It is said that it is defined by the size of the sports ball. Among them, football originated in China, while basketball and volleyball originated in the United States.
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Three ancient ball games
Polo, Cuju and Cuju: "Three Big Balls" in Ancient China
When it comes to the modern "three-ball game", everyone is familiar with it. In ancient China, there were also three popular ball games: Cuju, Polo and Pushing.
The three became popular sooner or later, but they all formed strict rules of organization and competition. Cuju originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and flourished in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. During the Southern Song Dynasty,
There are many folk cuju clubs all over the country, the most famous of which is Yun Qi Club, which is found in many cities. The club should organize and publicize the competition, and the club should have rules that all members of the club should abide by.
Qin Hao, director of the Museum of Chengdu Institute of Physical Education, said that according to the archives, polo was mainly popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Riding a horse and playing ball is not a man's monopoly. Women can also ride horses, and Chumaru evolved from polo.
In the long history, cuju, polo clubs and clubs are not easy to preserve, but today people can learn about the way people play this kind of ball from cultural relics, such as twisted balls for hitting, pottery figurines for playing polo and cuju maps.
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