Sports and Games of Old China

• 作者: HUO JIANYING
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 体育
• 关键词: 中国 古代 体育运动 体育项目
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（4）
• 页码范围: 60-63
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: G812.9

摘要

<正>Football Football, or to be more exact, soccer, was first played in China in the Han Dynasty (206 BC -AD 220). Then, as now, the actual ball was made of leather, but inflated with hair and other soft fillings rather than air. That the so-called beautiful game has such a long history in the celestial kingdom may come as a sur-