Badminton # Who invented badminton?

As early as 2000 years ago, badminton-like sports appeared in China, Indian and other countries. China is called baton, India is called Pune, and western Europe and other countries are called shuttlecock cricket. 1In the 1970s, British soldiers took home Pune games they had learned in India as a pastime after meals and rest.

It is said that at the end of 14, there was a movement in Japan in which cherries were inserted with beautiful feathers as balls and two people fought back and forth with wooden boards. This is the embryonic form of badminton.

Modern badminton was born in England. 1873 In Glasgow, Birmingham, England, an earl named beaufort held a garden party in his territory. Several retired officers who came back from India introduced a game of playing shuttlecock back and forth with rackets across the net, which aroused great interest. Because this activity is very interesting, it quickly became popular on the social stage of the upper class. "Badminton" became the name of British badminton. 1893, 14 badminton clubs in Britain formed the Badminton Association.

/kloc-In the 8th century, a game similar to today's badminton appeared in Pune, India. Wool was woven into balls, and feathers were inserted on them. People held wooden bats and hit back in the air through the net. However, this game has not been popular for long.

Badminton was introduced to China around 1920, and developed rapidly after liberation. In 1970s, China badminton team became one of the top teams in the world.

In the 1970s, Indonesia and China were evenly matched in the international badminton competition. By the 1980s, the advantage had been transferred to China, which showed that badminton in China had reached the advanced level in the world. Badminton was listed as an official event in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed events. There are many other badminton competitions, such as Thomas Cup, Uber Cup and World Badminton Championship.