Sports and Games of Old China

Football Football, or to be more exact, soccer, was first played in China in the Han Dynasty (206 BC -AD 220). Then, as now, the actual ball was made of leather, but inflated with hair and other soft fillings rather than air. That the so-called beautiful game has such a long history in the celestial kingdom may come as a sur-     

China Sports Museum

THE China Sports Museum,inside the NationalOlympic Sports Center on3A Anding Road,Andingmenwai, Beijing, isChina's first museum dedicatedto the nation's sporting history.Its exterior is in the shape of anoctagonal spiral, with whitewalls and a red roof, and itsexhibits record the developmentof sport in China through theages.     

Official： Ethnic Minority Sports Protected,Developed

“I bet young people like you do not know much about China＇s ethnic minority sports” -- Wang Ju,a ranking official at China＇s State Ethnic Affairs Commission （SEAC）, thus opened her remarks when giving the authors - both in their early 20s -- an interview for this article. “Just for one thing： day after day, year after year, you＇ve been bombarded by news about NBA,the World Cup, the Olympics, about sports stars like David Beckham and Yao Ming, which are released round the clock by the print media,TV and the Internet.”     

Marathon VS Ancient China＇s Long-distance Race

Marathon
Legend has it that in the year 490BCE, a Greek soldier named Pheidippides ran a distance of around 40 km from the city of Marathon to Athens, to deliver news of the Greek army＇s victory over Persia. This loyal soldier died from exhaustion when he arrived in Athens. People afterwards created the marathon race in his memory.     

Talented Women of Ancient China

IN feudal times, imperial exams were the main channel for men of letters to enter officialdom.Unfortunately only men were eligible to take these examinations. Su Xun, a great scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), had two sons, both of whom passed the highest imperial examination and went on to become     

The Categorization of China＇s Ethnic Minorities Sports

A total of 676 traditional sports have been identified as originating with China＇s 55 ethnic minorities. They are introduced in the book, About China＇s Ethnic Traditional Sports, which was published after nationwide research and sorting in China. Some of these sports are now part of people＇s daily life and entertainment, and some continue to exist after being incorporated into folk dances.     

Commercialization： A Prolonged Process for China＇s Traditional Ethnic Games

As the old saying goes, the rarer a thing is, the greater will it be priced. Rare as they are, China＇s traditional ethnic games should have vast commercial potentials. Here is question： can these games be commercialized？     

China＇s Ethnic Sports vs. Globalization - Chinese Scholars＇ Views on Ethnic Sports in the Process of Globalization

Examining sports from a cultural perspective rather than their technical aspect, we will see that hidden in the process of globalization is a need to discuss the special values of ethnic or traditional sports. Covered up by the socalled ＂universality＂ of sports in general, these special values determine the cultural uniqueness of China＇s ethnic sports, which is often reduced to oblivion as sports, taken as a whole,     

China＇s Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities in Brief

The First China＇s Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities The First Grand Sports Meeting with Kaleidoscopic Ethnic Sports,The Second China＇s Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities 800,000 People Came to View,The Fourth ,The Third China＇s Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities Games Emblem, Flag and Symbol Adopted,The Fourth ,China＇s Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities Sports Song Adopted.     

Ecological Culture：An Ancient Philosophy Rediscovered——The Traditional Chinese View of Ecological Culture

One of mao Zedong’s most widely known and often quoted slogans perfectly encapsulates his philosophy of confrontation： It is a delight to struggle with Heaven and earth. Obviously, people no longer see things in quite that way. In 2007,     

Five Years of Breakthrough in China＇s Human Rights Cause

In his report to the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Hu Jintao noted that the five years since the previous CPC National Congress havewitnessed important progresses in China＇s reform and opening-up undertakings and in the national endeavor to build a society of relative prosperity in all respects. These five years, he said, has also seen a ＂sound development of （China＇s） human rights cause.＂ For the first time in its history, the CPC reviewed the development of the human rights cause as an important part of national development.     

China＇s Human Rights Conditions in Chinese Media

EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is a collection of news reports about China's human rights conditions, which we hope will help readers know in what ways China has been trying to promote its human rights cause.     

China＇s Ancient Brewenes： A Tradition Thriving in Towns from the Yangtze to Yunnan Province

CHINA＇S history of making distilled drinks dates all the way back to the Shang Dynasty （1600-1046 B.C.）. Some scholars argue its provenance is more ancient still.     

Liangzhu City：the Earliest State in China？

Toward the end of 2007, news came that Chinese archeologists had found the remains of an ancient city ,believed to have existed 5,300 years ago. The remains are a vital part of the Liangzhu culture that once thrived in vast areas of eastern China, mainly in the/aP, e Taihu area. The latest finding added brilliance to the Lianzhu culture, pray ng that the early Chinese living in the area, while producers of rice and jade artifacts, were also capable of buildlng a city 2.9 million square meters In area, four times as large as the world-renowned Forbidden City in Beijing, Remains of the Liangzhu culture were first discovered in 1936 ;at Liangzhu Town in Zhejiang Provinces, Since then, continuous excavation has yielded more and more Ltangzhu cultural remains. Interestingly; the layout of the structures in the newly discovered ＂Liangzhu City＂ resembles the Chinese Character ＂国＂-- meaning ＂nation＂ or ＂state,＂ prompting speculation that there could have been an organized state earlier than the Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest Chinese dynosties known so far, which existed from about the 21st century BC to 221 BC, Some experts suggest that the entire history of the Chinese civilization may have to be rewritten if theories.about the recent findings prove correct.     

China＇s ＂Education for All＂ Effort Fruitful in 30 Years

Of major events in China over the past three decades, most Chinese would list the resumption of National Examination for the Entrance of University as number one. In December 1977, 5.7 million Chinese participated in the national exams, the first since the catastrophic Cultural Revolution （1966-76）. One year later, the country＇s reform, opening up and modernization drive was launched.     

Progress and Reflection： China＇s Human Rights in the Past 30 Years

This year marks the 30th anniversary of China＇s reform and opening up. Tremendous changes have taken place in Chinese society over the past three decades. With the economic and social development, China has made great progress in the human rights cause, which is closely linked to the nation＇s fate as human rights will progress as long as a country prospers. In the past 30 years,     

New DreamssBiloom on the Ancient Ik Road——China and Central Asia： Bright Prospects for Economic Cooperation

IN 138 BC, the royal court of the Western Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian on a mission to the Western Regions, thus assigning the ancient Silk Road for trade and business exchanges between China and Central Asia, West Asia, as well as Europe and Africa. Since that time, this route saw China＇s papermaking technology, compass, gunpowder, printing techniques, silk, tea and porcelain spread to the world, while spices and gems came into China.     

Reflection of feminism in modern China —— Reflection of feminism in modern China

The women＇s liberation movement in China started after the first opium war and it took shape with the aim of protecting the race and salvaging the country. Doubtlessly, the emergence of modern feminism opened the precedent in the theory of women＇s liberation in China and exerted a profound and far-reaching influence on women＇s liberation afterwards. But we must face up to the fact that there was some traps or misunderstanding of modern feminism, which were unfavorable for realizing women＇s rights and such influence was long, so much so that till today we are still seeing its existence. It is, therefore, necessary to have a full reflection of modem feminism, unveil the original meaning of women＇s rights and make women＇s rights return to human rights in order to make the development of women＇s fights continue.