Parkour popular among Chinese youth
2008-01-10 00:36:41 SINA English
Du Yize, a young Chinese parkour fan, practices at a plaza in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing. [Photo: China Photo Press]
A parkour fan practices at a park near the Forbidden City in Beijing. [Photo: China Photo Press]
Parkour fans practice at a plaza in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing. [Photo: China Photo Press]
Du Yize, a young Chinese parkour fan, practices in a hutong (narrow alley) in Beijing. [Photo: China Photo Press]
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Parkour is new sport that involves utilizing efficient but physically challenging movements to pass obstacles in urban landscapes. Such movements are usually dangerous such as jumping from structure to structure and scaling walls.
Now, the extreme sport is popular among youth in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
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