Research On The China Ancient Sports Development In Xinjiang

Xinjiang, the ancient name is "Xiyu"(narrowly defined), here is the pore of theEurasian population migration and the exchange of eastern and western civilizations overthe centuries. Accumulation after thousands of years of history and civilization, Xinjianghas become a historical and cultural treasure with rich connotations.Since ancient times, Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic neighborhoods and multi-ethnicTransitional zone, give birth to13resident nationalities, including Han, Uygur, Hui,Kazakh, Mongolian, Xibe etc. They developed a unique sports and cultural and activities inthe long-term common production and living. In the Chinese history of sport, Xinjiangleave the precious sports historical and cultural relics, and also plays an important role inthe development of sports history.Based on the facts, the author started studying the ancient sport of the Xinjiang region,the historical research time definition is pre-Qin (21th century BC) to the early QingDynasty (1840).In this study, the author started from the ancient history of the development ofnational sports in Xinjiang, collected historical data from the Qin Dynasty to the earlyQing Dynasty. The ancient national sport development process clearly revealed, to explorethe national sports characteristics of the various historical periods of the ancient, thus makea preliminary review of the ancient history of Xinjiang ethnic sports, all of this has apositive meaning to enrich the ancient history of physical education of Xinjiang.Studies have shown that: the development of Xinjiang’s ancient sport has thecharacteristics and features of their own development, not the same with other areas. Theentire history of the development in Xinjiang is flourishing and decline with nationaldivision and fusion. From the early Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, early stages ofdevelopment in ancient sports happened in Xinjiang, reflecting more in the gathering,hunting, dancing and war scenes. Southern and Northern Dynasties, the integration ofethnic groups and sports culture, promote the further prosperity and development ofancient sports in Xinjiang, western sports activities introduced into the central plains, andgradually improved; Eclectic mix of Tang culture, sports style diversified, characteristics ofdifferent countries and regions of the central plains and the Persian is introduced into thephysical activity of Xiyu; Liao, Song and Jin dynasties, inherited a wide range of sportsstyle of the Sui and Tang dynasties, not only retains the characteristics of the productionskills, but also maintain the war practicality and entertainment fitness; In Mongolian Yuanand Ming dynasties, sports activities is colorful with popular participation and sportsinnovation, is the flourishing period of the ancient culture of Xinjiang sports. The late Qing Dynasty is shocked by Western sports culture, the government pay less importance, and thelocal economy is weak, has seriously hampered the development of the national sportsculture in Xinjiang.