Qiang Huapao is the ethnic Chinese sport of catching fireworks. It is said that the sport originated from the Zhuang and Dong ethnic groups.

A Qiang Huapao race is usually held on the third day of the third month in Chinese lunar calendar - the Firework Festival.

The traditional fireworks used in this contest are round iron rings with the diameter of about 5 cm (1.97 feet). Red cloth or silk is twisted around the ring which is positioned into a firework launcher set with gun powder.

Once lightened, the launcher sends the round iron rings into the sky. When it falls down on the ground, players run to snatch and try to throw it into the opposing team's basket to get score a point.

The team with the most points after a given time wins. Since the firework is so small, it requires very good skills to catch and shoot them into a basket.

Firework-Catching is considered as the Chinese version of Soccer or Football. On a field of 60 meters (65 yards) long and 50 meters (54 yards) wide, each side will send out 8 players. A game is played over a period of 40 minutes in two 20-minute halves with a ten minute break. Players are allowed to pass, duck and intercept and holding and locking, etc.

Today, an electronic device is used to launch the 'firework' for obvious safety concerns. But the sport otherwise remains the same.