Abstract
The traditional culture not only influences the life of modern people, but also promotes the sports undertakings in China. Influenced by the traditional culture, the development of leisure sports in ancient China has very strong traditional cultural nature and its contemporary value connotation. This paper analyzes and discusses on the development of leisure sports in ancient China and its contemporary sports culture value, aiming at further making the development of leisure sports in ancient China and its cultural value connotation clearly, doing some beneficial researches and making some contributions.
Highlights
The leisure sports in China have national features
The traditional culture influences the life of modern people, and promotes the sports undertakings in China
From the end of the primitive society when sports came into being to there have already been sports for over 10,000 years (Zhang & Pan, 2011). They develop and evolve constantly, integrating with traditional Chinese culture closely, which becomes an important content in the traditional culture, and influences the development of sports undertakings in future China greatly (Yao, 2009)
Summary
The leisure sports in China have national features. There are folk festivals such as acrobatics and boat race for celebration, and the swing to play every day, as well as Cuju and sumo with military nature in ancient times. From the end of the primitive society when sports came into being to there have already been sports for over 10,000 years (Zhang & Pan, 2011). They develop and evolve constantly, integrating with traditional Chinese culture closely, which becomes an important content in the traditional culture, and influences the development of sports undertakings in future China greatly (Yao, 2009). This article studies the ancient leisure sports defined as the ancient nature of the entertainment with a variety of entertainment-oriented movement. Cuju, horse racing, rope skipping, polo, archery and so on
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