"Playing bamboo eggs", also known as "playing bamboo balls", "playing bamboo balls" and "playing bamboo show balls", is a traditional ethnic collective sports competitive game unique to the Gelao people. It is often held in the mountains and fields, integrating sports and entertainment, and combining celebration and competition. Playing "bamboo eggs" has a long history and is the inheritance and evolution of the military training activities of the ancestors of the Gelao people. "Bamboo eggs" are made of flexible bamboo or golden bamboo strips, shaped like eggs, small as fists, and large as footballs. There are two types: solid and hollow. Solid "bamboo eggs" are stuffed with straw or rags and old cotton, and hollow "bamboo eggs" are filled with copper coins or stones, generally weighing no more than 250 grams. The outside of the "bamboo eggs" is painted with various colors, like colorful balls, and is used to throw and catch for entertainment. "Playing bamboo eggs" not only requires witty and dexterous movements, but also exercises people's strength and speed. The activity has two sides, the attacking side and the blocking side, and a "boundary river" is set up for the attack. The side whose bamboo eggs fall to the ground loses. The activity or digging a nest in the ground, each blocking person holds a stick to guard a nest, the attacker throws eggs into the nest, and takes advantage of the blocking person leaving the nest to hit the eggs to seize the base (nest), and the rules of the activity are strict and standardized. This activity is very popular among the Gelao people. It is competitive, skillful, interesting, and universal. It fully reflects the rich national culture of the Gelao people. The Gelao people use this form to connect friendship and convey unity. "Beat bamboo eggs" is not limited to age or gender, and anyone who is interested can participate. Now beating bamboo eggs has been listed as a special course of the Hakou Township Central School, and has been well inherited on campus. In 2019, it was included in the sixth batch of representative projects of Chongqing's intangible cultural heritage. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)