History of Sports

Description

History of Sports

Author: Editorial Board

Order No. CPG112

ISBN-13: 9781921099700

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: CPG-International/Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

Pub Year: 2009

Language: Simplified Chinese and English

Size: 4.5 x 8.25

Page: 176

Price: $14.95

History of Chinese Civilization, a series of bilingual books, will win over its readers with interesting and inspiring historical facts and stories, told in accurate yet vivid, simple yet thought-provoking words. With carefully chosen and arranged texts written both in Chinese and English, the books will help both westerners and Chinese readers learn more about the language as well as the history and culture of China. Many colorful illustrations throughout the series will give readers a better understanding of those facts and stories, which tell them about not only history but also how to learn from history.

History of Sports looks at the ways in which Chinese sports are closely intertwined with political-economic development as well as scientific and cultural advances of society. In primitive society, basic athletic skills people used in their daily lives for production purposes such as running, jumping, climbing, and throwing, could be considered sports in their infancy. By the Song and Yuan dynasties, the development of the commercial economy further popularized the already widespread sports by commercializing them. Chinese sports continually present new images to people all over the world.