Stilt Walking

Chinese stilts can be two to more than three meters high. The performers stand on footplates and their lower legs are bound to the upper part of the stilts. In this way they can move in many different ways. Highly skilled performers can leap obstacles such as benches and desks, summersault, walk like “Eight”——“stand on one leg like a cock”, and bend backwards. Traditional performances include “The Story of the White Snake”, and “The Tang Monk's Travels” from “Journey to the West”. Stilts performances are famous in Beicheng and especially in Gankeng Village near Pingyao.

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