Twenty-ninth Olympic Games for people of the world's eyes are on this land in China, this ancient nation Although at first welcomed the Olympic torch, but she has a long history of sports culture.
 
 
China's slave society was formed during the main Chongwu of sports education, and the needs of the military, sports activities have been greatly developed and improved, but also because it was all kinds of sacrifices, the DPRK will need for the ceremony and ritual, a These sports activities were also developed with the future generations of rules similar to the movement rules. As told to the future of the "Radio Man", reflecting the kickball rules of the game's "Ju City, Ming", recorded chuiwan competition "Wan Jing", and formed in the Period of Wei Wai Hui "grade system" and so on, these are all future generations of sports development had a profound influence can be described as the cradle of world sports culture.
 
 
By this time, to Europe and the Mediterranean region as the representative of the Western Ancient Sports has just started, after the 8th century BC, 5th century BC ~ the creation and development of the initial formation of western sports, world sports and therefore entered into a two by the East and West different types of sports each other, rather than parallel to the simultaneous development of a new stage. At this stage, the ancient Chinese physical culture physical culture as a representative of the Ancient Orient, both the Chinese collection of the national sports culture, the integration of crystallization is the world an important part of sports culture.
 
 
Thousands of years of prosperity and development
 
 
Ancient China has a long history of sports, in the long river of Chinese nation, with the advent of civilization, but also continue to enrich their own cultural system.
 
 
Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty, the era characterized by the impact of major sporting events around the start of military activities. Spring and Autumn period, as archery, martial arts hit technology, racing, swimming, running, wrestling, skills, ball game, chess and other activities in the form of the initial formation of the ancient sports culture has taken shape.
 
 
Three Kingdoms period, the feudal society of the great revitalization of the development of sports to create the conditions. Various sports activities in the inherited form of pre-Qin sports while growing scale, and on this basis, the new form after another generation, sports and entertainment are growing. Especially the very popular Cuju, has gradually developed into a rule, there is space, and strong competitive soccer game, hit martial arts skills to standardization, health care and physical properties of a very strong "acrobatic" and other recreational activities, has also been self-contained and unique.
 
 
As well as from Northern and Southern Dynasties Sui, due to economic prosperity, cultural development, the various forms of competitive sports blossomed. Whether it is martial arts, ball game, health care, or chess, water play and so the initial setting, and women's sports activities during this period is more prosperous. With the Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges, traditional sports culture has begun to spread abroad, to promote world sports culture contribute to the development.
 
 
Song years, due to intense military combat, military education and training has been strengthened, formed a riding and shooting as the center of martial arts training system. Related to this sumo, archery, polo, long-distance running and water sports activities to a new stage. The prosperity of urban economy and the feudal culture of the rapid rise of the public, so sports knowledge and kickball, corner butt, swimming, skills, chess, and health care activities have become increasingly popular.
 
 
To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to individual items such as ball game shape gradually decline, most projects have significantly improved, more comprehensive rules than before. As the winds of social Sheng martial arts, martial arts activities had become the system, the rise of different schools have. Mongolian-style wrestling as well as riding and shooting, hunting, skating, chess and other activities perfectly understand the love for people, skills, skills improved significantly. Therefore, the ancient Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasties to become great blend of folk sports era.
 
 
With distinct Chinese characteristics
 
 
In addition to the traditional sports of the Chinese nation, the ancient Chinese sport but also in the long history of transmission of many other nations take root in the land of the development of sports activities. This fusion of ancient Chinese sport has a solution made Ming Chinese characteristics.
 
 
Ancient China with a strong cultural environment is not conducive to confrontation and to stimulate the full development of color in sport. Therefore, the original and Merging of simple harmony and in the spirit of ancient Chinese traditional sports determined the competitive nature is completely different from the West strong, the ancient Chinese sport that is more focused and practical manners. Traditional sports such as archery in the "Radio Man", it is not only a more standardized archery sports, is also ruler of the Zhou Dynasty in the form of etiquette and moral education, but also formed a set of strict procedures and rating requirements etiquette . Sports in ancient China also has many items of martial arts is a strong need to adapt to soldiers of war for the purpose, such as track and field, archery class form of exercise, and many more closely related to military training.
 
 
Sports activities and cultural integration is another feature of ancient Chinese sports. With the social progress, economic development, initially only to meet human survival needs of sports activities, entertainment and more and more strong. After the Spring and Autumn in particular, certain sports gradual removal of the "etiquette" of the constraints, there has been entertainment trend. Performance of many wealthy, games, fun and artistic view of the large numbers of projects, and this momentum in the Qin and Han Dynasty have been further strengthened. To include a performance like kickball and competition of two forms. Performance of Kickball is playing in the drum accompaniment for the performance ball skills, and other artifacts in the Han Dynasty stone materials, it is more "Cuju Dance" appeared in the form of its entertainment features have been fully reflected. The characteristics of the thinking and wisdom of ancient chess events and festivals in the folklore in some of the leisure sports activities in terms of content and methods from speaking, they are the ancient tradition of sports games and a concrete manifestation of interest. Another example of the many martial arts equipment in the exercise, this exercise is based on dance forms, many so-called "Sword Dance", "Knife Dance", "Ji Dance" and mean it this purpose. As an entertainment art, performing in folk and dissemination of the ancient martial art born out of Chinese martial arts evolved to play a significant role, promoting the martial arts was an important branch - Martial Arts for prosperity and development. Tang and Song, the growing maturity of the ancient martial art form that shows the beauty, body beauty, rhythmic beauty, harmonious beauty, beauty of artistic conception, are also fully demonstrated the unique charm of their performances.
 
 
The formation of Chinese national long-term peace and quiet of being indifferent, in accord with the natural character, harmony, integration of one, through one of the ideal and the importance of personal self-cultivation and pragmatic spirit, but also led to the use of controlled breathing and other methods to achieve the purpose of the activities of illnesses and sickness - the production of health care patients, it was included in an ancient sport, shows China's third feature of Ancient Sport - health characteristics. Health care operation in the ancient tradition of sports, combined with the ancient thought and culture most closely, is typical of Eastern sports culture. For thousands of years, Chinese traditional health care theory has become engaged in sports activities, in order to achieve disease prevention and health, longevity of the purpose of guiding ideology. This is different from the ancient Chinese traditional sports of ancient Western A significant feature of sports.
 
 
Throughout thousands of years of Chinese history of the development of sports culture, the origins of a long, rich content, ways and means of complete and carry out the wide world called matchless. Sports history shows that the accumulation of wealth creation and the Chinese nation and excellent culture of the ancient sport, is a gem dedicated to all mankind, is to support the world of sporting excellence an important pillar of the temple. The reason why Chinese people have gone through years of ups and downs, still maintain vigor, and a long history of traditional sports culture of this ancient nation to continue to inject the vitality of youth are not unrelated.