Archery intangible cultural heritage

Yes, traditional archery (Nanshan archery) is a traditional sports event in Ledu County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, and it is also one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

Nanshan archery is a traditional sport popular in Ledu County, Qinghai Province. It was introduced into the local area in the Ming Dynasty, and began to take shape in the Qing Dynasty, lasting for hundreds of years. Nanshan archery competition has a unique way and rich content, which is deeply loved by local Han, Tibetan, Hui and Tu people. It is the main form of national fitness in Ledu County, Qinghai Province.

On June 7th, 2008, traditional archery (archery in Nanshan) was approved to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number VI-42. Nanshan archery was introduced to Ledu County, Qinghai Province in the Ming Dynasty, which took shape at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty and lasted for hundreds of years.

According to the textual research of Bagaicuo, a scholar of Qinghai Normal University, the custom of "archery in Nanshan" can be traced back at least to the middle of Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago. In order to resist the bullying of neighboring tribes, most local Tibetans are good at riding and shooting, and have formed a unique archery culture.

At the same time, due to the multi-ethnic settlement in this area and the influence of Tibetans, the local Han, Tu, Hui and other ethnic groups gradually fell in love with this sport, and gradually formed the custom that "everyone can shoot and every household has a bow".

Motor function:

Archery competitions are generally held in rural areas, and the home and away game system is implemented. The whole archery activity is divided into bow offering, invitation, arrangement of archery range, competition, building a house and sending archers. Bow offering is the prelude of the whole competition. Archers dressed in national costumes, with bows and arrows on their backs, came to Ebo with highland barley wine and butter tea to light mulberry smoke and offer sacrifices.

Subsequently, an arrow wrapped in wool and ribbon was tied to Ebo, and after worshipping devoutly and circling Ebo three times clockwise, all archers roared and ran to the village assembly point to start burning arrow tea.

The ceremony of inviting arrows is that the host selects two outstanding players with bows and arrows and brings gifts to Fangke Village to invite them to participate in the archery competition. The scoring method in archery competition is unique. Dig a small pit on both sides of the arrow field, and both sides will pick up egg-shaped boulders. Every time an arrow is shot, a stone will be thrown into the pit, and it will be settled once in two rounds, and the party with more stones will win.