Walking on Stilts
Author：loach From：Chinahotel.Com：2007-11-26
Gaoqiao (Walking on Stilts) performers usually tie two long stilts to their feet. High skill is required and the form is lively and various. Because the performers on stilts are higher than others, they can be easily seen. On their "moving stage", they are deeply loved by masses.
Scholars believe the Gaoqiao originates from the totem worship of primitive clans and the fishermen's lives along the coast. Historians have proved that the Danzhu clan in the times of Yao and Shun emperors, who took the crane as their totem, walked on stilts in their sacrificing and imitated dances of the crane. Archaeologists say some oracle-bone scriptures had images of dancing on stilts.
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