Two local children are doing denggun game in Yeniugou Township, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (Photo/Wu Gang) 

Denggun is a distinctive folk sport on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which refers to an activity that generally two people sit on the grassland and put their soles against each other’s with hands holding a stick. The one who pulls the other one off the ground is the winner.  

This sport is an effective way to exercise waist strength. 

Two local men are doing denggun game in Yeniugou Township, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (Photo/Wu Gang) 

Two local men are doing denggun game in Yeniugou Township, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (Photo/Wu Gang) 

Two local men are doing denggun game in Yeniugou Township, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (Photo/Wu Gang)

Two local men are doing denggun game in Yeniugou Township, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (Photo/Wu Gang)