From the arrows and stirrups of the Warring States period to the bow used by Zhang Juanjuan, the women's archery champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; from the bronze and white jade carved double ball statue in the Ming Dynasty, to the trophy of the Chinese women's volleyball team winning the world championship for the first time in 1981; from the beast-patterned bronze stirrups of the Qing Dynasty, to the short-track speed skating star Li Jiajun wearing when he won the first Winter Olympic medal for China at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics... On December 31st, the "Inheritance and Transcendence - Chinese Sports Culture Exhibition on the Road of the Double Olympic Games" opened at the Capital Museum, and more than 200 sports relics vividly tell the story of Chinese sports through the millennium.
In 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Cup championship trophy
Stepping into the exhibition hall, the three parts of "Chinese sports have a long history", "revitalizing the Chinese Olympic Journey" and "The City of the Two Olympics attracts worldwide attention" outline the development of Chinese sports from ancient times to the present, and show the brilliant achievements of Chinese athletes in the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.
At the beginning of the exhibition, the first thing that catches the eye is the Han Dynasty blue glaze stacked sculpture riding clay pot, look closely, the pottery pot abdomen is printed with riding archery patterns; there is also a Tang Dynasty bronze mirror hanging in the center of the glass display cabinet, exquisite pattern depicting the ancient hunting picture; in addition, there are Song Dynasty copper Chinese chess pieces, Ming Dynasty Keju high foot bowl, etc., a piece of interesting cultural relics, leading the audience through historical time and space, a glimpse of the rich and interesting sports of the ancients thousands of years ago.
Han Dynasty blue glaze stacked sculpture riding archery pot
Warring States Arrow
In the exhibition hall of "Revitalizing the Chinese Olympic Journey", the competition suit of Chen Jingkai, China's first athlete to break the world record, the race suit worn by Liu Xiang, the men's 110-meter hurdles champion of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the signed medallion shoes of Cui Xiaotong, the women's four-person rowing champion at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, as well as the torches and medals of previous Olympic Games, were all unveiled. One of the unique steel exhibits is particularly eye-catching, the staff introduced, this is a "bird's nest" steel structure of the first truss as the main shape, according to the 1 to 100 standard ratio made of steel carving, with precision casting process once poured to complete, full of tension, known as the "bird's nest" the first steel carving.
The first steel sculpture of the "Bird's Nest"
The exhibition hall of "The City of The Two Olympics Attracts Worldwide Attention" attracted many spectators, and this part showed the development of China's ice and snow sports through video images, pictures and texts, and representative equipment of Winter Olympic athletes. The torches and mascots of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were unveiled at the core position, as well as the medals won by Chinese athletes in previous Winter Olympic Games, the "champion dragon suit" worn when standing on the podium, and the boots of the ice rink, etc., which brought the audience into the passionate Winter Olympic Arena.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Torch
The exhibition, co-sponsored by the China Sports Museum and the Capital Museum, will be on view until March 15, 2022.