Discuss the differences between Chinese and Western sports culture from the perspective of competition (500+)

The differences between Chinese and Western sports culture are caused by many factors such as historical changes, people's living environment and cultural traditions. From this, we can look at the three aspects of the background of sports in China and the West, the humanistic spirit of sports, and the comparison between the two produced a sharp contrast between China and the West in the generation of differences in sports culture.

(I) From the background of sports to see the difference between Chinese and Western sports culture

China is a big country with a long history, it has excellent cultural traditions, as well as a great historical background. China's sports culture has a deep root, which is produced by the exchanges and integration of all Chinese nationalities and regions. China has many traditional cultures, which are profound and profound and have been passed down from generation to generation, and the words "peace" and "harmony" are the profound connotations of the inherent qualities of China's sports culture. Traditional sports are based on "health maintenance", so there are very few intense sports programs and methods, most of the body movement is mainly internal, downplaying the physical appearance of the exercise. The purpose is for fitness, health and wisdom. Ancient Chinese people believe that exercise should be appropriate, the amount of neither big nor small, the amount of exercise will hurt the body, and vice versa, small will not achieve the purpose of cultivating the body and mind, and also pay attention to these aspects of diet and living. So the background of Chinese sports culture is the whole Chinese culture as the background.

Western sports culture is from the Greek culture as the source, through the Renaissance, the industrial revolution, and gradually formed a religion as the core, the pursuit of personal freedom, advocating personal struggle as the characteristics of the ocean-type culture. Westerners emphasize the embodiment of "strength" and "beauty", and usually show their strongest side. Their sport is a kind of competitive sport, with exceptionally fierce competition as the process of sport, to win or lose the sports competition for the purpose. The pursuit of individualism, the pursuit of sports is also the pursuit of human strength, speed, flexibility, endurance, sensitivity and other physical individual factors, and their potential ability to fully tap, play out. Westerners pay more attention to the body's external molding and the ability to compete, "higher, faster, stronger" competitive sports is the mainstream of Western sports.

The reason why the two are very different is also because of the different cultural connotations of China and the West, our country adheres to Confucianism on the human body's internal cultivation is extremely important, and advocate wisdom, so our country in the rapid development of chess skills. Thus, the development of sports in our country is extremely slow, leading people to believe that sports do not play any role, or even "emphasize literature over sports," making sports gradually weakened. Our country attaches importance to the development and cultivation of people's collective concept, everything is to take the big picture as the priority; Western countries attach importance to sports, worship of the brave. Brave people can really play their own qualities and potential, in Sparta the whole country people from birth to undergo rigorous military training, to learn a variety of survival, combat skills in case of emergency. Only those who could do so were employed and respected by the people. At the same time, women must have a strong body and receive exercise. But they are not allowed to participate in any competitions, let alone watch them. Westerners focus on personality development, strongly advocate the sense of competition, anything to win or lose focus on utilitarianism. It is this strong sense of competition that has enabled western countries to develop rapidly.

(2) The humanistic spirit of Chinese and Western sports is different

What is humanistic spirit? Humanism is a kind of universal human self-care, which is manifested in the maintenance, pursuit and concern for the dignity, value and destiny of human beings, the high value of various spiritual and cultural phenomena inherited from human beings, and the affirmation and molding of an ideal personality of all-round development. Its goal is the pursuit of goodness and beauty, and its core is people-oriented.

China is an ancient country, the cultural traditions handed down by previous generations have an extremely important impact on the humanistic spirit of sports, embodied in the humanistic spirit of "unity of heaven and man", "advocate harmony", "abide by the The so-called "unity of heaven and man", "advocating harmony" and "abiding by the middle way". The so-called "unity of heaven and man" means that the two elements, nature and man, are regarded as one, i.e., the human body should adapt to the rhythms of natural changes, so that the two can integrate with each other. "Harmony" whether it is man and nature or man and man in our country are advocating mutual coordination and harmony, the way of health, absorb the spirit of heaven and earth in a body, the emphasis on internal cultivation. Make the content and methods of sports is the same, take the typical project of our traditional sports, taijiquan. Its characteristic is to soft to conquer hard, static and static combination, static braking, with no change to meet all changes, etc., will be human and nature as one without interference from external factors, and to have a good state of mind, not hasty, not impatient, quietly wait and see what happens. To practice Taijiquan, one should first start cultivating from the inside, and then from the inside to the outside. His purpose is to cultivate the body and the mind.

Western countries, on the other hand, are the opposite of our country, reflecting the humanistic spirit of "individual-centeredness" and "competition". Self-centered, emphasis on the development of personal ability, and emphasize the individual to transcend nature. If you want to highlight the individual so that they become the best will certainly lead to competition, only in the competition to win the victory will "stand out from the crowd" "unique" to become the hegemony. Take the United States as an example, why did it become the dominant player in the world sports arena? The United States is a completely individualistic country, the pursuit of personal freedom, the atmosphere of competition is strong, it fully affirms the individual athlete's self-worth and the spirit of tenacity and struggle, to worship the development of strength, skill, struggle, competition. It is this spirit that makes athletes constantly explore their potential, challenge themselves, and climb to the top. Western sports also highly respected beyond nature, in the challenge and beyond the physical limits of man, we must begin to challenge beyond nature. So westerners have the spirit of adventure, such as mountaineering, rafting, etc., these are extremely dangerous projects a little lapse will be an accident. But we still see many people participating in this activity every year to challenge the nature to realize themselves.

The difference in humanism between China and the West is reflected in the different understanding and awareness of sports, which is inseparable from the historical and cultural heritage of China and the West.

The comparison between the two

China's sports culture is to focus on cultivating the body and mind, through sports to make the body and mind to get coordinated; Western sports side emphasizes the "competition". China's traditional sports is from the outside to the inside of a fitness, nourishing the heart; Western sports emphasize competition, usually in the fierce competition to give full play to themselves to achieve victory, and proud, respected. Our country in ancient times did not attach importance to competitive sports, do not agree with the kind of intense sports and finally gradually our sports have become unbearable.