What are the traditional sports of Yi people?

Wrestling: Wrestling is the most important and common sport among all traditional sports of Yi people. Especially in Torch Festival, Spring Festival and New Year's Eve, wrestling is an essential content.

Bow shooting: Bow is an ancient and indispensable self-defense weapon and hunting tool in the life of Yi people. The crossbow is shaped like a bow and made of hard rock mulberry or pear trees. Shooting with a crossbow is like shooting with a horizontal bow. As long as you pull the trigger, the arrow will fly out along the arrow slot in the crossbow bed, with a long range.

Firerope: It is widely spread among Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan, and is held on festivals or festive days. It is a unique mass sports activity of Yi people.

Horse racing: Horse racing is a traditional sports activity of the Yi people, which is usually held during the Spring Festival or when large-scale sacrificial activities are held. The racecourse is an oval track with a circumference of about 300-400 meters. During the race, all horses and riders need to dress up.

Grinding autumn: Also called "grinding autumn", it is named because this activity is very similar to the rotation of grinding. It is widely spread among the Yi people in Dafang County, Guizhou Province, especially among the four Yi girls in Bai Na Yi Township.

Bronze gun: Also known as powder gun, it looks like a rifle, but its body is slightly longer. Ignition with gunpowder, self-made lead to make pellets. When you shoot, it sounds like shooting.

Pole Climbing: It is a traditional sports activity held at the "March Meeting" in Mouding County, Chuxiong Prefecture. The "March Meeting" is a grand gathering held in Hehe Town, where the county seat is located, for three days every year.

Squat fighting: Yi language is called "mutual avoidance", which means fighting between cocks. After work, men often have squat competitions. There are one or two people on each side. They all take a crouching posture, with their hands folded on their chests, in a semi-crouching state. They hit each other with their left or right shoulders and are not allowed to push with their hands. Victory is to let the opponent's hands and hips land first through collision. Another way of competition is to squat in circles or zigzag. There is no limit to the number of participants, and the winner is the one who insists on the longest time.

Traditional cultural and sports activities of yi people. Popular in Liupanshui, Guizhou, where Yi people live in concentrated communities. The "Grass Cutting Festival" is held every year on June 24th of the lunar calendar. Legend has it that it has a history of more than 300 years. When dancing, several young people hold five colored silk-tied copper bells in one hand and hang a string of (ten) small bell blocks on their ankles in the other, jumping while dancing, with a lively rhythm and coordinated movements. When jumping to the climax, every two people fold "Lohan" or make various difficult movements, such as "turning the clock upside down" and "bowing down". In the competition, the referee decides the outcome according to the technical difficulty.

Drive the old cow: popular in Kunming, Yunnan, also known as "drive the old cow". Generally, it is carried out on clay ground. The site area is long, and the width is about 12m. Dig a nest with a diameter of 30 cm and a depth of 10 cm in the middle of the soil field, and dig several nests with the same distance at the edge of the field. The number of nests depends on the number of participants, and each nest has 1 person.