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What are the ancient sports in China?

There are cuju, wrestling, pill throwing, archery and dragon boat racing. Flying kites is also one of the sports.

1, cuju: It is an ancient football game in China.

2. Wrestling: It is an ancient wrestling sport in China. It is an activity that people conquer nature with their own strength without borrowing any tools. In a sense, this is the most primitive and earliest physical activity of human beings.

3. Drop pill: It comes from the "stepping ball" in the Tang Dynasty, which is very similar to modern hockey. However, in the Song Dynasty, the sport of stepping on the ball gradually developed from the original antagonistic competition to the non-antagonistic competition. The goal was cancelled and the hole was used instead, and the ball scored a point in the hole. The form of the competition has changed and the name has also changed. It's called "Blowing Pills".

4. Archery: Archery is a sport that uses the elasticity of the bow to shoot arrows and compete accurately within a certain distance. As far back as/kloc-0,000,000 years ago in the Middle Stone Age, humans invented bows and arrows to hunt and fish. After a long time, the bow and arrow was one of the weapons used in the war. Now the bow and arrow exists as a favorite sport.

5. Dragon boat race: Dragon boat race, also known as dragon boat race, dragon boat race, dragon boat rowing, dragon boat race, etc. It is a mass entertainment activity with strong traditional folk culture in the history of China, and it is also a kind of sports that is conducive to strengthening people's physique and cultivating the spirit of courage and perseverance.

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