Abstract

Wrestling has a long history, and wrestling activities are deeply loved and respected by the people of Shilin which is known as the "Hometown of Wrestling." With the continuous development and progress of society, Yi Nationality’s wrestling is facing new opportunities as well as new challenges. Through the methods of literature, data statistics, questionnaire, expert interview and logical analysis, this paper studies 50 long-term wrestlers in Shilin County, analyzes the present situation and finds out the existing problems, thus providing the necessary reference for the development of the Yi wrestling sport.

Highlights

  • It can be seen from the data that the age of the participants in the wrestling of the Shilin is very scattered, with the participation of teenagers and young children as well as the participation of the middle-aged and the elderly, which shows that the wrestling in Shilin has a thick mass foundation

  • Through the investigation of the time of the wrestling of the Yi in Shilin, it is found that the various forms of the wrestling activities of the Yi in Shilin have made the sport of the Yi wrestling better

  • Through table [3], it can be seen that the number of athletes participating in the Yi wrestling is 16% in [1,2] times, 30% in 3-4, 34% in [5,6], and 20% in more than 6 times. It reflects that the Yi people are actively participating in the wrestling, and the Yi wrestling is popular with the Yi people of the Shilin, and it reflects the broad masses foundation of the wrestling movement of the Yi nationality in Shilin

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Summary

Literature method

According to the research content and research purposes of this paper, the Chinese journal full-text database, network database resources, and related literatures such as “Yi wrestling” and “minority traditional sports” are collected to provide a certain knowledge base for field investigation, expert interviews and writing papers

Results and analysis
The time distribution of the wrestling of the Yi nationality in Shilin
The age of the Yi wrestling participants in Shilin
Motivation
The impact of modern sports
The shrinking of wrestling matches
The impact of modern media technology
The lack of knowing and understanding of wrestling culture
High participation of the masses
The carrying of traditional festival activities
Promotion and support from government departments
Mass organization and enterprise support
Suggestions
Combining school sports with traditional national sports
Combining the Shilin Yi wrestling with international wrestling
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