Throughout the ages, the Chinese people's love for sports events has been in the same vein. Konokuju is comparable to soccer, Konobu maru is comparable to ice hockey, and Kono no Juju is comparable to darts. Ancient Chinese sports loom in the vast sea of cultural relics and stories.
The "Ancient Sports Relics" series of activities explores ancient sports culture, reproduces the ancient people's fun sports scenes, feels the distinctive characteristics and diverse forms of sports activities of the Chinese nation, inherits the spirit of sports, and pays tribute to the Winter Olympics through cultural relics related to riding and shooting, fishing, driving the royal family, throwing pots, bowing, pounding pills, rowing dragon boats, martial arts, chess, etc.
At present, the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and the sports cultural relics unearthed in various places are also "rubbing their hands", and they want to show their skills in a game. Let's take a look at which heavyweight "player" is on the stage today!
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Keju
Keju is a kind of football sport in ancient China, with a very long history, the pre-Qin dynasty stepping bow, the Han Dynasty's keju, the Tang Dynasty's construction of balls, kickballs, said different eras of keju. Keju was originally used as a training warrior and flourished in the army.
During the Tang Dynasty, the "cold food Keju" and the addition of women made keju more and more folkloric. The popularity of keju activities has stimulated the public's enthusiasm for the improvement of bow ball production, and the progress of bow ball material has in turn promoted the development of keju in history.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Keju was more entertaining, and the form of multi-person Keju was very popular.
Keju has undergone thousands of years of development and evolution, and gradually formed three forms of competition: direct confrontation, indirect confrontation and white play (fancy football). The development and promotion of Keju has an important impact on the birth of modern football.
In 2006, Keju was approved by the State Council to be included in the "First List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage".
The number of Keju cultural relics handed down in history is rich, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, etc., showing the wide application of Keju culture and the far-reaching circulation. The sights and thousands of emotions that have been touched by the history of crossing the Keju Field, and the cheers caused by them, seem to use cultural relics as a medium to go back in time and brush their faces.
Represents cultural relics
White glazed black color baby bow ball pattern pillow
Cizhou kiln porcelain is rich in shape and variety, especially in a variety of porcelain pillows, which have the stamp of "Zhangjiazuo" at the bottom. The boy in the middle of the pillow is dressed in a long-sleeved flower coat, wearing fat pants underneath, and is playing football with his arms outstretched. It can be seen from the picture that Keju was a game sport that the people liked to hear during the Song Dynasty.
White glazed black color child bow ball pattern pillow Song Dynasty
Unearthed in Xingtai City, Hebei Province
Keju bronze mirror
The diameter of the bronze mirror is 10.6 cm and the thickness is 0.6 cm. The high relief on the back of the mirror depicts a scene of a game of bowing together between men and women. On the left side of the picture, a high-bun woman is playing a ball, and on the right, a man with a head on his head is staring intently at the ball, as if he is defending. In addition, there are two people watching from the sidelines, and the scene is very vivid.
Keju pattern copper mirror Song Dynasty
Collection of the National Museum of China
Song Taizu Keju diagram
The painting is light in color and clumsy in line, depicting the scene of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Taizong Zhao Kuangyi and close minister Zhao Pu playing together. The original picture was painted by the Song Dynasty painter Su Hanchen, and the Inscription of Qian Xuan in the Yuan Dynasty after copying: "Keju Tu Old Tibetan Secret House, Now Gtu Zhi." If it were not for the revolution of heaven and man, it should be incomprehensible and what it is said. ”
The Song Dynasty was the second climax of the development of football in ancient China. In the Song Dynasty, in addition to the official family with Keju professional artists, there were also Keju artists performing in the folk entertainment place "Wazi", in such a football boom atmosphere from top to bottom, there were Gao Li, Zhang Ming, Liu Sanfu and other figures who made their mark on playing football.
Song Taizu Keju Diagram Yuan Dynasty
Collection of Shanghai Museum