Sports is a complicated social and cultural phenomenon. It is a conscious, purposeful and organized social activity based on the law of human growth, skill formation and function improvement, promoting all-round development, improving lifestyle and improving physical fitness and sports ability.
Throughout the ancient society, although we can find the shadow of what we call "sports activities", the concept of "sports" did not appear. Ancient Greek philosophers, such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. There is a lot of discussion about sports in their works. The basic terms of ancient Greek sports include competition, training and gymnastics.
In ancient China, sports-related terms mainly included "keeping in good health", "advocating martial arts", "ranger", "wrestling" and "lecturing martial arts". The word "sports" used by China in modern times was introduced to China from Japan in 1897, and it also experienced the evolution from "gymnastics" to "sports".
National tradition:
Traditional sports in China is an important part of sports in China and a valuable cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Many excellent national traditional sports not only have strong fitness value, but also have high artistic value and rich entertainment and educational functions. After the founding of New China, the government paid special attention to the development of traditional sports of ethnic minorities, and has excavated and sorted out more than 1000 sports. For example, Mongolians are known as "men's triathlon" in wrestling, horse racing and archery. Hui people kick shuttlecock and tug of war.
Tibetan yak race; Miao people ride and row dragon boats; Zhuang nationality has changed from young men and women expressing love to "throwing hydrangeas" in confrontational competitions; Korean springboard; Manchu skating; Riding a wooden horse of the Dong nationality (on high feet); Yao plays the top; Gaoshan people fly kites; The Kirgiz's Chasing Girls; Brown rattan balls and so on. Dragon Boat Race, Kite, Yangko, Go, Qigong, Tai Ji Chuan, etc. It is a traditional sport that both Han and ethnic minorities love.