Also known as the Yue Cavalry Competition festival, it is a folk custom in Liangzhou. Initially commemorating …
Also known as the Yue Cavalry Competition festival, it is a folk custom in Liangzhou. Initially commemorating military victories, it later evolved into folk sacrificial song and dance. The New Book of Tang · Treatise on Military records: "Generally, commoners become soldiers at twenty and retire at sixty. Those skilled in riding and archery become Yue Cavalry; the rest become infantry, armored cavalry, pike bearers, or foot archers."