Cheerleading is a group that cheers for the game. Literally, it means to encourage and cheer, but when it is used in competitions, it means to cheer (the slogan in China is to cheer), which has the function of boosting morale and inspiring people. Cheerleading, called cheerleading in English, refers to the group that cheers for the competition, so cheerleading is a group activity.

Cheerleading originally meant not a cheerleader, but a member of the cheerleading team, or anyone who waved a flag to cheer for others. Probably misled by the word leader, except that almost every English-Chinese dictionary at home and abroad mistook cheerleaders for cheerleaders.

In the competition, all the cheerleaders lead the audience to cheer, so they often appear in newspapers and magazines in the plural. Ms Li Mingzhu was probably the first person to point out this common mistake. Cheerleading has a wide meaning in Chinese. In addition to the above, it can also refer to those who perform in circles decorated with feathers or lace, and even include marching bands.

The history of cheerleading can be traced back to primitive tribal times. When the soldiers came back from hunting, people cheered and encouraged them. The formal development of cheerleading began at the end of19th century. In the 1980s, national cheerleading competitions were widely held in junior high schools, high schools and universities in the United States.