Li people like to dance "bamboo dance", usually in the yard or on the threshing floor. When dancing, there are four people squatting on each side, each holding one end of the bamboo pole horizontally with his hand and beating it according to the rhythm. With the opening and closing of bamboo poles, dancers keep jumping up and down with their feet and make all kinds of wonderful movements. The dance is quite enthusiastic and fascinating.

Ten thousand people bamboo dance performance

Bamboo pole dancing, also called jumping bamboo pole, means "jumping firewood" in Li language. Because it is a fitness exercise, foreign tourists also call it "a rare aerobics in the world". This sport is popular in Ledong, Dongfang, Changjiang, Baisha and other Li autonomous counties in Wuzhishan area of Hainan Island. According to research, it has a history of hundreds of years. ?

"Jumping firewood" was originally an ancient ritual way of Li nationality. According to legend, jumping firewood is an ancient sacrificial way of Li nationality, which has a history of hundreds of years. When the Li family returned to the warehouse after hard farming, all the men, women and children in the village were beaming and wearing holiday clothes. Every household cooks new rice, makes glutinous rice wine, slaughters livestock and sacrifices ancestors and gods. After a hearty meal, everyone flocked to the hillside, lit a bonfire and danced bamboo pole.