770 BC to 221 BC in China's Warring States period, far and wide mergers and fierce warlords competing, competing to support disabilities, those with disabilities in the course, there are mouth handle and a spout, to make plans, and articulate lobbyists for the feature, but more do possess different and more clever clever or extraordinary courage Force Hercules. Those on the official form for the acrobatic art.
Another test, the Han Dynasty 100 popular opera, popular in the Han Dynasty that the various sports, juggling, illusionist, as well as music and dance, opera and animal haiku excellent drama and so on. At that time, and there is no "in the Han Dynasty 100 Opera" the name for, but most follow the Qin said the method, called the "corner arrive," such as "corner arrive opera," "corner arrive strange opera," "corner arrive Zhu drama , "" corner arrive 100 opera "and so on. "Han Dynasty 100 opera" is the Eastern Han Dynasty after the performances of these different art forms of collectively. As the opera is actually a 100 led by a variety of acrobatics, folk art integrated Chuanyan, so future generations are accustomed to play 100 as the predecessor of today's acrobatics.
Acrobatics, juggle called before the founding until the 20th century, the early 50s, the Chinese delegation delegations to overseas performances, Premier Zhou conducting its review, to the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe named, after which there will be a circus this title.
公元前７７０年至前２２１年是中国的春秋战国时代，列国兼并激烈，群雄角逐，竞相养士，这些士中当然也有口把式，以出谋划策、能言善辩的说客为特征，但更多的是身怀奇技异巧或勇力过人的大力士。这些就为杂技艺术的正式形式。
另考，汉代流行的百戏，指流行于两汉的各类竞技、杂耍、幻术以及乐舞、俳优戏和动物戏等。当时，并没有“汉代百戏”的叫法，而是多半沿袭秦朝的称法，叫作“角抵”，如“角抵戏”、“角抵奇戏”、“角抵诸戏”、“角抵百戏”等。“汉代百戏”是东汉以后对上述不同艺术表演形式的统称。由于百戏实际上是以杂技为主导的多种民间技艺的综合串演，所以后人也习惯把百戏看成是今天杂技的前身。
杂技，建国前叫耍把戏，直到２０世纪５０年代初期，中国代表团组团到国外表演，周总理在进行审查时，给中国杂技团命名，此后，就有了杂技这一称谓。