China Sports Museum
A3
An Ding Road
Chao Yang District
Beijing
100101
Beijing
Nearest
Train Station Bus 387, 358, 108, Travel Bus 2 to Ao Ti
East Gate Stop
Neighborhood
Asian Games
Village
Opening
Hours Tu-Su 8.30a-4.30p. Closed M.
Credit
Cards : Not Accepted
China’s
first museum specializing in the area of sports history opened its
doors on the occasion of the XI Asian Games. Among the first visitors
was the IOC President, whose interest in such institutions is well
known, accompanied by the Chinese deputy prime minister Yao Yilin and
several other sports leaders and IOC members.
This museum, which occupies six exhibition rooms covering 2,500 m2 in
the National Olympic Sports Center, contains
an
impressive collection of historical photographs and various
sports-related objects and documents tracing the development of sport
in China from ancient times to the present day.
In the room
devoted to ancient sports, low-reliefs, inscriptions and reproductions
depict primitive and medieval sports scenes: horse races, archery,
wrestling and polo from the first Qin dynasty to the last Qing dynasty,
a vast period extending from 221 before the common era to 1840. Since
this date and for over a century, China has slowly and gradually
entered the regional and international sports scene.
A
room reserved for these developments towards modern sport in
“SPORTPHILEX 90” China, including swimming, gymnastics
and athletics. There-is also a brief list of participation by
Chinese athletes in the principal THE ASIAN GAMES sports events.
The contemporary room is intended to show China’s sporting successes
since the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949.
This is the most imposing room, with displays of gold and silver
medals, championship cups and portraits of sports heroes and heroines
together with their sports equipment.
As the room entered,
the visitor is greeted by a large video screen showing a series of
clips of the most famous athletic exploits of Chinese citizens.
Alongside the story of this historic evolution, there is a fascinating
depiction of indigenous Chinese sports, traditional sports activities
or those practiced for generations by the ethnic minorities living in
the Chinese sub-continent.
Surprising geographic and climatic
discoveries are to be made among the objects and photographic
illustrations of a rich diversity of peoples, customs and games.
Sport and Philately
Sport
and philately have recently combined successfully once more and,
moreover, in a country which is only just taking an interest in the
subject.
Over
two hundred collectors from twenty-five countries took part in the
event, which was held in the great halls of the Museum of the Chinese
Revolution in Tienanmen Square. “Sportphilex 90”, organized by the
philately section of the Pan-Chinese Sports
Association as part of the cultural program surrounding the Xl Asian
Games under the patronage of the Chinese Ministry of Post and
Telecommunications, took place under the auspices of the IOC and the
Chinese Olympic Committee with the assistance of the Federation
lnternationale de Philatelie Olympique.
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