In 1995, cuju was listed as an official sport in the National Minority Traditional Sports Meetings, right?

No, cuju was listed as an official competition item at the Sixth National Minority Traditional Sports Meeting held in Beijing in 1999. The game of kicking the stone ball was excavated and organized, and when it became an official mass-competition sport, it was named cuju after the word "cuju" was used in "cuju", which means "cue ball".

Cuju ball game in a 10-meter-square flat ground, the participants heel on the ground, the ball touches the palm of the foot, cuju ball, hit the other side of the ball or the other side of the ball out of the field to score points, cuju of the ball for the diameter of 10 centimeters of hard plastic ball, divided into red and blue two colors. Because cu ball competition rules similar to billiards, so cu ball is also known as "kicking snooker".

The significance of the legacy

The rise and fall of cuju, which has been popular for thousands of years, is in line with the historical law of development and metabolism of human society. Across the historical distance in time, the demise of the ancient Cuju has been reborn in the flourishing modern soccer.

July 15, 2004, FIFA President Mr. Blatter in the third China International Football Expo to the world officially announced that "soccer originated in China", Zibo, Shandong Province was officially recognized as the origin of world soccer. During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Blatter said again: "Football originated in China, Linzi is the hometown of soccer, is not only your pride, is the pride of the Chinese people, but also the pride of the world, is the pride of all those who like soccer, like the World Cup."

In April 2006, as part of the World Cup in Germany, the Football Museum in Hamburg, Germany, was officially opened to showcase the rich history and culture of soccer, including the splendid Chinese cuju culture as the origin of soccer.