What are the characteristics of Yi wrestling

The Yi people hold wrestling activities in their traditional festivals---Torch Festival and Yi Calendar Year. Among the Yi people, wrestling masters are highly respected. As a result, wrestling activities are also carried out widely. All regions of the Yi have their own stipulated wrestling dates, the size of the Liangshan Mountains and western Yunnan Weishan, Chuxiong area, to June 24th, 25th of the Torch Festival is the main, but also prevalent in the marriage ceremony held wrestling activities. Mile and Lunan in southern Yunnan mainly wrestle in February and March of the lunar calendar. In eastern Yunnan, however, wrestling is performed for three days after the sacrifices in each month of the Lunar Calendar. There are other wrestling events in the Yi calendar year, Lantern Festival, Duanyang Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Yunnan Yi wrestling is usually transformed from a standing fall into a kneeling support fall cycle, the main action is to grab each other's waistband, hold a single leg, over the back, clip arm flip, through the legs, etc., so that the other shoulder to the ground for the win, and international freestyle wrestling is similar, just do not divide the weight group, there is no time limit. Sichuan Liangshan Yi wrestling, it is the first two sides to hold the waist to catch, and then use the shoulder, arm and waist action will be the other side of the fall. Athletes on the field of two out of three, the loser retired, the winner to fight again. Yi wrestling does not engage in finals, as long as the continuous victory over two or more different opponents, will be rewarded. Winning two, losing to the third person, on the spot prize red cloth one meter, winning three or more people, to participate in the "hanging red" ceremony. At the end of each wrestling match, the general assembly will gather those who have defeated more than three people in the arena to give out prizes. The one with the most victories over his opponents was "Hercules", and he was awarded a red cloth of about ten meters long, called "Hanging Red". Other winners, according to the number of victories over opponents, divided into one to five prizes to red cloth meters, respectively, "hanging red".