According to written records and legends, wrestling existed in primitive society as early as four thousand years ago. At that time, in order to survive, people used their own strength and skills to obtain food and defend themselves in conflicts with nature and in conflicts between tribes, thus giving rise to ancient wrestling.
According to the "Shu Yi Ji" written by Ren Fang of the Southern Dynasties: "It is said in the Han Dynasty that Chi You's ears and temples were like swords and halberds, and there were horns on his head. When he fought with Xuanyuan, he used his horns to hit people. No. There is a music called Chi You Opera in Yizhou today, which is played in twos, twos, threes, and three, with horns on the heads to offset each other. The horns were made in the Han Dynasty, which is the legacy of this style. This "Chiyou Opera" is the prototype of ancient wrestling in our country.
It can be said that ancient wrestling in my country began in the Huangdi era. In the 11th century BC, in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, wrestling appeared as a military subject for military training. According to the "Book of Rites. Monthly Order": "On the month of Mengdong...the emperor ordered the generals to teach martial arts and practice archery and wrestling." Due to the poor weapons at that time, archery, driving, and wrestling were the main subjects of military training.
Due to the different languages ??and scripts of various ethnic groups, the methods of wrestling are also quite different, such as wrestling, wrestling, horn wrestling, sumo wrestling, Buku, Erut, wrestling, etc. In ancient times, wrestling belonged to the category of unarmed fighting and was a skill in military combat.