China ancient sports has a long history, which can be traced back to the prehistoric wild times. With the development of prehistoric human social production, the change of social life and the progress of human culture, ball games, archery, wrestling, fighting and even health care sports, as well as various sports equipment related to future sports began to take shape. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the main characteristics of sports activities were embodied in its educational, military and folk aspects. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, ancient sports in China entered a period of initial prosperity. To sum up, the scale of sports activities at this time is relatively large, and it has gradually evolved into several multi-form and stable activity systems. With the establishment of the unified empire in Sui and Tang Dynasties and the stability of people's social life, especially the feudal rulers attached importance to the military and imperial examination (including martial arts) system, sports activities flourished in an all-round way, and the heyday of China's ancient sports history appeared. With the cultural exchanges between various ethnic groups in China and between Chinese and foreign ethnic groups, many traditional sports in China, such as ball games, sumo and Go, have spread overseas, and many imported sports forms have influenced and enriched various sports forms in ancient China, such as skills. This exchange has greatly promoted the development of human sports culture. During the Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, with the prosperity of citizens' culture and towns, the development of sports activities with fitness and entertainment as the main body was promoted, and traditional sports forms were further deepened among the people. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, sports showed two outstanding characteristics: first, it can be said that this period was a period of great summary of ancient sports; Second, the number of people participating in sports activities has increased rapidly, which is an unprecedented period of active folk sports.

Although ancient sports in China faced challenges several times, it was always passed on, showing great regenerative ability. The ancient sports culture in China was jointly created by all ethnic groups, including the sports content that embodies the characteristics of the Central Plains culture, grassland culture and southern waters culture, as well as the popular folk sports forms in folk festivals and palaces in past dynasties. The colorful ancient traditional sports culture shows the wisdom and courage of the Chinese nation, embodies the bravery and strength of the nation, and entrusts the pursuit of the perfection of national humanity. It shows that the "Great Wall of Ancient Sports Culture" was jointly built by all ethnic groups in China, which profoundly influenced the overall development of ancient sports in China and showed its vitality. The history of ancient sports development in China, which originated, developed and lasted for thousands of years in the traditional cultural atmosphere of ancient China society, is unparalleled in the world for its long origin, rich content, complete methods and extensive activities. Judging from the development of ancient sports in the world, ancient sports in China occupy an important position. Ball games, martial arts, health care, wrestling, acrobatics, water ice activities, chess and some "track and field" events can be found in sports activities all over the world, which is not only the pride of the Chinese nation, but also contributed to the later popular world Olympic Games. As a vivid chapter in the history of world sports, it will go down in history forever.