Hmong Upper Dagger Mountain

The Hmong Upper Dagger Mountain is also known as ? On the knife ladder? , is one of the Miao people's favorite traditional sports. The knife ladder consists of a 12-meter-high iron pillar, 72 incomparably sharp steel knives and 3 chilling steel forks on the top. Whenever there is a New Year's Eve, or a major festival, there are warrior performances. Performers dressed in national costume, barefoot, bare bladder, hands grabbing the silver glittering, chilling blade step by step. Climbed thirty-six cross-stall knife, the leader of the top of the ladder blowing the conch, the following warriors will be one after another, a natural demeanor, such as walking the ladder.

Legend: a long time ago, there was a demon in the Miao Mountains, which made waves and made life unbearable for the people. A young Hmong named Shi Ba Gui martial arts, volunteered for the people to get rid of the harm. The people carried roosters and tables of offerings to a high mountain with Ba Gui, who was armed with thirty-six steel swords. Ba Gui will be the steel sword as a crossbar nailed to an ancient tree in the sky, step by step climbed to the top of the tree, stood on the tip of the tree shouting towards the sky, dancing in the hands of the Demon Whip, blowing a large conch; at the same time, the crowd under the tree lit firecrackers, knocking all the ringing equipment, the demon scared away. From then on, the people lived a good life. In order to commemorate the spirit of Shi Ba Gui for the people to get rid of the spirit, on the knife ladder activities have been passed down from generation to generation.