Shoe racing is a competition in which three athletes wear wooden slippers made of two wooden boards to compete. The main draw of the game is that the pace has to be consistent among each player.

Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, has jurisdiction over six districts, three counties and one city center. With its 18 ethnic townships and a population of 5.99 million, Guiyang has 55 out of China's 56 ethnic groups. The sole exception is the Yugur ethnic group.

The most commonly seen ethnic groups in Guiyang are Miao, Bouyei, Tujia, Yi, Dong, Gelao, Bai, Hui, Manchu, Zhuang and Sui.