Rings, like horizontal bars, have a long history. Swing, which has been circulating in China for a long time, is its predecessor. The "pimp" circulating among the people in China in the Qing Dynasty is very close to the modern static ring. Modern rings originated in France, and was also inspired by acrobats' rope hanging performances, and later spread to Italy and Germany. At the beginning, there were only some swinging movements and simple hanging exercises, so it was called "swinging ring" at that time. It was not until the 1950s that some countries listed swinging ring as the basic training for female junior gymnasts.

The lifting ring frame is 5.50 meters high and the lifting ring is 2.55 meters high. Athletes should do all kinds of swinging movements, such as shoulder turning and big loop, and hard movements, such as handstand, cross and flat lift, and there must be a difficult move in the whole set of movements. Because the rings are hung on two wire ropes and there is no fixed fulcrum, athletes should not only use the swinging characteristics to complete some actions, but also spend some strength to control the two swinging rings, which also puts forward higher requirements for athletes' upper limb strength. Regular exercise of rings can enhance strength.

Before the mid-1960s, the movement of rings was basically static. Such as "slowly turning up into a cross support", "cross pressing up", "crossing again and then crossing backwards" and so on. And each static posture requires a stop of three seconds. In the late sixties, the swing action replaced the hard action, especially after the emergence of the straight arm "before and after the big loop" technology, the swing action became all the rage. Gymnastics rules have also been revised accordingly. Athletes are required to stop for no more than half of the optional movements of rings, and the time of stopping is changed from three seconds to two seconds. It seems that the requirements are reduced, but in fact, athletes have higher control ability from dynamic to static. That is to say, athletes are required to be more dexterous, more coordinated and more accurate. In the past, handstands and large loops had to be done with straight arms, otherwise points would be deducted.

In the past, the cross support shoulder was slightly higher than the ring, but now it is considered incomplete as long as the grip point and the shoulder are not in a straight line. According to the characteristics of the project, the future development direction should be "dynamic and static combination", which is clean and neat from swinging to static posture; There is movement in silence, with large amplitude and easy movement; It is more difficult to move under the law, and it is more difficult to move hard. It can be expected that, through the efforts of athletes, the rings will be able to achieve such a situation, and it will definitely be by going up one flight of stairs!