Synchronous rope skipping is a traditional sports event in Xi City, Shaanxi Province, and it is one of the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage lists in Shaanxi Province. The rope used for skipping rope in ancient times was called "rope". People use marijuana to make ropes. In the process of weaving ropes, they often cross the ropes repeatedly. Children find it very interesting, so they imitate it with short ropes and try to find some simple ways to cross the ropes over time.

Gradually, this action of crossing the rope was played by children as a game, so the activity of skipping rope came into being. Among the cultural relics unearthed in Mawangdui, there is a saying of "long rope jumping", and the picture of skipping rope has appeared in the stone carving depiction of "Le Wu Che Tu" in Han Dynasty. Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties? There is a record of skipping rope by a single person in "The Last Master". Skipping rope was called "threading rope" in Tang Dynasty, "skipping rope" in Song Dynasty, "jumping white rope" in Ming Dynasty and "rope flying" in Qing Dynasty.

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Synchronized rope skipping includes 12 categories, more than 60 rope paths and more than 300 jumping modes, which is suitable for collective performances in the square. Generally, the most common practitioners are "eight sets of rope diameters for beginners and square drills": four basic skills, eight rope skipping exercises, rope skipping dance, marching rope skipping and rope array, bodybuilding rope skipping exercises, long rope jumping, double rope skipping and rope skipping exercises. "Elementary Eight Sets of Ropes" is often accompanied by the music "Jumping Songs".

Twelve categories of pattern rope skipping are rope skipping, rope skipping, rope boxing, rope art, rope array, fun jump, long rope jump, double rope jump, multi-rope cross jump, rope skipping, rope skipping relay race and rope skipping rally race. All kinds of skipping rope are divided into various rope paths, such as "Eight Knots Skipping Exercise", "Bodybuilding Skipping Exercise" and "Old People Skipping".