Comparison Of The Folk Sports Between Portugal And China

Under the global environment of the emphasis on traditions and cultural differences, the folk sports, as a main part of the folk life, have already begun the recovery process. The research choose the similarities and differences between the folk sports of China and Portugal as the main study object, selected the dragon boat race of Miluo in China and the bullfight in Portugal as the most representative folk sports in order to do the case study. By used the research methods of field work, collection of the network data, to do the comparative study which also based on the understanding of cultural background in-depth. Try to introduce the folk sports of exotic culture and to know the reality of the folk sports in our country, eventually to find the regulations of development of folk sports. The study shows:1 The Portuguese bullfight reflects the Knights' Spirits of the nation, and the traditional way of life of Portuguese people. Under the Society-Dominated development model, the systematic development of bullfight is under very good condition. The seasonal of bullfight, the super-power of the audience, the combination the professionalization and amateurism are the main features of Portuguese bullfight. 2 Because of the collective, identity as well as its profound historical meaning, the dragon boat race has been advocated by our nation. Under the Government-Dominated development model, the race has been improved in every aspect. However, dependence to the festival and un-gain of audience will be the main reasons which will restrict the further development.3 Through the comparison, we can summarize some common features and the regulation of the development of folk sports: Both of them show the common feature of competition; They fulfill the needs of people in the aspect of culture and of psychological, and they also play as a cultural identity to identify the people; The emphasize on keep the ceremonies, emphasize on skills, and emphasize on the audience are the most important factors to inherit the folk sports; To keep the flexible develop space is the way ensure the folk sports can adapt to the changing environment; The regulation of development can be summarized as:" the develop phase of worship→the develop phase of secular→the develop phase of cultural symbol"4 Through the comparative study, we can conclude the ideal develop model of folk sports in our country is "Society-Dominated with the assist from the government" improve the participation of audience and enlarge the folk sports on time and on space are the main directions of further development; to be the cultural symbol of our nation should be the main target of folk sports in our country.