In this specific geographical area of Honghe Prefecture, affected by geography and environment, there are many Hani people living in the mountains and valleys, affected by the level of production, transportation, information, culture and other aspects of the formation of a single agricultural economic structure based on agricultural operations, the result of which is the formation of this economic structure as the basis of the economy of self-sustainability, the formation of a unique Hani ethnic economic basis, traditional sports, giving birth to the Hongni ethnic minority. On this economic basis, the unique ethnic sports of the Hani people have been formed, giving birth to the sports culture of the Hani people in Honghe Prefecture, and sports activities such as crossing small rivers on stilts, collecting wild fruits and chopping wood, and climbing trees have been formed.
Folk sports festivals with a strong national style Hani festivals are often associated with praying to the gods, ancestor worship, celebrating the harvest, ethnic interaction, folk entertainment and so on. Such as: "bitter Zaza", "Gan Tongtong", "Angmadu" and so on, in these festivals, sports competitions, singing and dancing are the important content of the festival activities. Sports, dance, music and other forms of activity are integrated, showing a harmonious and unified scene, these activities are formed by sports and other cultural forms of a composite culture to show the long history, ancient civilization.
National sports with fitness and recreation Hani traditional sports are people in the closed natural social environment, the main leisure fitness and recreation, it focuses on fun and practicality, fitness and recreation in one, not to the ultimate goal of sports performance, so as to achieve fitness and recreation purposes, such as "grinding autumn", "Shuttlecock" and so on, play simple, entertainment and practical.