What are the traditional Qiang sports and competitions?

Wrestling: it is a traditional sport among the Qiang folk. It is mainly popular among the Qiang youth. Qiang wrestling is divided into two forms. One is that the two sides cross each other to hold each other's belt, the competition can not be kicked and tripped feet, in order to three consecutive times will be the other side of the fall for the win; the other for the "hold flower shoulder" type of wrestling, that is, the two sides hold each other's shoulders, in order to use their feet to trip each other for the win.

Putting: A traditional activity unique to the Qiang people, it is mainly popular among the Qiang people in Aba, Sichuan Province, and is one of the main recreational activities carried out during various festivals and celebrations of the Qiang people.

In the Qiang folklore, there is a legend about the origin of puttering. A long time ago, the Qiang people moved south to the upper reaches of the Minjiang River and fought a war of survival with the local "Gogi people". At the critical moment, the Qiang people selected a group of strong warriors to form a spear army, and defeated the Gogi people with the help of the God of Heaven, Qipolle. But when the heroes were chosen at the celebration, no one was willing to name their own merits. So the warriors would remove the pointed spears to make a thrusting contest, with the winner toasting one bowl of wine and the winner three times toasting five bowls. As a result of the rounds, the warrior with the greatest strength was chosen as the hero. Later, this form as a putt-putt activity in the Qiang village passed down.

Popular in the Qiang folk putter, has become a rule of sports and athletic activities. The putter uses an ordinary wooden pole that is 3-4 meters long and about 20 centimeters thick. Two people opposite each other, the defense party half crouched on the ground, holding one end of the wooden pole clamped between the legs, the attacking party holding the other end of the force forward push.

The attacking and defending sides face each other, and the wooden pole stays horizontal, so it can't swing up and down or suddenly push hard. The referee orders the attacking side to start pushing forward, time to clap 5 times (about 5 seconds) as the limit, the attacking side will be the defending side pushed out of the boundary of 50 centimeters away for the winning round, otherwise it is negative. Attacking side can be increased to 2 to 3 people, the time distance increased accordingly. For a two-player offense, 10 hand claps and 100 centimeters of distance are required to win the game. Three people attack the time is increased accordingly, the game more than two out of three games to decide the winner.