From Chang'an to Athens: The Ancient Sports Cultures Of The Silk Road
From Chang'an to Athens: The Ancient Sports Cultures Of The Silk Road by Qilin Sun, Lijuan Mao, Chongshen Li
English | January 30, 2024 | ISBN: 9811272050 | True EPUB/PDF | 344 pages | 38/346 MB
English | January 30, 2024 | ISBN: 9811272050 | True EPUB/PDF | 344 pages | 38/346 MB
This book collects and studies the colourful sports and history of countries along the historical Silk Road from Chang'an to Athens, including a wide range of sports ranging from polo and chess to archery and lion dance. It will examine, research and analyse a large number of sports cultural relics and documentary materials unearthed by archaeology in recent years, and comprehensively collects and classifies these sports materials which belong to different countries along the Silk Road. In doing so, it aims to promote the sports forms of these countries and set the context of sports development, so as to raise awareness about the exchange and dissemination of sports culture between ancient China and Western countries.