Dictionary of Ancient Sports Programs of China (Ethnic Minorities)

by Jinxiang Bai, Hang Li (Translator)

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic and in-depth investigation of ancient Chinese sports of ethnic minorities. It is based on the key state-funded project 'Ancient Chinese Sports Projects' by an academic research team led by Jinxiang Bai, a prominent professor on sports history and minorities studies in China. From a historical perspective, this book applies the research methods of philology, archaeology, ethnology and folklore to cover 100 sports that are classified into nine categories, including ball skills, running jump shots, tactics, martial arts and health, riding, dancing, games, water, ice and snow, chess and cards. For each sport, it provides an in-depth description of its development, evolution, regulation, activity methods, forms, characters, memorabilia, scope of communication, cultural narrative and relevant forms of communication. This approach represents an extension of conventional studies on the sports of China's ethnic minorities, and provides a kaleidoscopic view on China's ethnic minorities as well as their sports and cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789819956319
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	08/31/2026
Edition description:	1st ed. 2024
Pages:	727
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

EiC: Jinxiang Bai

Professor Jinxiang Bai is Doctor of Management, Professor of Physical Education, Researcher of Economic Management and Supervisor for Ph.D candidates. Currently the President of Jishou University, he is also a member of the National College Physical Education Steering Committee which is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, a Deputy Director of the China Sports Management Association, an expert at the Institute of Sports Science of Peking University, and a member of the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Professor Bai is a recipient of a State Council granted allowance and is also an expert in the evaluation of the National Social Science Fund. Mainly engaged in the study of national sports in recent years, Professor Bai has successively published seven books including The National Traditional Sports Culture, 76 papers in academic journals (such as Sports Science), four of which were reprinted in Xinhua Digest.

Translator: Hang Li

Professor Hang Li is a postgraduate tutor and doctoral supervisor at Chengdu Sports University, China. He was awarded Master of Arts in English Applied Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2006 and is currently pursuing his doctor's degree at Southwest University. He received a grant from the China Scholarship Council to visit New Zealand for one year, and visited the University of Victoria in Canada from July to August in 2015, where he obtained the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification certificate. In recent years, he has been visiting Europe and Australia as a translator. He holds multiple posts at present, including Director of the Center for Faculty Development & Deputy Director of the Foreign Language Department at Chengdu Sports University (CDSU), Director of SichuanTranslation Association (STA), coordination member of the Information Branch of China Sports Science Association (IBCSSA), and Professor of Editorship of the academic Journal Medicine and Law.

Table of Contents

Ball Games.- Running, Jumping and Pitching.- Comparative Force.- Wushu and Health Preservation Exercises.- Riding and Shot.- Dance.- Games.- Water, Ice, Snow and Air.- Chess Board.