There are various forms of swing, such as swing, rotating swing, grinding swing, grinding swing and so on. Swing is the most common one. Fold the straight wood as a frame, there are two ropes on it, and a horizontal plate is tied to the rope below. People stand on the chessboard and do pendulum movement, and the one who swings high wins.
There is such a description in Ouyang Xiu's Yue Xi Chun in the Song Dynasty: "On March 13th, there was a cold food, and spring scenery spread all over the world. Yuexi Yangyuan was in a prosperous place, next to the forbidden wall. Pink wall, in the shadow of the swing. Nearby water people. " As can be seen from ancient poems, swinging is a game of ancient cold food festival. Because this activity is extremely entertaining, it has always been a favorite sport for women since ancient times. In order to make this sport more popular, swing was officially listed as a competition item at the third national traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities 1986. There are two forms of swing competition: high swing and bell ringing. Height competition is to win by the calculation of swing height, that is, to reach the highest point within the specified number of trial swings; Bell-ringing (bell-kicking) competition is based on the number of times an athlete rings the bell at a specified height and time to calculate the results and decide the outcome. Traditionally, swing competitions are limited to women. Team, singles and doubles. At the 6th National Minority Traditional Sports Meeting, there were five events: individual height ringing, double height ringing and team competition. The swing competition of the 7th National Minority Traditional Sports Games was arranged in Yinchuan Amusement Park. On July 18, the Preparatory Committee held a lottery ceremony to determine the events and daily arrangements of the swing competition in the National Games.
The swing competition venue is a rectangular flat land of 20m× 8m. The swing platform (for athletes to pedal at the beginning of the trial swing) is12m high, and1.3m high.
There are six test swings in the aerial competition, single or double. The swinging height of the clock rod is 6 meters. Ultimate height: double 10.5m, single 10m.
In the bell-touching competition, the height of the bell pole of a single person is 6.2 meters, and that of a double person is 7 meters. There will be a trial swing in the single and double bell ringing competition, and the time is 10 minute.