At the sound of the drum, the groom heaps into the air, does a leg split, and comes down sitting firmly on the ground. The drumming comes to an abrupt halt, and all you can hear in the frozen air is the sound of the groom breathing. Members of the troupe rush over to pull off the groom's left stilt.
鼓聲一轉，馬伕騰空一躍、劈開雙腿，結結實實坐在地上；鼓聲乍停，凍結的空氣中，唯聞馬伕不住的喘息聲，團員一個箭步搶前，迅速拆下馬伕的左蹺。