A Comparative Study On Physical Cultures Of Recreation In China And Japan

With the rapid development of science and technology, theliving conditions of human being are materially improved, amongwhich obvious example is shortening labor time with anincreasing recreational time. And it is extremely important forthe improvement of social civilization to educate people howto utilize their spare time to improve their health.Recreational physical training is a healthy and scientific wayto refresh oneself, which is the important means to enhance thequality of people's living.Although seen somehow a little development, the publicationof recreational culture is still facing no less problems. Soit is necessary to examine the development characteristics ofrecreationally physical cultures in different countries so asto find out the law of their development and further studyinga Chinese way to modern recreationally physical culture.Being a developed country, Japan has kind of recreationallyphysical culture with a profound cultural background.Especially, from the late 1960s to 1970s, recreationalactivities tended to be more popular. After 1990, Japanesebegan to enjoy a real recreational culture. Hence, it isimportant to learn form Japanese experience and perfect Chinesetheory of harmonious development.Employing several scientific means and methods, the authormakes a comparative study between Chinese and Japaneserecreationally physical cultures from the following six angles: the needed society, administration system, ratio andmotivation of participation, popularity of different sports,the people's likes and dislikes and the proper infrastructure.The author holds that the very comparative study is muchenlightening and valuable and so beneficial to people'srecreation in a healthy way.