Have you ever seen a rare "three-arrow tail-chase"?
The first arrow is in the middle of 10 rings
The last two arrows hit the tail of the previous one in turn
Three arrows overlap and stack each other
It's not archery, it's crossbow
In May 2019, Li Xiaoli shot "three arrows chasing the tail"
Li Xiaoli, the inheritor of the crossbow shooting project in Yunnan Province
In 2019, the 11th National Democratic Games
Yunnan crossbow team tryout
That's the result
In the end, he was selected for the Yunnan team with a score of 20 arrows and 193 rings
Of course, the results of these three arrows are recorded as 30 rings
Li Xiaoli is known as the "Prince of Crossbow Shooting"
He has participated in five National Minority Games
He won 9 gold medals in the crossbow shooting event
and 5 gold medals in the National Minority Crossbow Shooting Championship
Li Xiaoli shows the medals he has won
He can shoot not only crossbows, but also make crossbows
The traditional crossbow he and his friends improved was known for its good results
It is known as the "Kunming crossbow" in the industry, and it is popular among the teams
Now 55-year-old Li Xiaoli has become a crossbow teacher
Students are taught not only to shoot crossbows, but also to make crossbows
A crossbow made by Li Xiaoli
The crossbow is said to have originated in the Warring States period
It is an important hunting tool in ancient times on the mainland
A weapon to defend against foreign enemies and hunt with precision from ancient times
It has evolved into a competitive event of national traditional sports
Crossbow shooting has gone through a thousand years of history
It has been passed down from generation to generation in many ethnic minority areas on the mainland
Nowadays, crossbow shooting has become the new fashion among young people
It's not just on campus
It has also become a popular elective
Students will not only learn the art of crossbow shooting
You can also learn to make crossbows and arrows
The school that set off the crossbow shooting craze was-
Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Physical Education
The school aims to promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture
Promote the popularization and transmission of intangible cultural heritage
From 2019, the "crossbow shooting" and "crossbow making process" will be carried out
Introduced as a new major and new skill to campus
There are 8 crossbow lessons of 1 hour each week
The school has built a crossbow shooting range of more than 700 square meters
Li Xiaoli was hired as a full-time teacher
"With a crossbow in his left hand and a lift in his right hand,
Left eye closed, right eye open, pull string, aim, pull trigger"
Li Xiaoli, who was teaching a class, demonstrated as he spoke
As soon as the words fell, an arrow left the string and went straight to the bull's-eye
Lifting a standard 3.5 kg crossbow is not easy to train stability
Dai student Xie Xianlin after completing standing and kneeling training
Sweat oozed from his forehead
"I think it's cool for girls to practice shooting crossbows!"
The second half of the class
Li Xiaoli moved the class to the crossbow arrow making workshop
He pointed to the various standard and traditional crossbows on the wall and said:
"It's best to use rock mulberry wood for crossbows
It is a mulberry tree that grows in a rock crevice
Good stability and insect-insect-inducing
Cow bones for triggers, Dakron wires for crossbow strings......"
Li Xiaoli began to teach everyone how to wrap the string rope
"Every buckle must be tightened so that precision can be guaranteed"
Li Qinghong, a student of the Yi nationality, was very serious
From an early age, he had a deep impression of shooting crossbows:
"In the past, my family cultivated wasteland
The older generation would use crossbow arrows to drive away wild boars
And one shot at a time
Now there are conditions for this study
I want to follow Master to learn how to shoot and make crossbows
In the future, I will participate in competitions and teach my own students."
With the support of the school's policy
Under the leadership of Li Xiaoli
The students quickly mastered the core skills of crossbow shooting
In the five years since the crossbow was fired on campus
The school has trained a 12-member crossbow shooting varsity
It has reserved talents for national traditional sports
"Only by learning how to make a crossbow can we better understand how to shoot a crossbow.
National sports are respectable, interesting, and intelligent,
Hopefully, more young people will enjoy the sport. ”
Li Xiaoli said
A crossbow bolt
Through the millennium of national memory
Carrying a heavy national culture
It also leaves a long-lasting intangible cultural heritage
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Copywriter: Yue Ranran, Gao Meng, Wang Anhaowei
Picture: Wang Anhaowei, Gao Meng