Wuqiao county is a world-famous hometown of acrobatics. It worships "Lv Zu" as its industry god, creates the industry "Spring Sutra" (jargon), derives oral literature forms such as "Shuo" and "Gong Song" in performance, forms unique rules in performance, props, management and inheritance, and forms a complete industry cultural system, which is known as "Ten Acrobatics and Nine Acrobatics" and "No Acrobatics Class without Wuqiao".

However, since the 1950s, due to the changes in social, political and economic conditions, performance organization forms and activity forms, there have been fewer and fewer old artists, old coaches and old artists, and the industry rules have been diluted. Wuqiao acrobatic culture is in danger of extinction and needs to be excavated, rescued and protected.

Historical origin

According to the "Cangzhou Wuqiao County Records", in Wuqiao, Cangzhou, every festival, "lighting up for three days, setting off fireworks and performing acrobatics, officials have to stay up all night". Known as "up to ninety-nine, down to just leaving; When it comes to acrobatics, everyone knows both hands. "

According to relevant historical records, Wuqiao acrobatics has the longest history. According to legend, Wuqiao is the fief of Sun Wu's descendants. There are indeed many people surnamed Sun in Wuqiao. There are more than a dozen villages named after Sun, such as Qiansun, Housun and Paifang Village. There is a group of mounds in the southeast of Wuqiao ancient city, which is said to be the site of a "maze" during the war between Sun Bin and Pang Juan. There is a Sun Gongmiao village ten miles south of the mound, and there is a Sun Gongmiao in the east of the village. The statue enshrined in the temple is Sun Bin. It is said that Wuqiao people practiced martial arts and acrobatics very early, which is related to this.

Wuqiao acrobatics has a history of more than 2800 years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. 1957, Xiaomachang Village, wuqiao county, found a tomb of the Feng family in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (543-550) in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are acrobatic performances such as scorpion climbing, belly top, handstand and equestrian on the murals, which shows the development of acrobatic art at that time.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuqiao Acrobatics.