The origin of sport

The human body is a variety of ways of movement, used to express its vocabulary is also diverse. For example, in ancient Greece, there are "gymnastics", "athletics", "games", etc.; in ancient China, there are "health", "Nutrition" and so on. The East and the West, due to geographical, historical and cultural differences, in the way the human body movement and its expression, are showing obvious differences.

But there is a **** the same point, that is, early did not use the word "sports". The term first appeared in Rousseau's book Emile, published in 1762. It means physical education. Later, there are Germany, Denmark, Sweden, known as the father of the pioneers of sports, writing books, forming a more complete set of "gymnastics" practice system.

In 1868, Japan introduced the word "gymnastics" from Europe, and in 1878, Kinten Zhenzan officially used the word "sports". Around the time of the Hundred Days' Reform, China sent a large number of students to Japan, and the word "sport" was introduced to China through the students who stayed in Japan, and the first written translation was published in the Hangzhou Vernacular Newspaper in 1902.

In China, the word "sports" first appeared in 1904 (Guangxu 30), in Hubei kindergarten in the opening of the statute refers to the comprehensive education of young children, said: "to protect the health of the body, sports developed base." In 1905, "Hunan Monk Raising School Teaching Classes" also mentioned: "sports kung fu, gymnastics developed its surface, music and song developed its inside."

In our country, the earliest sports groups, is the Shanghai in 1906, "Shanghai two Shi Shang Sports Association". 1907, China's famous female revolutionaries Qiu Jin in Shaoxing also founded a sports club. In the same year, the Ministry of Education of the Qing Dynasty also began to have the word "sports". After the Xinhai Revolution, the word "sports" was gradually used.

In 1930, Shanghai's "Politics and Arts Bulletin" published the "Wuxi Sports Association Charter" officially used the word "sports", and immediately accepted by the community. As a result, the word "sport" settled in China.

Expanded Information

Development of Sports:

Sports is a general term for all competitive physical activity, organized or unorganized, that provides recreation for the participants through the use, maintenance, or improvement of physical fitness. There are hundreds of sports in the world*** and their forms vary widely, from those that require only two people to complete, to those that require multiple people to work in teams.

Sports are generally considered to include all activities based on sportsmanship or physical coordination, with major sporting events such as the Olympic Games only allowing sports that meet this definition, and other organizations such as the European Parliament excluding activities that do not include an element of physical activity from the concept of sport.

But there are some activities that have competitive characteristics but lack physical movement that are also considered sports, such as mind sport.

The International Olympic Committee recognizes chess and bridge as "true" sports, and SportAccord, the federation of international federations, recognizes five non-physical sports as sports, although few brain sports are recognized as sports.

Sports have a set of rules or traditions to ensure fair play and consistency in determining winners and losers. Winning may be determined by a physical event, such as scoring a goal or crossing the finish line first, or by a judge's score based on objective or subjective indicators of performance.

In organized sports, there is often a record of good performance, and in some popular sports, such information may be widely reported in sports news. At the same time, sports are a form of entertainment for non-participants, and spectator sports tend to attract large numbers of spectators to the arena, and also reach a wider audience through broadcasting.

With the expansion of international exchanges, the scale and level of sports development has become an important symbol of the development and progress of a country and society, as well as an important means of diplomatic and cultural exchanges between countries. A country's level of sports development is measured by the following aspects: the level of physical fitness of the people, the degree of popularization of sports, the level of scientific theories of sports and the state of sports facilities, the level of sports technology and the best sports results.

Sports can be divided into the categories of popular sports, professional sports, school sports, sports competitions and so on. It includes many elements such as sports culture, sports education, sports activities, sports competitions, sports facilities, sports organizations and sports science.

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