Manipulating stone steps

Zhejiang
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Stone-rolling is one of the traditional sports of the She ethnic group in Jingning. It has a distinct national culture and rich scientific connotations. Stone-rolling is a competition of stepping on rolling stones (stone-rolling). The stones are mostly flat and round with smooth bottoms. The big ones can weigh hundreds of kilograms, and the small ones can weigh a few kilograms or dozens of kilograms. It depends on the manpower. It is usually carried out on the stone roads in villages and streets. The youth group is mostly a group of two, with one person holding the other's back and chest, so that the feet can step on the stone-rolling steadily, straighten the waist, and then work together to push the stone-rolling forward; the young and middle-aged group is a group of three or four people, one of whom is "strengthening the pole", and the other two or three people lift the pole flat on their hips, let the "strengthening pole" face up and straighten the hips, step on the stone with both feet, stretch the legs and straighten the waist, keep the direction steady, and push the stone-rolling weighing hundreds of kilograms forward quickly. The fast forward is called "cooking beans", the slow swimming is called "boiling oil", and the two groups moving towards each other and letting the stone-rolling violently collide is called "opposing the stone-rolling". If you are pushed to one side of the street during the "Dui Shi", you lose. In September 1996, the stone stone exercise was recommended as a performance event at the 3rd National Minority Games.

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