The historical development of shuttlecock

Shuttlecock is one of the traditional sports of Chinese Han people. According to historical records and unearthed artifacts, it originated in Han Dynasty of China; it began to be popular in Tang and Song Dynasty, and was widely spread in Han folk, and there were stores specializing in making and selling shuttlecock in the bazaar; formal shuttlecock games began to take place in Ming Dynasty; and it reached its peak in Qing Dynasty, and the shuttlecock production and kicking techniques reached an unprecedented level.

The skill of playing shuttlecock in the Qing Dynasty was quite high, and it was also loved by women in ancient China. Chen Weisong, a famous lyricist in the early Qing Dynasty, once praised women's shuttlecock, saying that women's shuttlecock was more skillful than soccer and more interesting than chess. After the 1930s, the shuttlecock sport had declined for a while. After the founding of new China, the development of this traditional sport was vigorously supported. 1950, Beijing absorbed street shuttlecock artists to participate in the acrobatic troupe, specializing in shuttlecock program, and performed abroad, which was warmly welcomed by foreign audiences; 1956, China's first official shuttlecock competition was held in Guangzhou; 1963, shuttlecock was included in the sports activities promoted by the state, along with jumping rope and so on and was incorporated into the physical education of primary schools. and was included in the physical education textbook of elementary school to be promoted; in 1984, the national sports committee officially listed shuttlecock as a national competition item and promulgated the shuttlecock competition rules, renamed shuttlecock as "shuttlecock"; in 1987, the Chinese shuttlecock association was established, and since then, it has held three major tournaments every year, namely, national shuttlecock championship, national workers shuttlecock tournament, national secondary school students shuttlecock tournament, and national shuttlecock tournament. Since then, National Shuttlecock Championship, National Staff Shuttlecock Tournament and National Middle School Students Shuttlecock Tournament have been held every year; shuttlecock was also listed as a competition item in National National National Games in 1995 and National Farmers' Games in 1996. The shuttlecock game has become a popular sport in the whole country.

After the introduction of modern sports in Europe and America to China at the beginning of the 20th century, shuttlecock is still a favorite sports activity of Chinese youth. Beijing, Shanghai, guangdong, zhejiang, hebei, hunan, fujian, shandong and other provinces and cities have held a large scale shuttlecock game. 1 935, the old China sixth national games, had the shuttlecock as a national art competition. The champion of women's shuttlecock is Cheng Yuezhen of Zhejiang Province, the champion of men's shuttlecock is Zhou Keyang of Shanghai (the result is nearly 5000 pairs), and the champion of shuttlecock is Dai Jinyao of Nanjing (the result is 140 pairs). Cheng Yuezhen had 1,494 pairs of disk kicks and 36 cross kicks.

Since 1984, the former state sports commission issued "shuttlecock competition rules", the shuttlecock has entered a new stage, with rules, competitiveness and refereeability of these "three elements of the competition", marking the shuttlecock has become a real formal The shuttlecock has entered a new stage with the "three elements of competition" of rules and refereeability. However, in the 26 years since 1984, the development of shuttlecock game has been quite slow, and so far it has only attracted 1% of the 100 million shuttlecock players in China, i.e., 1 million people to participate in the game. Most shuttlecock players have never even heard of shuttlecock because the technical difficulty of the game is too high and the spectacle of the top level matches is too low, making it difficult to promote the game. The latest shuttlecock competition method is the "Chinese Athletic Shuttlecock" invented in May 2009, which is the most popular shuttlecock game in China. Its spectacle, universality and competitiveness are significantly higher than the old shuttlecock game. The most competitive way of playing shuttlecock widely spread in Chinese Han folk is "pair kick" or "pair hit", which is the closest action to the Olympic spirit of "higher, faster, stronger" in shuttlecock sport. This kind of kick is the closest to the Olympic spirit "Higher, Faster, Stronger" in shuttlecock sport, so it is generally loved by young people in China. This kind of shuttlecock kick is the closest to the Olympic spirit "Higher, Faster, Stronger" in shuttlecock kicking, which is generally loved by Chinese young people. The kicking requires both sides to kick the shuttlecock to each other's feet at a lower height from the ground (the highest point in the middle is about 90-120 centimeters), and the height of the kicking between masters is as low as 20 centimeters. This kind of "low shuttlecock" is very close to soccer goal kicking, so it is absorbed by Chinese shuttlecock as a very ornamental and technical style of the game. From this, we can see that the Chinese shuttlecock is a breakthrough innovation to the traditional shuttlecock sport, which will make the shuttlecock sport refreshingly new, and become a popular form of sports competition in the world.