Swing is a sport created by northern minorities in ancient China. It was introduced into the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because its equipment is simple and easy to learn, it is deeply loved by people and quickly becomes popular all over the country. After the Han Dynasty, the swing gradually became a folk activity of Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals, which has been passed down to this day.
Swing is still popular in a few areas, but it has become a special activity for children in most areas of China. 1986 In February, the State Sports Commission formulated the rules (draft) for the swing competition, and in the same year, the swing was listed as the official event of the National Minority Games. By 1999, the sixth national minority games, swing has developed into a larger project including six individual events.
The significance of swinging
Swing implies a comfortable life. "lintel" this is a complicated autumn dryness. Put a square wooden wheel on a solid wooden frame and hang a pair of small swings at each corner of the wheel. Four people sit on the pedal, while others shake the board to make the big wooden wheel turn. People on the swing feel comfortable with the rotation of the big wooden wheel, high or low.
"Plate is not evil" means health and longevity. "The board is not evil." If the board is not evil, it is called "falling but not dying." The erection method is as follows: cover a pulley head on the beam of the swing frame, wrap it with a thick rope (only once), with both ends drooping, and a pedal rod is fixed on one of the rope heads.
When I first started playing, my feet were on the pedal lever. Hold the rope between your legs, and tighten the other end of the rope with both hands, so that this end of the rope is down and the other end leads people up. Peanuts, candy, cigarettes, wine and other rewards are hung on the semi-circular thorns above the swing beam. Who can climb to the top, firmly fix it on the pulley head, and then reach out and touch the reward, who is good. What kind of prize you touch, give it to this person. Ordinary people often fall when they can't get up, and slide or fall when they get up without tightening the pulley head, hence the name "the board is not evil"
The origin of the custom of swinging
In ancient times, I made a living by swinging. The origin of swing can be traced back to ancient times hundreds of thousands of years ago. At that time, our ancestors had to climb trees to pick wild fruits or hunt wild animals in order to make a living. In climbing and running, they often catch the thick vines and rely on the swaying vines to climb trees or cross ditches and streams. This is the most primitive prototype of the swing. As for the later swings with ropes hanging from wooden frames and pedals tied to them, they existed in northern China in the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a record in Yiwenzhi Collection that "the mountain in the north swings into cold food every day for a play".
In the ancient north, swinging was a minority sport. Swing is a sport created by northern minorities in ancient China. It was introduced into the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because its equipment is simple and easy to learn, it is deeply loved by people and quickly swept the country. After the Han Dynasty, the swing gradually became a folk sports activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals, which has been passed down to this day.
In ancient times, swinging was one of the means to find someone. According to Jing Chu Sui Ji, there is a saying that Yangchun's daughter is laughing and Qingyang is swinging. Dancing in the air in a thin skirt, it is suspected that Chang' e 9 came down to earth. This is a story about young men and women meeting on a swing.