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- BUMP!: A cu qiu player attempts to score by kicking a ball into an opposing player's ball, similar to a large-scale game of marbles. Cu qiu, derived from an ancient Chinese football game named cu ju, is popular among Man, Mongolian and Hui ethnic minority groups (SHI GANG)
- NEW ENTRY: Duzhupiao, or single bamboo drifting, was introduced as a competetive event this year. Barefoot players must keep the balance and glide across water on drifting poles (SHI GANG)
- SWING HIGH: In dangqiuqian, or swinging, athletes compete for medals based on the height they can reach by swinging or by the number of times they can swing to certain height within a fixed time limit. Dangqiuqian is a traditional folk game, loved especially by women of China-Korean ethnic group. It's the only event solely for women during the nine-day games (SHI GANG)
- SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND: Datuoluo, or peg-top beating, is recognized as one of China's oldest pastimes. Players take turns, the defender initiating play by spinning the top first, and the opponent scores if the top can bump the defender's out of the court or remain spinning longer (SHI GANG)
- ON THE MARCH: Board shoes racing, dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is well liked among ethnic minority groups in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It's demanding for the individual player's sense of rhythm and the team's sense of coordination (SHI GANG)
- FRIENDLY FIGHTING: Tibetan wrestling, called beiga in Chinese (SHI GANG)
- PLANTED FIRMLY: Participants in China-Korean ethnic-style wrestling, or xirimu, must avoid touching the ground with any part of body above and including the knees (SHI GANG)
- IN CONTROL: Horse walking is similar to heel-and-toe racing; horses are forbidden to gallop and riders are disqualified if at any time their mount's hooves leave the ground simultaneously. This demands careful communication and coordination between jockey and horse (SHI GANG)
- STEPPE LIVELY: Horse racing is a traditional event for people living in grassland areas, like the north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in the northwest, where festivals are often celebrated with equestrian competitions (SHI GANG)
- VICTORY AHEAD: Jockey and horse make the final sprint in the 2,000-meter horse race. The first prize of this event was claimed by the Guizhou delegation (SHI GANG)
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