The Study On Sports Weekly In Changsha Hunan During 1918-1919

In 1909, Mr. Xu Yibing, the founder of the first gymnastics school in China, publishes'Sports'. This is so far discovered earliest in all the Chinese sports journals, and the earliest sports journals published by Chinese. According to the existing historical statistics, until 1919, there has been eight sports journals, in which Shanghai 'Sports', Shanghai'Sports Magazine'and Changsha'Sports Weekly'are the most influential ones.This thesis is about'Sports Weekly'of Changsha Hunan during 1918———1919. The main reasons are:Firstly, the period, from 1909 to 1919, is seen as the early stage of development of the sports journals in China by scholars. Whether the influence is big or small, or the time is long or short, studying any sports journal during 10 years can enrich the content of journal and sports history. Moreover, at that time,'Sports Weekly'had the attention of social celebrities for writing, even'New Youth'gave it a comprehensive affirmation. Nowadays, all the athletically scholars quoted articles and ideas of'Sports Weekly'to confirm the social status and physical environment at that time when researching sports history of early Minguo. But, so far, no one give'Sports Weekly'a more in-depth study.The author referred to'Sports Weekly'(48) before, and researched separately from the overview, page, columns, content (views), characteristics and so on. Through the study, from the aspect of page, the style of'Sports Weekly'is concise and regular; from the aspect of columns, it is mainly divided into the comment, knowledge and essay,and any aspect covers many contents; from the aspect of content, the author selected some typical articles from'Sports Weekly'and focused on point research including the analysis of situation, the new interpretation of sports, the attention of school sports (solider hold, PE teachers, Games), the attention of social sports(women sports, meditation); from the aspect of characteristics,'Sports weekly'is revolutionary, ideological, both academic and popularity. Finally, the conclusion is'Sports Weekly' is proactive and is guideline of the change of Chinese sports values.This paper chooses'Sports Weekly'as the research object and makes multi-level research. The research may have a general understanding of'Sports Weekly'and can know the development of sports at that time in China.