Gripping is a sporting activity of which ethnic groups

Gripping sheep is a sports activity of the Uyghur ethnic group.?

Gripper (Uyghur gripper), traditional sport of Bachu County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The Uyghur Gripper is a popular sport and game among the Uyghurs and many other ethnic groups in the Northwest China region, and is known as the "Brave Man's Sport on the Grassland".

There are many proverbs and legends about this sports game in folklore, such as "Wrestling depends on strength, gripping the sheep to morale", "the eagle should fly in the sky, the young man should show his bravery on the gripping field", "the girl should be a grape picker," and "the girl should be a grape picker. "A girl should be a good grape picker, and a young man should be a good goat-carrying man". Gripper competition is usually carried out between two tribes or two groups, to "gripper" to the sheep after the safe delivery of the designated place for the party to win.

On June 7, 2008, the Gripping Sheep (Uyghur Gripping Sheep) was approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, with the heritage number VI-44.

Ethnic Culture

Uyghur Gripping Sheep is a kind of mass sports activity, which is held during weddings, traditional festivals such as Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz, and also on the occasion of traditional festivals such as the Eid al-Adha, Nowruz and other festivals. Traditional festivals, but also in the agricultural and pastoral period, the competition can be large or small, the number of participants from dozens of people to hundreds of people, generally choose to hold the competition in the open fields and flat pastures.

The Uyghur gripper sport, after thousands of years of inheritance and development, contains a rich national culture and national spirit, reflecting the Kyrgyz people's tough, rough, bold and brave national character. From the perspective of the development of the nation and society, the social value of the gripper movement is that it can improve the quality of the nation, promote the degree of social civilization forward, is a healthy form of entertainment.

Awati County will hold a grand gripper activity every festival or celebration. With the transformation of production and lifestyle, coupled with the cost of raising horses rising year by year, the gripper competition held fewer and fewer occasions, especially the folk spontaneous gripper competition is very little, the gripper competition is generally organized by the government's cultural sector unified organization.