What is the origin of circus?

Circus tradition originated in ancient Greece around 500 BC. In the earliest Olympic Games, the entertainment between each event was: people roared in the arena and rode on two horses with saddles to entertain the audience.

The well-known circus originated from 1768, and the former mayor of acrobatic rider Philip Astleyhilip established the "British Riding School of ASTRI" in London. He was the first person to discover the secret of acrobatic riding. If he stands on a horse's back and his horse gallops in circles, centrifugal force will help him keep his balance.

With this trick, estelle combined acrobatics and rope walking with the performance of a whole group of dogs, so estelle was regarded as the "father of modern circus".

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A circus tiger in Shanxi lost control and bit people;

65438+February 1 1, a video of "circus tigers out of control bite people" was circulated on the Internet. It happened in Hedi Town, wenxi county, Yuncheng City. When a family-run circus was performing, a performing tiger suddenly jumped on the animal trainer and kept biting.

Then the field staff quickly stepped forward to stop and tried to separate the tiger from the bitten animal trainer. Finally, the animal trainer who was bitten by a tiger was wrapped in a quilt and carried to an ambulance.

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