1. Traditional Physical Culture (30 minutes) 2. The Olympics and China (10 minutes) 3. China’s Outstanding Competitive Sports
(20minutes)
讨论 (10 minutes) 学生课间展示 (30 minutes)
equestrian polo 击鞠
During the Tang Dynasty, equestrian polo was popular in the palace, the army and among the men of literati (文人墨客).
Cuju 蹴鞠
Cuju (蹴鞠) was so
Kite Flying
Kite Flying is a traditional Chinese pastime, with millions of participants across the nation. As a sport, it became an official event in 1991. The Weifang International Kite Festival is a kite competition and exhibition that attracts tens of thousands of participants from all over the world.
popular in the Song Dynasty that everyone from the emperor to ordinary people participated in it.
Chuiwan 垂丸
In the Yuan Dynasty, people like playing a
As an important part of popular culture, sports in China began to take real shape during the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms periods. Sporting images have been recorded over the Dynasties by sepulchral (坟墓的) mural paintings, stone paintings (岩画), brick paintings (画像砖), pottery figurines (人物像) and poems.
Qigong, also called deep breathing exercises, is
practiced by the Chinese on a regular basis to keep fit. Literally “qi” means “air” implying
“life force”. The purpose of qigong is to
formation of Chinese characters, 武 (wu) is made up of 止 and 戈. The former means “stop” while the later means “dagger-axe” or “any kind of weapon”. The combination of the two means stopping martial actions. With 术 (shu), which means strategies, together, the term means “using methods and skills to stop martial actions and activities”. Another meaning of this word is the martial activities between two people or two groups with the weapons.
coordinate the health of the mind and body.
Five-animal exercises
The “five-animal exercises” is a set of health building exercise imitating the movements of five animals— tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. It’s a physical exercises
Yangge
Yangge is a traditional dance accompanied
by rhythmic folk music or singing, with the dancers dressed in costumes and holding fans or handkerchiefs. It is very popular in many areas of northern China and among the middle-aged and elderly.
Shadow boxing
A school of Chinese popular martial arts marked that are designed for defense, strengthening of physique and prevention of diseases.
Traditional Physical Culture
Sport in ancient times Ethnic Sport Traditional physical activities National physical fitness
Sport in ancient times
Body-building equipment can be found everywhere in the communities or any public places. Similarly, there is a growing trend for people to engage in their own ways to keep fit.
Traditional Physical Activities
Martial arts (Wushu 武术) Distinguished Chinese Martial Arts
Martial arts
Wushu is also called Kong fu. According to the
combined with qigong and
was initiated by Hua Tuo.
National physical fitness
There are many gymnasiums and stadiums across China, most of them are open to and widely used by the general public.
game called Chuiwan,
which is similar to golf as shown in the mural
Hitting Balls.
Ethnic Sport
With around 1,000 kinds of Ethnic sports, some of the more well known ones are Mongolian wrestling, horsemanship (马术) and archery; Hui kicking the shuttlecock (毽球) and the tug-of-war (拔河); Tibetan yak (牦牛) racing; Miao swinging and dragon-boat racing; Zhuang throwing of colored silk balls (抛绣球); Korean swinging and seesawing jumping (跳板); Manchu skating; Dong walking on stilts (踩高跷); Yao whipping tops (打 陀螺).
Modern martial arts consist of five categories
Boxing Weapon exercises Sparring exercises Actual combat Teamwork
Boxing
shadow boxing (太极拳)
中国文化概况 Chapter 7
本章教学的目的
1. 中国传统健身活动; 2. 奥运会的概况; 3. 中国优秀体育项目。
本章教学的重难点
1. 中国传统健身活动介绍； 2. 中国与奥林匹克； 3. 讨论：政府如何加强全民健身运动。
本章教学的时间安排
教师课堂讲解 (60 minutes)
Weapon exercises
Sparring exercises
Teamwork
Distinguished Chinese Martial
Arts
Shaolin Boxing
It is the representative boxing style of the Long Boxing. Characterized by sturdiness (坚定), fast attacks, and coordinated (协调的) forward and backward moves. Its serial moves are mostly short and straight.
Horse racing
Horse racing is essential to the lifestyle of