“刀杆节”是僳僳族人民一年一度的传统体育节日，每年农历二月初八举行。
"Dao Gang Festival" is an annual traditional sports festival held on the eighth day of the second lunar month.
每年的这一天，人们都穿上节日的盛装，成群结队地来到“刀杆节”会场，观看“上刀山，下火海”活动。
On this day of every year, people put on their festival costumes and come to the meeting place of "Dao Gang Festival" in groups to watch the activity of "going up Dao mountain and going down into the sea of fire".
几声**响过之后，首先七八名“香通”（上刀杆表演者）为众人表演“跳火舞”。他们上身裸露，光着脚，模仿各种禽兽动作，在一堆一堆烧红的木炭上，来回跳动，还不时抓炭火在身上揩抹，圆浑的火球在手中翻滚、搓揉，而他们却毫不在意。经过火的洗礼，意味着在新的一年里消除各种灾难。
After several rings, the first seven or eight "Xiangtong" (the performer of upper Dao pole) performed "Fire Dance" for the crowd. They are naked, barefooted, imitating all kinds of animal movements, jumping back and forth on piles of red burning charcoal, and occasionally scratching the charcoal fire on their bodies, rolling and rubbing round fireballs in their hands, but they don"t care. After the baptism of fire, it means eliminating all kinds of disasters in the new year.
会场中央，矗立着二根约20米长的粗大木杆，木杆上绑有36把锋利的长刀，刀口向上，银光闪闪，形成一架高得让人生畏的刀梯。就在人们敬畏担忧之时，上刀杆必不可少的祭祀开始了，几个穿着红衣裳，头戴红包头，光着脚的勇士，健步来到刀杆下，跪在一幅古代武将画像前，然后双手举杯过头，口中念念有词，接着将酒一饮而尽。然后，他们纵身跃起，轻盈敏捷地爬上刀杆，双手握住刀口，双脚踩着刀刃，鱼贯而上。
In the center of the conference hall, there are two thick wooden poles about 20 meters long. 36 sharp long knives are tied on the wooden poles. The knife edge is upward and the silver is shining, forming a fearsome knife ladder. When people were in awe and worry, the sacrificial ceremony that was necessary for the pole was started. Several warriors in red clothes, red heads and barefoot walked to the pole, knelt in front of an ancient picture of a military general, raised their glasses and chanted, then drank the wine. Then, they jump up, climb up the knife pole with lightness and agility, hold the knife edge with both hands, step on the blade with both feet, and go up.
最先爬上顶端的人，还要作高难度倒立动作，燃放鞭炮。几千名观众仰首观望，不时爆发出阵阵喝彩声。
The first person to climb to the top, but also to do a difficult handstand action, set off firecrackers. Thousands of people looked up and cheered from time to time.
这一古老而又奇特的“刀杆节”，已被有关部门正式定为僳僳族的传统体育活动。
This ancient and peculiar "Dao Gang Festival" has been officially designated as the traditional sports activities of the Susu people by the relevant departments.
每年这天，练武者苦练本领，传授先进功法。于是代代相传，形成刀杆节。节日这大，儿十里内外的僳僳族群众，穿着节日的盛装，从四方八面汇集到羊肠河畔的刀杆场。在夜幕降临大地时，刀杆场上的里里外外燃起许多火堆。忽然，广场中央燃起的四个大火堆的熊熊烈火腾空而起，照射春满场的人群。接着鋩锣当当响，刀杆场上的人们互相拉起手来，围着明亮的火堆，跳起轻快的三弦舞。当场上四堆烈火燃得只剩下红红的火炭时，活动的主持者宣布“跳火海”开始。这时，五个赤着双脚的骠勇汉子立即闯入场上的火海，在里面不停地弹跳，急促的脚步踩起无数的火花四处飞溅，好似飞逝的流星。
On this day of every year, the martial arts practitioners practice hard and teach advanced skills. Therefore, it has been passed down from generation to generation, forming a knife bar joint. In the festival, the people of the Lisu nationality in and out of renshili, dressed in festival costumes, gathered in all directions to the knife pole field by the Yangchang river. When n()ight fell on the earth, there were many fires in and out of the knife pole field. All of a sudden, the four big fires in the center of the square burst into the air, illuminating the crowd full of spring. Then the gongs and gongs rang, and the people in the pole field held hands with each other and danced around the bright fire. When four heaps of fire left only red coals on the spot, the host of the activity announced the start of "jumping into the sea of fire". At this time, the five barefooted Hussars rushed into the fire immediately, bouncing constantly inside, stepping on countless sparks flying everywhere, like flying meteors.
