What Caused The Popularity Of Long-distance Running And Marathons In Chinese Cities?—On The Pespective Of Anthropology

In recent years,the marathon race be held in the cities frequently;we can see a lot of long distance lovers running in the urban greenway and near the park everywhere,they are all heavily armed while running;and we can also see so much "running show" screenshots and pictures in our Wechat moments.There is no doubt that "long-distance running" and"marathon fever" have clearly become a "social fact" in today's Chinese society.Through questionnaire,interview and participant observation,the author found that the people who like the long distance and marathon runners are the white-collar workers with high income and mainly living in the big cities.They run through a series of skills and knowledge to distinguish themselves from the non-running group,and because of the difference of consumption and the equipment,running within groups also formed a certain differences and differentiation.Suddenly hit a marathon event in China,as well as the related the sudden appearance of a large number of long distance lovers,has with a hidden and potential links with China's economic,social and cultural development.Description of the phenomenon and carry out this research can not only offer references for record and understanding of Chinese social culture changes,but also provide some explanations of the cause of the sudden emerge"sub-group" and their behavior patterns.But what caused the popularity of long-distance running and marathon in cities?First of all,the national sports policy,technology development and the health attitude and atmosphere of our society as a whole formed a long distance and marathon be popular in environment and background conditions;Second,compared with the traditional running,running in the current has become a new type of "body technique",the "new" embodied in the runner can make good use of intelligent equipment control running data to achieve physical comfort and pleasure,it reveals a long distance from the individual level and the inner drive of marathon in Chinese cities is popular;Finally,long distance and marathon as a kind of popular lifeways in urban,can be illustrated by the perspective of fashion.In addition,this can also reveals a particular social group from the society level by imitating and consumption to construct and identify its own identity,and segregation of social practice.