Is playing the gyro a world-class non-heritage item

Doing the gyro is a world-class intangible cultural heritage program.

On May 24, 2021, Yunnan Province's declaration of playing the gyro was approved by the State Council to be included in the list of representative items of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

Playing the gyro is a popular sport among all ethnic groups in Yunnan Province, and has been passed down in all states (cities) of Yunnan Province. Every Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, February 8 and other festivals, all villages hold mass self-entertainment gyro-playing activities.

In June 2021, the gyro-playing declared by Yunnan Province was included in the list of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

In 1995, at the Fifth National Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Meeting held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, playing the gyro was listed as an official competition. Since then, the gyro has gradually become a national folk game on the stage of China's national sports competitions. There are several kinds of gyro-playing competitions, including single-player, double-player and multi-player, with specific requirements and standardized scoring methods.

Materials

The gyro is made of wood, bamboo, stone, pottery and brick and mortar. In recent times, wooden gyros are made with more iron nails or steel balls at the bottom of the tip that touches the ground to reduce friction.

There are different names for the gyro, such as "ground yellow cow", "old cow", "cow cow children", "diamond horn "and so on. Because of the fun of pumping gyro, especially in northern China, a winter river, lake and bay pits frozen on the thick ice, more attracted many children and teenagers to the ice to participate in this activity.

As early as in the 10th century, this traditional Chinese folk children's games have spread to Korea, Japan and other countries, and has been passed down to the present day.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - draw gyro