The Research Of Tianjin Women’s Sports In1930s

In modern times, accompanied by the arise of modern nation and the concept of citizen, women were given the responsibility to save nation. The renovation of the female’s body were given the political meaning of national salvation. In1930s, Tianjin women’s sports had a rapid development and also had got attention in society. The reasons why Tianjin women’s sports development include the push of folk sports club and school physical education. Young Men’s Christian Association in Tianjin, Association for the advancement of sports, Nankai schools, played positive roles in promoting women sports. In addition, The national government’s sports policy also played a important role in guiding the development of women sports. Compared with previous, women sports viewpoints have changed in1930s. In front of the crisis brought by foreign aggression, saving the nation by sports were still be the slogan of women sports. But the spread of the slogan had also been questioned, shaping toned physique, forming groups, entertainment spirit and so on had also got a lot of people’s recognition. Although these changes were not enough to change the social attitude to women sports, but this situation show that this period saving the nation by sports were not the single concept to sum up women’s sports viewpoints. The diverse concepts of women’s sports show the deep understanding of women’s sports in society.The practical operation of women’s sports in1930s presented diverse development trend. On the one hand, women, especially girls in school, accepted ball games, swimming, skating, and group dance that came from western. On the other hand, the traditional sports also got promotion combined with the national quintessence and the national spirit. Tianjin especially pay attention to the martial arts for Huo Yuanjia. This period turned up many martial arts groups and women also joined the ranks. Flying kite, kicking shuttlecock, shaking diabolo were also became the main projects of sports activities. This period of Tianjin women’s sports presented the trend that tradition and modern tied together and developed parallelly.Women got the attention were much higher than men from the Media. Gestures or manners of women were never escaped from the reporter’s eyes, and presented vividly on the newspapers through the journalist’s pen. When the attention spread to the outside, the female athlete’s personal life were never escape. On the other hand, female athletes often paid attention to instrument image and showed by using newspaper’s report. However, media not only had praise to female athletes, but also critics. Men and women’s social contact also spread in the background of joint sports in1930s. And the media also reported this comprehensive, although looked not inflow, but it reflected the social contact in1930s. Media’s attention not only revealed the rich colors of women sports, but also reflected the social gender relations in1930s.