| The national defense sports movement, which happened in the1950s and1960s,can be divided into five stages: the pilot stage, from1952to1955; the preliminarystage, from1956to1957; the "Great Leap Forward" stagefrom1958to1960; theadjusting and consolidating stage, from1961to1962; the accelerating stage, from1963to1965. In1966the movement was stopped because “The great culturalrevolution†started.The national defense sports mainly focused on several issues as propaganda andmobilization, organization and leadership, and the basePropaganda and mobilizationplayed an important role in the launching of the movement. There were two ways ofPropaganda and mobilization. One is newspaper, the other is the mass of live events.The organization and leadership was poor because there were no professional leadersand was lack of organizational power. The base of the movement is the NationalDefense Sports Club. In addition, the movement needs a lot of equipment, venues,funding and securities.It was a public movement that got massive participation. Governments educatedthe people with patriotism, military knowledge and skills and sense of nationaldefense. The movement has greatly impacted the daily lives of people since too manypeople were involved and it last for a long time. |
