In order to further promote the national fitness and carry forward the minority culture, the 10th National Minority Traditional Sports Meeting added the national aerobics competition, which also became a new highlight of the National Minority Games.
National calisthenics is a prescribed routine compiled by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission for the national calisthenics competition of the 10th National Minority Traditional Sports Games. This set of aerobics takes the typical dance elements of many nationalities as the action material, takes fitness as the first element, naturally, smoothly and reasonably combines the softness of national dance with the strength of aerobics, highlights the health, strength and beauty of movements, and perfectly combines national traditional culture with modern fitness.
The whole set of national aerobics lasts for 3 minutes and 30 seconds (10 second), with 56 eight beats, representing 56 nationalities. Although the national aerobics lasts only a few minutes, it combines the dance elements of more than 20 ethnic groups, such as Uygur, Mongolian, Dai, Tujia and Tibetan, and perfectly combines the resilience of aerobics with national dance.
Wu Cuiying, director of the Cultural Publicity Department of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, once said in an interview that "national fitness has become a national strategy. Promoting national aerobics (competition version) to the whole country is also inspired by square dance. The main purpose is to integrate science and entertainment with national aerobics, and to inherit the traditional national culture in a dynamic form. "