Tibetan Wrestling: strength and skill test

Wrestling is widely considered the world’s oldest competitive sport, in the unearthed ancient Egyptian wall paintings 5,000 years ago, there have been wrestling on the pattern. When the ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC, wrestling has become one of the event. In China, the same wrestling has a long history, especially in the life of the Tibetan people, wrestling is still a long history of popular sports.

See who is more brave and smarter

Tibetan wrestling, Tibetan is called “North Ga”, “Jiazhe” or “Day”, Kangding Tibetan is called “write Chak”, Baima Tibetan called “card mess is.” As early as the embryonic form of the primitive society had already appeared during the wrestling. Before the arrival of the cold weapons, and the nature of Tibetan ancestors, the struggle with the hostile tribes, the close combat has become the most important battle in the form. This war is a close combat wrestling shape.

According to archaeological excavations found Yalong He appeared in the valley in the Stone Age remains of the original wrestling. Some scholars of that spread in the masses of Tibetan areas, the system reflects the 7th century AD, the ancient Tibetan society before the epic “King Gesar” there wrestling legend. “Range Life of King Gesar,” also has records of Tibetan wrestling.

In Songtsan period, wrestling and other sports activities are classified as military training and combat one of the main ways. “Tibet Chi Soldier” on the record of the “martial arts”, “or flutter,” and so on. Ancient army training, wrestling exercise with the power of the will and the war fighter skills. There is also a test of regular soldiers to see who is more clever brave military Thorens. If the ancient battlefield, “North Ga” is the cost of life and death, war, and that the Tibetan army soldiers and discussions on the first, and close to the sporting spirit of the “North Ga” game.

Murals wrestler

Founded in the 7th century frescoes, Samye a group of wrestling in the picture, bare chested wrestler, back coated with butter Mingguang shining, the next half of shorts to wear, and gird cloth belt, and wearing boots doing wrestle possession of arms, pull back, stumbling feet and other activities. Another site in the monastery Wuzi hall murals show wrestling, wrestler in pairs, drawing a total of 12 points 6 on the same time competition. One with white shorts, red shorts, a party, they barefoot, shirtless. Some of the beginning of both games played against, and some have been wedding day, and some have been falling to the ground, there are injuries truce. There are also a game of two referees, wearing Tibetan robes and holding a Tibetan writing “1″ and “2″ wooden plaque. One who “1″ number plate appears to be the referee, wearing a wide brimmed hat, standing on one table; another judge to the “2″ wooden plaque, set in the table to the winner prize. In addition, there are two hands Hada, prepared to the unique ethnic Tibetan rituals dedicated to the winners. Can be seen, when the Tibetan wrestling rules have been better, and become a Tibetan one of the major sports.

According to historical records, the Sui and Tang dynasties and Tubo Central Plains frequent exchanges in sports, wrestling wrestlers from Tibet to the Central Plains who was an eye-opener. Han Chinese, Buddhism and Taoism in his book “Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks” and reads: “There is one person natives Yun Gong Zhuang, sumo wrestling in the North outside the trial, were invincible.” Here the word “natives” is the Tibetan, which can be seen as early as in Tang Dynasty, Tibet’s wrestling on the Central Plains began to spread.

Professor Ding Linghui Tibet University and others to research, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes two figure in Tibetan Buddhism there is a description of note Prince (Buddha) and the younger brother of Nanda from the wrestling scene.

“Live Wrestling” and “death wrestling“

The Tibetan people, wrestling, wrestling as a sport very popular with the Tibetan people’s preferences, wrestling not only at festivals, meetings or post-harvest celebration as a must have item, the gap in their daily work can be seen everywhere, children are more in Wrestling for daily homework. Tibetan Women’s wrestling is also very popular, the little girl to a middle-aged women are like. According to legend, a tribe in the health area, if a woman through all the tribes men wrestling over, you can become a leader of the tribe.

Mr. Ren Naiqiang well-known scholars in the “West Figure by” on the recorded wrestling Tibetans in Kham to the details of the wedding: “When the wedding is completed, the groom Kok Sheng, another push, to win the groom may only homoclinic. Otherwise, the bride escape, but to be under another dowry. “

“Series of Chinese folk customs of Tibet,” a book on Tibetan wrestling is also documented. Folk wrestling wrestling to sing songs and do the wild geese flying dance moves to play, sing completed in order to pay tribute to the Tibetan ceremony to greet each other, and then start the race. Competition generally 10 meters in diameter circular wrestling mat, on the grass or sand, on an individual basis, regardless of age and weight restrictions, but must be barefoot on stage.

Meanwhile, the Tibetan wrestling in the Guardian Tibetan, Kham and Amdo Tibetan areas and Xinjiang are also very popular in some areas, different regions derived from distinctive Tibetan wrestling.

Qinghai Tibetan wrestling “living wrestle” and “death wrestle” points. Live Wrestling is not too much, the two sides grab hold, grab belt, hook hands and feet stumbled available, will fall to the ground that the other side to win; dead calm that holds the two sides wrestle, and not allowed to use the other legs and feet stumbled and fell each other until the trunk to the ground.

According to the “Tianzhu County,” “Zhuoni County”, “Gannan state records,” such as local history records, and the Gannan Tibetan areas in Tianzhu Tibetan areas into freestyle wrestling and fixed two. Freestyle rules and Qinghai Tibetan “living wrestle” the same can hook leggings legs, fell to the ground as long as you can. This requires not only have explosive players, but also endurance, resourcefulness can only add strength to win. Fixed requires players into battle barefoot and can not hook the legs and feet stumbled with each other, the two sides match different color belt system, the relative standing. Judge who announced the start of the race, both sides rush to grab belt, and grasp the waist area, and then throw, pull, since mentioning such action, so that the other two parts of the ground or win. Competition generally taken best of three games.

Poor Kat: The first winner of the international Tibetan wrestler

March 13, 2003 to 14, hosted in China Series A-International Wrestling races Guilin, Tibet, China’s female athletes selected for the poor Kyrgyz wrestling team to participate in the tournament, won the women’s 63kg first place, mounted the podium in international competition, and the results as a national athlete.

The region from the female athletes in Linzhi, Tibet Autonomous Region in 2000 was only recruited into the movement class for Sports School, in August 2001 delivered to the Chinese Olympic wrestling team training. Just 3 years, the “southern plateau,” the girl on the Brahmaputra River come from the wrestling world podium. Become the pride of the Tibetan people, but also let us see the Tibetan people the power of the blood and accumulated skills.

Unique wrestling immediately

Tibetan areas of wrestling back there-and soon arrived back wrestling. These two unique ways in Tibetan areas outside of wrestling is difficult to see. Especially immediately wrestling, it is unique to Tibetan people.

Arrived back way back wrestling match between the two sides Beikaozhaobei standing, the referee announced the beginning, the two sides relative to backward or pull with the other hand, the same time forced to take up the other side so that it will be the winner feet off the ground. Back wrestling wrestling, face to face than the power requirements of the participants higher power is a more pure race.

Immediately wrestling, the athletes are very comprehensive requirements. Mercedes-Benz in the fierce competition players riding the horse and push each fall to make opponents fall from a horse to win. It requires not only amazing athletes riding, running and high-speed bumps in the horse to maintain his balance, but also to attack opponents ideas. This wrestling is very dangerous way, it reflects the ancient war of cavalry warfare. Now wrestling in the ancient Tibetan region is not very popular, and now in the Tibetan areas is rarely met.

So it is the Wrestling in Tibet!

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