What does it mean to walk on stilts?

Walking on stilts is one of the traditional folk activities in China. Walking on stilts, commonly known as tying firewood feet, also known as "stilts", "walking on stilts", "tying high feet" and "walking high legs", is a popular mass skill performance in northern China. In some folk festivals, dancers are often tied to their feet with long wooden stilts to perform. Walking on stilts is exquisite, lively and diverse, and is deeply loved by the masses.

Its performances can be divided into "Wen stilts" and "Wu stilts". Literary stilts emphasize pretending and teasing, while martial stilts emphasize personal skills and unique skills. Stilts around the country have formed a distinctive regional style and national color.

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In the past, in the first month of the lunar calendar, teams of stilts would cross the street with drums, cymbals and percussion. The number of people walking on stilts varies, generally more than a dozen. Tall people walk on stilts, short people walk on stilts. Performers wear traditional costumes. From the opening bar, there appeared artistic images such as Sean, White Snake, Tang Priest, Ugly Girl and Jiang Ziya. Because it is humorous, straightforward and gratifying, expressive and sometimes interesting, it has always been loved by people.

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