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From The National Salvation To National Renaissance-Historical Motivations Of China's Modern Sports Development

Posted on:2012-04-09Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:H LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117330335961415Subject:Humanities and sociology
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The invasion of the west brought endless disasters to the Chinese, while at the same time it inadvertently accelerated the process of China's integration into the world. The imperialist aggression put China on the edge between life and death, and then the modern Chinese intellectuals took great efforts to seek for the way to survive for the Chinese nation and embarked on the rocky journey to the "modernization". In the historical mission of "national salvation", the westernization group, modernization group and the bourgeois revolutionaries all played their important roles, introducing the western sports as a tool to improve Chinese people's physiques, cultivate the national spirit and shape the national image of China. After the founding of New China, the historic mission of "national renaissance" fell on the shoulders of the national builders. Therefore, in order to achieve the national rejuvenation, the physical culture workers of new China held the torch of national renaissance and devoted to the career of sports development with Chinese characteristics. This study has made an in-depth research on the historical motivations of China's modern sports development under the background of China's social development from "national salvation" to "national renaissance". The conclusions of the study are as follows:First, the introduction of modern sports to China stemmed from the "national salvation", which showed that it was the historical mission of "national salvation" that called for the pioneers of modern China to choose modern sports. In this sense, "national salvation" is one of the motivations for the introduction of modern sports to China.Second, the development path of China's sports was taken at the life-and-death moment of national salvation, thus the motivation behind the various development paths was consistent, that was, to achieve "national salvation." It reflected the main driving force of China's modern sports development came from the "national salvation. "Third, the new China began to seek the road to "national renaissance" in the hard environment at home and abroad:the tough international situation and the perplexing domestic reality determined that the sports of China had to start at a low point and was driven by the historical mission of "national renaissance" to take the development path with distinct Chinese characteristics. Fourth, it was driven by the ideology of China's modern society developing from national revival to national salvation that we launched the study and promotion of Western sports culture, which was in line with China's actual reality of sports development path as well.Fifth, modern sports came from the west and have become an important component of China's modern sports, which has been the reflection of constant progress made by China.Moreover, the rise and development of modern sports in China has been regarded as the symbol of Chinese revival. The development of modern Chinese society provided opportunities for the development of modern sports which, meanwhile, contributed a lot to the social progress of China. Consequently, we could say the prosperous nation can promote the sports development and the thriving sport is also a key reflection of the prosperity of the nation.
Keywords/Search Tags:historical motivation, modern sports, development, national salvation, national revival
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