Pic story: traditional wrestling of Dong ethnic group passes down from generation to generation

Wu You (R), an 8-year-old villager of Dong ethnic group at Sizhai Village, wrestles with his classmate in the elementary school of Shuangjiang Township, Liping County, Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 17, 2019. Wu You has been practising traditional wrestling of Dong ethnic group coached by his father Wu Fagui, a former champion of traditional wrestling competition. In April, he competed as the youngest player of Sizhai Village in the annual Wrestling Festival. Wu You's father Wu Fagui was also coached by his father Wu Zhiji when he was a child. Like Wu's family, the traditional wrestling of Dong ethnic group has been passed from generation to generation for nearly 400 years. Every year around the 15th day of the third month in Chinese lunar calendar, people around the area dress up in traditional costumes to celebrate Wrestling Festival. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)