What are the differences between Chinese and Western sports culture?

The core concept of Chinese sports culture is "altruism". "Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trust" are all aimed at others, not oneself, which is a purely other-centered principle of doing things, highlighting the Chinese themselves pay more attention to harmonious interpersonal relationships. On the other hand, the core content of the Western sports culture shows the "self-interest" nature. The objects of "courage, competition, freedom, equality, moderation and prudence" are all oneself, with no place for others, which is a typical self-development-centered principle of doing things, highlighting the fact that Westerners also attach importance to dealing with the order of themselves and the whole society. Under the influence of the traditional values of competition and the survival of the fittest, the individual-oriented sports ideology was born in the West. Therefore, when engaging in sports activities, Westerners insist on individualism, advocate individual liberation, respect individual rights and attach importance to contractual relations. \The values of Chinese sports culture are based on the principles of "music and rites" and "the use of the world". This shows that ancient Chinese sports culture advocates the use of sports activities to cultivate the mind and cultivate the character, and incorporates sports activities into the process of educating the mind, cultivating the body, serving the country, and observing people. It is based on this understanding that having practical value and being conducive to accomplishing personal moral cultivation constituted the two basic principles for choosing personal sports activities in ancient China. The choice of value of Western sports culture takes fully respecting human free will and promoting individuality as the basic principle. Western culture emphasizes the stimulation and release of human creative potential, this pursuit of individual beauty, individual free will of the state of mind and respect for human nature and human free will has also become an important principle of the western society to choose the means of sports. It can be seen that, whether it is the competitive sports of ancient Greece and Rome, or the development of outdoor sports and even modern sports in modern times, Western sports have always emphasized the realization of human self-worth, the pursuit of individual free will, and focus on competition rather than ethics. \x0d\ In ancient China, where Confucianism was the mainstream of thought, emphasis was placed on benevolence, righteousness, rites and music rather than physical exercise itself, and the norm of treating each other with courtesy and respect among people (gentlemen) was advocated rather than the spirit of competition, which emphasized the power of the individual. Under the domination of this concept of emphasizing morality over physicality, ancient Chinese sports formed the principle of "shooting is not the main skin, and power is not the same as science". This shows that Confucianism, represented by Confucius, emphasized the importance of making sports, especially ancient military sports, serve the interests of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and music. \x0d\ In contrast, Western sports culture emphasizes the principle of free competition. The ancient Greek tradition of thought asserted that man could recognize nature, conquer it, and challenge it. People of that time were clearly aware of the differences, oppositions and contradictions between themselves and nature, and sought to overcome such contradictions. \x0d\from the point of view of aesthetic interest, the Chinese people advocate superhuman wisdom and perfect virtue, the Chinese people talk about physical beauty, first of all, "born and bred", that is, it is given by the parents rather than trained; the second is to talk about the beauty of the appearance and charisma. In the eyes of the Greeks, the ideal character is not a thoughtful mind or a keen sense of the heart, but a good pedigree, sound development, well-proportioned limbs, agile, good at a variety of sports athletes. Ancient Greece's worship of force and praise of the physical body formed the basis of the athletic view of Western sports culture. \x0d\ Different value understandings in Chinese and Western sports culture influence the view of athletics in sports activities. Different views of athleticism influence people's choice of activity, resulting in different types of basic sport patterns. In the West, physical fitness is valued and strength is celebrated, and most of the major sports competitions are power sports such as jousting, jumping, boxing, running, discus throwing, etc., and their competitions are characterized by demonstrating the level of physical fitness. And most of the Chinese sports were technical, that is, in the strength of the competition also advocate the "four two pounds" skills to show the advantages and disadvantages of the technique skills for its competition characteristics.