Diving is a sport produced with the development of swimming technology in the struggle with nature. Long before athletics diving appeared, there was practical diving. In the British Museum in London, there is a ceramic vase, which is a cultural relic from 500 BC. The vase depicts a group of lovely boys diving with their heads down. This is the earliest diving image so far. Diving started in China 1000 years ago in the Song Dynasty, with a certain technical level. Wang Jue, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem describing diving at that time: "It is rare for me to see the water swinging and win the bead curtain in front of the temple. Who won the first championship? The right army lost the water dragon boat. " The water swing in the poem refers to fancy diving, which is more than 600 years earlier than the European diving competition.

So diving started in China 1000 years ago in the Song Dynasty. The significance of diving not only inherits the traditional sports culture of the Chinese nation, but also often engages in diving, which can make people's posture vigorous and strong, with different tumbling movements, and help to cultivate the ability to distinguish directions in the air and be good at controlling their own bodies. Diving can also cultivate people's good qualities such as courage and tenacious will. Therefore, diving is also an essential sport for pilots, paratroopers, aviation and sailors.

Now people pay more attention to health and fitness, so diving has now become one of people's health care projects. Because diving can get sunbathing, air bath and water bath exercise, through various natural bath exercises, it helps to enhance the body's resistance to diseases, promote health and enhance the body's immunity. Therefore, this sport is very popular with the public now. People who have never tried diving can try to challenge themselves.

Nowadays, more and more people like diving, which is rich in variety and content and conforms to the characteristics of children. Therefore, teenagers and children especially like this thrilling and wonderful diving, which is more conducive to the healthy growth of teenagers.

China will win many diving gold medals in every Olympic Games, which will add a lot of glory to our motherland and carry forward our sportsmanship. The diving events in every Olympic Games are the most exciting, and the diving competitions in every link are wonderful, so now more and more people like and love this sport, so diving is still of great significance.