Ancient slogan of beating people

In ancient China, similar sumo competitions were also popular, that is, corner kicks.

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First of all, the origin of the ancient horn. It is said that Chiyou has horns on his head. When they fought against the Yellow Emperor, they touched people with horns on their heads. It is difficult for the enemy to defend against this. Later, people wore masks with horns to compete and fight with each other. This kind of activity is both a competition and a performance. It is called Jiao Jiao and Chiyou Opera.

Second, the development history of toe crossing

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the horn flute gradually became an entertainment performance. From the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jiaodi was also called Sumo. Sumo was mentioned many times in Yi Shan Miscellany by Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. He classified "skinny sumo" as "disproportionate", "Sumo's face is swollen" as "shame" and "being good at sumo but losing" as "fear".

Second, the angle reaches history?

People engaged in sumo in the Song Dynasty are divided into two categories: one is called "Neidengzi", who is the imperial sumo wrestlers of the court, serving as both a performer and a court bodyguard; There is also a street sumo wrestlers, which often performs for the citizens in the streets and lanes. At that time, sumo "stars" all had names, such as "Zhang, Cao Tiequan, Wudang Mountain, Dong Jikuai", etc. From their names, we can roughly see the characteristics of this person's sumo.

There was also "Children's Sumo" in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the performance, the two children got down, supported on the ground with their hands and touched each other with their heads like cows. Some people push their legs back and hug each other.

"Women's Wrestling" refers to women sumo wrestlers. Before the formal performance of sumo, several couples of female sumo wrestlers often come out to perform some routines to attract the audience. Famous female sumo wrestlers include "Saiguansuo, Xiaosanniang and Heisijie". Look at these names, they should also be highly skilled people.

"Joe Sumo", commonly known as "Guigui Wrestling", is a kind of comic performance of sumo, which is a form of solo performance. The performers hid in the clothes covers of two dolls made of cotton and straw, pretended to be two people with their legs and arms, and wrestled with each other.

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Third, the sumo competition.

There are several sumo masters in Water Margin. Jiang Menshen occupied the "Happy Forest" with sumo, and Song Wu regained the "Happy Forest" with sumo "Yuhuan step, Yuanyang turn". The most wonderful thing in Water Margin is the sumo competition between the prodigal Yan Qing and Optimus Prime Ren Yuan. let