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The Research Of The Development Of Women Sports In Our Tang Dynasty

Posted on:2009-09-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q J ChengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360245459684Subject:Humanities and sociology
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China's Tang Dynasty is the heyday of feudal society, but also the glorious period of ancient culture. Tang as an integral part of the culture of sports, which in this period has got an unprecedented development, presenting a magnificent, gorgeous picture of prosperity. Meanwhile the woman sports based on the development of the former generation has made great progress, and the growing success in the history of sports in ancient China is rare, and it has set up the precursor to the participation of women in sports. Women's sports activities during the Tang Dynasty are lively, colorful, and have inject new blood into the development of the Tang Dynasty sports.The women sports is an important component of the Tang Dynasty as well as writes a brilliant chapter of the development history of China's sports. In this point of view, this text begins with the background of women in the Tang Dynasty, and based on the study of specific women sports, using the knowledge of sociology, history, women's studies, literature and some other relevant theories to give a comprehensive analysis of the process of women sports in the Tang Dynasty .And it also will reveal the deep-seated reasons behind,hoping to do some contribution to the study of women in the Tang Dynasty.The writing is composed of seven parts. First, the "Introduction",which made a mainly statement on the orign and the purpose of the study, and gave a brief review of the present study about this subject. Second, based on the analyses of the women's participation in sports before the Tang Dynasty, we can see that the women almost lost their chances to enjoy the sports. Third, the prosperous performance and characteristics are analyzed in this part. The vigorous development of women sports in the Tang Dynasty shows in three aspects. There are a variety of sports contents, some higher level sports, and the competitive athletics also appear in this time. Then summed up the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty women's sports:such as the wide participation in the main content, the diversity of sports content, the obvious color of entertainment,the imbalance of the main participition and the differences of the sports contents. Fourth, there are some multi-directional, multi-angle analyses about the flourish of women sports during the Tang Dynasty. The social, political, economic and cultural development of in this period has laid a foundation for women to take part in sports extensively. The open society, few feudal ethics restraints, and relatively high status of women have provided favorable conditions for their participation in sports. Fifth, the political instability of the late period of the Tang Dynasty resulted in the transform of the society from open to conservative. The "patriarchal"of the feudal system blocked the development of the women sports, making the women sports in the late part of the Tang Dynasty show a gradual decline. Sixth, by the vertical and horizontal comparison, we can see that both in the history of sports in ancient China, and in the world sportshistory of the Middle Ages, the Tang Dynasty women sports have a higher historical position. And then put forward some influences on literature, painting, sculpture and the late sports. Seventh, the ending part give a summary to the full text, and then point out some valuable things that can be used in present study of women sports.
Keywords/Search Tags:Tang Dynasty, women sports, development and evolution, reasons
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