Historians have proved that the Danzhu clan in the times of Yao and Shun emperors, who took the crane as their totem, walked on stilts in their sacrificing and imitated dances of the crane (See On Danzhu by Sun Zuoyun).

• 据历史学家的考证，尧舜时代以鹤为图腾的丹朱氏族，他们在祭礼中要踩着高跷拟鹤跳舞。(见孙作云《说丹朱》);