接着，闯火者以闪电般的速度，个个手棒通红的火炭，分别在脸上和身上擦洗，然后又让火球在他们手中飞炔地翻滚、搓揉。围观的群众时而欢快，时而紧张，时而赞叹，时而惊讶…迸进发出阵阵喝彩声。经过一阵紧张激烈的表演雌堆火炭被踩成碎粒，火焰已奄奄一息时，“跳火海”活动方告结束。第二天，刀杆场上竖起两根二十余米高的红花树杆，树间交叉着三十六把刀刃朝上的长刀。晌午时刻，欢乐的人群再次挤满广场。随着主持者一声令下，锣鼓喧天，鞭炮齐鸣，昨晚“跳火海”的五名雾大头戴蓝布帽，身装大、红袍，赤脚冲至刀杆树下，各自斟满一杯壮胆酒一饮而尽。随即纵身跳上刀杆，双手紧抓上层的刀面，赤脚斜踩于下层锋利的刀刃上，运用平时练就的气功本领撑着脚掌，手脚交替，一步一步地向上攀登。当勇士们登上高高的杆顶时，场上簇拥的观众，个个瞠目结舌，并爆发出热烈的欢呼声。
Then, with lightning speed, the firemen wiped their faces and bodies with red firecoals, and then let the fireball roll and rub in their hands. The onlookers were sometimes cheerful, sometimes nervous, sometimes praised, sometimes surprised Burst in with cheers. After a period of intense performance, the female pile of fire charcoal was trampled to pieces, and the flame was dying, and the "sea of fire" activity ended. The next day, two red flower tree poles more than 20 meters high were erected in the pole field, and thirty-six long knives with upward blades were crossed among the trees. At noon, the happy crowd filled the square again. With the order of the host, the gongs and drums were loud and the firecrackers were blaring. Last night, the five fogs in the "sea of fire" wore blue cloth hats, big and red robes, and rushed barefoot to the bottom of the saber pole tree. They filled up a glass of courageous wine and drank it. Then jump on the knife pole, grasp the upper blade with both hands, step on the lower sharp blade with bare feet, use the qigong skills that you usually practice to support your feet, and climb up step by step. When the warriors climbed to the top of the pole, the crowd was stunned and cheered loudly.
僳僳族农历二月八日的刀杆节，相传是纪念一位对僳僳族施以重恩的古代汉族英雄。僳僳族人民把这位英雄献身的忌日定为自己民族的传统节日，并用上刀山、下火海等象征仪式，表达愿赴汤蹈火相报的感情。刀杆节这天，几名健壮男子先表演“蹈火”仪式。他们赤裸双脚，跳到烧红的火炭堆里，表演各种绝技。第二天，他们把磨快的36把长刀，刀口向上分别用藤条横绑在两根20多米高的木架上，成一刀梯。表演者空手赤足，从快刀刃口攀上顶端，并在杆顶表演各种高难动作。如今，这项惊险的传统祭奠仪式，已演变为僳僳族好汉表演绝技的体育活动。
It is said that the sabre pole Festival on February 8 of the lunar calendar of the Susu people commemorates an ancient hero of the Han nationality who bestowed great kindness on the Susu people. The people of the Susu people regard the death day of the hero as their traditional festival, and express their feelings of being willing to go through the fire and water to repay each other with symbolic rituals such as going up the Dao mountain and down the fire sea. On the day of saber pole Festival, several strong men performed the "Fire Dance" ceremony first. Barefoot, they jumped into the burning coals and performed all kinds of stunts. The next day, they tied the sharpened 36 long knives with rattan bars horizontally on two wooden frames more than 20 meters high, forming a knife ladder. The performer is barefoot, barehanded, climbing from the blade to the top, and performing various difficult movements on the top of the pole. Today, the traditional ritual of sacrifice has evolved into a unique sports activity for the heroes of the Susu nationality.
