Maqiu
Maqiu is a traditional sports activity mainly popular in the villages of the Zhuang people in Wenshan, Guangxi.
The circulation of the Zhuang grinding autumn has a relatively long history. It has been recorded in the General Records of Yunnan: "The Dragon people know how to cultivate and weave, and they play on the first day of the first month of the lunar year as a swing, which is the first thing they do in order to learn how to walk on stilts with the meaning of longevity, and the second thing is that they play on the first day of the first month of the lunar year, and there are some of them in the near contours of Pu'er Prefecture." Nowadays, in the Zhuang area of Wenshan Prefecture, whenever festivals are approaching, there are activities such as cross swinging and grinding swinging, which are especially popular among young men and women. Qing Dynasty "sin but record" book also recorded that: "Long family,...... spring and fall standing wood in the field, called the ghost pole. Women spinning leap and choose the right." Qing "Borderline Chronicle" also has "Li people 隝 barbarians barbarians also ....... Spring time maturity female play swing to lure loose son, hand in hand jumping song each play" account. Reflects the swing in this area of the Zhuang folk prevalence is very early.
About the specific form of the Zhuang grinding autumn, the "National Customs of China" has described: "and vertical has been wood on the ground, a horizontal wood chiseled therein, together with the straight wood, two people a left and a right, pouncing on the horizontal wood at the end of the two for the play. This fall, this rise, this rise and fall, and vacated in mid-air is called grinding the fall".
Panel Shoes Athletics
Panel Shoes Athletics is a traditional sports program of the Zhuang folk in Guangxi, which is a form of sports that integrates competition, entertainment and fitness.
The board shoes athletic activities of the Zhuang people originated in the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period. Legend has it that this activity was promoted by Mrs. Wah as a way to train soldiers. In order to keep the soldiers in step, Mrs. Wah made long wooden shoes according to the appearance of the clogs of the Zhuang people, so that the soldiers in groups of three or six, **** with a pair of long board shoes run in step. To run fast, must be united, tacit cooperation, if one person is distracted or mentally unfocused, will affect the collective. Board shoes of competitive exercises, both cultivate the soldiers tenacity, courage, perseverance, courageous fighting spirit, but also improve the physical quality of soldiers, to improve the combat effectiveness of the army as a good sport. Later this activity has gradually evolved into a class of folk traditional sports forms.
The board shoes of the Zhuang folk athletic, in various forms, mainly wearing board shoes to grab dumplings, board shoes, rice-planting dance, board shoes playing in the water, board shoes, picking incense (a kind of mascot of the Zhuang people), board shoes, throwing the embroidered ball, board shoes, fan dance, board shoes, boxing, board shoes, stepping on the balloon, and so on. Because of the simple board shoes athletic equipment, and not subject to age and gender restrictions, and therefore very easy to promote and popularize.
Board shoes athletic competition, to board shoes racing form. The competition is usually held on the track and field, and the width of the track is 2.44 to 2.50 meters. The number of participants depends on the competition. During the race, the required number of people put their feet together on the same pair of shoes and race on the track. The final ranking is determined by the amount of time taken over the same distance.
Bamangyan
Bamangyan is a kind of national sports activity created by the Zhuang people in their long-term life practice.
In the Zhuang folklore, there is a legend about Bamangyan. On the Chongyang Festival day in 1892, a group of young men and women of the Zhuang nationality went to the beach by the Saina River (Sishui Township) to celebrate the festival, and saw that the beach side of the river was full of blossomed Bamang Grass, and they each collected a large handful of "Bamang Heart" to take back to play. One of them, a young man named Meng Jitian, threaded the "palm hearts" into a string and patted them with his hands, making them look like swallows flying in the air, which was so interesting to everyone that he named them "palm swallows". From then on, every year on the ninth day of the ninth month, young men and women go to the river to collect Bamang hearts, and Bamang Yan has become one of the festival activities.
The competition form of playing Bamang Yen has two pairs of players and mixed players. In "Bamang Yen", young people of both sexes come together and beat each other to beat the Bamang Yen to the person they want the most. Playing Bamang Yan is not only a young people's favorite sports activities, but also a way for young men and women to socialize, which not only plays a role in physical exercise, but also cultivates the sentiments of young people.
Treading windmills
Treading windmills, also known as "Xiong Jiu Le", is a traditional sports activity of the Zhuang folk around Longlin in Guangxi, which is mainly popular among the male and female youth of the Zhuang people.
The windmill activity, in the Zhuang folk since ancient times. Qing Su Zongjing, "Guangxi Tongzhi Series" recorded "driving along the river to irrigate the field" of the car when the cylinder car, which should be the prototype of the windmill of the Zhuang stepping. Now the windmill of the Zhuang people, is on the windmill frame made of wooden strips, mainly in the first month of every year and before and after the third day of the third month. This is also the most lively time for young men and women of the Zhuang people to step on windmills.
The windmills are stepped on in groups of four. Beginning of the four people were holding a wooden frame, the first by the ground to pedal, four people at the same time around the circle, who turned to the ground who will pedal, so that the windmill rotates constantly. In the competition within the stipulated time, to rotate the number of circles, the most beautiful posture for the winner.
Step on the windmill is more thrilling, loved by young men and women. To carry out this activity, can exercise the human will, cultivate human perseverance, enhance the human back and leg strength, and promote the physical and mental health of people. Is a form of entertainment and competition to enrich the cultural life of the people