What are the sports of Buyi people?

Yi nationality in Tibet is one of the many ethnic minorities in China, with a long history and profound cultural connotation. Especially in Buyi culture, there is a traditional sports culture full of youthful vitality, which makes Buyi culture full of vitality. Buyi traditional sports developed from daily life and production, which is a cultural form of national labor and an important part of national culture.

The unique geographical landform has created the cultural characteristics of Buyi people. Fear of nature, caring for ecology with life and decorating life with happiness have become the portrayal of Buyi people's lives. The traditional sports culture of Buyi nationality is closely related to its productive labor, social struggle and daily life, and is full of national characteristics.

Sports events, such as touching bars, swinging, beating snails, "beating turtles", throwing flower bags, beating lions, dancing with handles, using chains, etc., are typical traditional national sports forms of Buyi people. All kinds of sports activities are mostly carried out in slack seasons and festivals, and they all have strong national characteristics.

Arrive at the bar

Shoulder-touching is a popular sports activity among Buyi people in Huangla, Anshun, Guizhou, and it is a form of competitive skill competition.

According to legend, this teaching activity was initiated by a Buyi leader named Bai in the late Qing Dynasty. In order to prevent foreign invasion, he carried out various sports activities in Huangla area, recruited talents and made contributions to ensuring the safety of one side, and was specially approved by the Qing government as Wu Lulang. Support is one of the competitive activities characterized by strength.

The traditional Buyi touch bar competition mainly pays attention to dexterity and shows their arm strength, wrist strength and waist strength to the audience. This form of competition is characterized by its emphasis on Gong Zhuang. In two concentric circles with a diameter of about 2 meters and 3 meters, both sides crouched in small circles. Who can win by picking, swinging, pushing and pushing the other side out of the circle within the specified time? The winner is a symbol of strength and an idol pursued and worshipped by beautiful girls. She will get a mask of Nuo opera. This project is very popular with young Buyi men.

sway

Swing is a traditional sport form of Buyi people. It is a project that men, women and children like. Bouyei people's swings mainly have two forms, Guanyin autumn and plywood autumn.

Guanyin Autumn, also known as Cross Autumn, looks like a waterwheel. In the game, four people spin in autumn at the same time, and it is more interesting to hang lanterns on the swing at night. Men, women and children can participate.

Partition autumn, also known as grinding autumn. When polishing autumn, one person turns the autumn board on the ground, and the other person tilts up to do various actions. Especially popular with young people, men and women can play together.

Play with lions

Playing with lions is a folk activity held by Buyi people on important festivals. It is an art form that combines skills with games and entertainment.

In Buyi people, lion-playing activities are held on important days such as Spring Festival, building new houses and holding funerals. Buyi lions are usually sewn into a lion's body with linen, tied into a lion's head with bamboo, pasted with paper and colored. When playing lions, there are usually gongs, drums, cymbals and other accompaniment.

The most wonderful thing for Buyi people to play with lions is to stack 12 square tables on the field. Accompanied by gongs and drums suona, the lion players who know martial arts gradually climbed up. Every time they come to a table, they have to do some actions until they come to 12 table. At this time, the lion dancer will tease the lion, do all kinds of dangerous actions and return to the ground with the applause of the audience.