Modern sports competitions are rich and colorful, and in ancient times sports are also varied and interesting.
The ancient Cuju sport is similar to the current football game. As early as the Warring States Period in our country, Cuju entertainment games were popular among the Qi people. By the Han Dynasty, Cuju had become a method of military training by strategists. Cuju organizations and Cuju artists have appeared in the Song Dynasty. There was a sport of Cuju on ice in the Qing Dynasty.
The legend of Cuju originated from the Yellow Emperor's creation of "leather as the sac and hair in reality." It is used for military training. During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, "Kangzhuang drove and kicked Juju in the poor alleys." "Going to bow horses for business, and home to kicking Ju for learning." Cuju performances are accompanied by drum music, and there are performances such as single Cuju and double drumming Cuju. Form, which contains a variety of technical actions. The competitive shape of Cuju has also been formed. The Cuju Field is rectangular, with east-west orientation, and there is a large hall for viewing from the north to the south, surrounded by walls, called "Ju Wall". Li You’s "Ju Cheng Ming" of the Eastern Han Dynasty records "round Ju square wall, imitating yin and yang. The moon and the moon are opposite, and the two and six are equal. The establishment of Changping, the examples are often..."
It is said that there were inflatable balls in the Tang Dynasty. The inflatable ball appeared at that time. The Cuju game in the Tang Dynasty was generally held in the court and had a single goal. During the game, two three-foot-tall clubs were erected in the center of the court. The diameter of the goal on the upper part was about one foot. The name is "Merry Eyes". The players of the two teams (left and right armies) each have twelve or sixteen, and they are called ball head, snap ball, front pinch, head pinch, left pole net, right pole net, scattered stand, etc. During the game, with the whistle and drums as a sign, the left army members first bumped the ball to each other several times and passed it to the deputy captain. The deputy captain bumped the ball several times before passing it to the captain. The captain kicked the ball towards the "Merry Eyes" and kicked the ball. Passing is winning. The same is true for the right army. In the end, the player who passes the goal more wins, the winner gets a reward, and the loser gets a penalty. If he loses, the captain will be even more unlucky, with white powder on his face and a whip.
In the Song Dynasty, the Cuju movement became more popular, from the court to the folk, it was very popular. Taizu Zhao Kuangyin often played Cuju games with Zhao Jiong, Zhao Pu and others. The traitor Gao Qi in "Water Margin" is a master of Cuju, because he played a good ball, he was loved by the king Zhao Ji (Song Huizong). At the same time, women also appeared in Cuju sports, even in the form of male and female kicks.
playing without a goal is called a free play, from one player to ten players. "One-person field" for performers to perform one by one, called "well wheel". In addition to kicking, the head, shoulders, chest, knees, abdomen, buttocks and other parts of the body can receive the ball. The ball is called "flying" when the ball rises and falls. The ball rolls up and down on the body as "rolling" ". Two or more to ten players are two players, Zhuanhuazhi, Meteor Chasing the Moon, Small Out of the Tip, Big Out of the Tip, Falling Flowers and Flowing Water, Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Kicking Huaxin, and the audience.
A group formed by Cuju artists in the Song Dynasty was called "Yuanshe" and "Qiyunshe", and had the "Qiyun Society Regulations."
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang banned Cuju in the army, but the folk Cuju movement was flourishing. It was a workshop in the Ming Dynasty. There are many varieties of Ju (called Jian Se at the time) on sale, and there are forty kinds of "Jian Se names" recorded in "Cuju Pu".
In the Qing Dynasty, the "ice Cuju" game appeared, which combined the traditional Cuju sport with skating. It is one of the ice sports and is particularly popular.
, also known as kicking, kicking, and kicking, it is said that it originated in ancient Persia (now Iran), and was passed from Tibet to the mainland in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that there was a martial arts in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
is popular in the Tang Dynasty. The ball hitting the ball is about the size of a fist while riding on a horse. It is made of light and tough wood, hollowed out in the middle, and the surface of the ball is beautifully carved. ", "Seven Treasures" and so on. When hitting the ball right away, the stick is very important. The stick is several feet long and the top is curved back like a moon. The ball stick is very beautifully decorated with various patterns. It is called "painting stick."
Kicking was a noble sport at the time. The kicking field is very particular. According to Yan Kuan’s "Wentang Yuqiu Fu", “The square is only new, clean and clean, calm as if you look down at the mirror. The little dew drops but you must smell it, and the dust will not reflect.” The ball is thrown suddenly, and the moon sticks hit each other.” This shows the luxury, cleanliness and excitement of the batting court. In the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Sanxing explained when Sima Guang’s "Tong Jian of Zi Zhi Tong Jian" hits the Shence army in the late Tang Dynasty, he recorded: "Anyone who hits a sack, sets a sack gate on the sack court, sets rewards... all coaches put the ball on the court. , The one who hits the goal first wins. The first winner gets the first pick, and the restWill re-enter the field to hit the ball, and the winner gets second. "Z1z
In the Tang Dynasty, kicking was very popular among the royal family and aristocracy. In the Tang Dynasty, several emperors were masters of kicking.
Emperor Li Longji of Tang Ming was a master of kicking before he became king. During the reign of Emperor Ruizong Li Dan, an envoy from Tubo was sent by Tubo. Marry the Jincheng Princess, Li Longji, the king of Linzi, and the heir king Li Yong, Ma Yang Shenjiao, Wu Yanxiu and other four people and ten masters of the Tubo mission, Li Longji "driving from east to west" "Wind back to electricity, and invincible." After everyone’s concerted efforts, they finally defeated the Tubo mission and won the honor for the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Muzong Li Heng also loves kicking. After three years of ascending the throne, he became a polo player. Be violent. "Even to stop the court for three days. Tang Jingzong Li Zhan is the son of Li Heng, and his son likes to hit the ball just like his father. In June of the second year of Baoli (826 AD), he held a sports event in the palace, polo, Wrestling, Sanda, fighting, miscellaneous drama, etc. He ordered the left and right sergeants, the palace personnel, the Jiaofang, the Neiyuan and others to play the ball in groups, riding on a donkey. He played on the court, and there must be a band playing music off the court, Jingzong Although young, he is very tyrannical and playful. He often plays polo in the palace, "playing night fox. In the second year of Baoli (826 AD), Tang Jingzong Li Zhan, who came back from "Fighting the Night Fox" in the middle of the night, had a drink with 28 eunuchs Liu Keming, Tian Wucheng, Xu Wenduan, and the batting generals Su Zuoming, Shi Dingkuan, and Wang Jiaxian. At that time, he was conspired to death by Liu Keming and Su Zuoming. He was only seventeen years old. Tang Jingzong was licentious and playful, obsessed with batting, "playing the night fox", etc., ruining the government, and eventually died in Huangquan. It is so sad.
Tang Xuanzong Li Chen is also a polo master. He rode his horses and hits countless balls on the court. "There are hundreds of combos, and the horses are not stopping. "It's breathtaking.
Tang Xizong's polo level is also quite good. He often boasted that if he set up a polo imperial examination, he would do his part to win a jinshi.
ancient Cuju and batting were the predecessors of modern football and polo. It is a popular sport. Nowadays football, polo, especially football, are widely popularized by people, showing new vitality and infinite vitality.
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