What kind of folk activity was stilt walking in ancient times?

Walking on stilts is one of the traditional folk activities in China. Walking on stilts, commonly known as "binding firewood feet", is also called "walking on stilts", "binding high feet" and "climbing high legs". This is a popular folk mass performance. In some folk festivals, dancers usually perform in the square with long wooden stilts tied to their feet.

As for the origin of stilts, most people think it is related to the totem worship of primitive clans and the fishing life of coastal fishermen. In fact, stilts originally belonged to one of the ancient "hundred plays" and appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period.

Ancient stilts were superb in skills, varied in forms and lively. Because stilts are taller than ordinary people, they are easy to watch from far and near, and their mobility is no different from that of the activity stage, so they are deeply loved by people.