Tujia folk sports

Author: Tu Shaosheng
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: The emergence of folk sports is a result of social productive labor. Without a strong body, one cannot bear the heavy burden of labor, and sports activities are the best way to improve physical fitness. After exhausting labor, people of all ethnic groups utilize various natural elements (such as sunlight, air, water, as well as animals and plants) as basic means to exercise their bodies, aiming to enhance health, strengthen physical strength, and cultivate character. Regardless of which ethnic group resides in a particular place, they can draw on local resources, adapt to the environment, time, and materials to design and carry out a variety of sports activities, thus giving rise to folk sports. The folk sports of the Tujia ethnic group introduced in this book fully reflect the ethnic, regional, practical, enjoyable, and popular characteristics of folk sports. The two comrades, Tu and Xiang, have been engaged in teaching and researching sports for many years. They possess profound expertise and experience, and as sports experts of their own ethnic group, their summary and interpretation present the rich and diverse folk sports of the Tujia people before us.