Related Folk Sports Activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day

Folk sports activities related to Tomb-Sweeping Day: jogging and cuju.

The Chinese nation has had the custom of going for an outing in Qingming since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called spring outing, spring seeking and so on. Spring outing, also known as spring outing, refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. Outing, a seasonal folk activity, has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient Spring Festival custom of farming sacrifice, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations.

There are both solar terms and festivals in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day provides important conditions for the formation of the Qingming outing custom in terms of time and meteorological phenology. During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time to go for an outing. People use the opportunity of sweeping graves to have fun with their families in mountainous areas and rural areas.

Cuju, also known as "kicking", "cuqiu", "kicking round", "catching the ball" and "kicking round". Kick means kick, kick, kick. Bow is a ball wrapped in skin and filled with rice bran. Therefore, "Cuju" refers to the activities that the ancients kicked, kicked and kicked with their feet, similar to today's football.

According to historical records, as early as the Warring States Period, the recreational cuju game was popular among the people in China, and it became a method of military training from the Han Dynasty. Cuju organizations and artists appeared in the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it can be said that Cuju is a wonderful flower with a long history and great influence in ancient China.