As a culture, sports cultivate the value of character, so sports should also aim at transmitting and creating culture. Of course, the cultural attribute of sports is not difficult to understand today. As one of the slogans of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, "People's Olympics" embodies the cultural connotation of an Olympic Games. All the preparatory activities organized before the Olympic Games are permeated with the meaning of China traditional culture, and even the design of the emblem is based on China Chinese characters. The purpose of discussing the cultural attributes of sports here is to highlight the inheritance and innovation of sports culture. Under the background of information globalization and economic integration, innovation is more important. Without innovation, there is no development, and without development, it is difficult to exist. Similarly, the innovation of sports culture should adhere to the principle of inheritance and innovation. Because China's traditional sports culture is profound, especially martial arts culture, which is the best in the world, if we don't inherit and develop these, it will be a big defect of the world sports culture. However, if we blindly pursue the return to nature, we may lose the time and space for development and even be eliminated by the world sports culture. At present, the prevalence of Japanese sumo and Korean Taekwondo in China may give us some enlightenment. Therefore, in school physical education, we first have the responsibility and obligation to strengthen the dissemination of the essence of traditional sports culture. However, the phenomenon that can not arouse students' interest is also a problem that must be considered, which requires us not only to embody the concept of inheritance and development in the revision of curriculum standards, but also to make development keep pace with the times, from form to content. Only on the basis of inheriting traditional sports can we create a broader space for sports development, which is the continuous progress of human physique and quality to a more developed height.