What traditional sports do Lahu people have?

There are 465,438+065,438+0476 Lahu people living in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, and also distributed in Lincang and Simao areas. Lahu people and Lahu people's sports activities are rich and colorful, mainly including wrestling, shuttlecock kicking, crossbow shooting, musket shooting, gyro playing, swinging, benchmarking, pole climbing, martial arts, boxing, waist pulling, tug-of-war, pig pulling, three-legged running, imitation of bullfighting, hand shaking, packet loss, stone throwing, needle piercing and gun bidding.

The ethnic name of Lahu nationality reflects that Lahu nationality is a hunting nationality in history, so the famous traditional folk sports activities are mostly related to ancient production, such as shooting crossbows, running poles, playing top, wrestling, kicking drums and playing horse stakes.

Crossbow shooting is a necessary tool for every Lahu adult man. With the development of the times, crossbow hunting has gradually changed from hunting to a sport. Lahu people often hold crossbow shooting competitions of various sizes. In the first battle, most of the matches were on the tall cypress trees. Draw a circle and insert three arrows. The shooter should aim at the target 50 meters away and shoot down three arrows inserted in the tree in succession.

Running pole is a favorite sport of Lahu young men and women, and the competition venue is not big. Set the running bar according to the number of participants. During the competition, you can run fast on foot or with heavy load, and win with speed without making mistakes. An obstacle course similar to track and field.

When the Lahu people play the top, one person lets everyone play the top. Legend of Lahu nationality: cotton plants do not bear peaches. The ancestors asked them to hit the top and hit the flowers, so the cotton blossomed. So people pray for a bumper harvest of cotton, and everyone loves to play top. It is said that a local county party secretary once played gyro with them.