during the off-season after autumn and during the New Year. Contest. [Same Top] In the competition, each team has 3 or 4 people (there are also one-on-one matches). The person on top steps on the palms of the people below with their hands crossed, in a riding position, with hands and shoulders against the wooden pole. The whole team The winner is the one who works together to push the central hanging line of the wooden pole past the opponent's prescribed line.

Climbing Pole

Show off your unique skills in climbing forward, backward, and turning around. The Miao people hold climbing pole activities at their annual [Slope Meeting]. In the slope venue, a 10-meter-high green paulownia wood pole was erected, with bacon, wine and glutinous rice cakes hung on the top. The young men participating in the climbing pole climbed up to the top of the pole one by one to take a sip of wine and then climbed down. They all showed off their unique skills. Some climbed with only their hands and no body on the pole, some climbed and kicked, and some climbed along. , some climb upside down with their feet in the air, and some climb while rotating around the pole... Whoever climbs high, fast, and difficult will get applause from the audience, especially the girls. At the same time, young men and women sang and danced around the slope pole, creating a joyful atmosphere.