A Research On Mao Zedong’s Sports Thought After The Founding Of The People’s Republic Of China

Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China is an organic part of Mao Zedong’s thought and an important part of the Chinese Communist Party’s sports thought.It laid the foundation for the development of sports in New China and promoted the construction of socialism.Studying Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China,summarizing its content,characteristics and values,has significant reference for promoting the development of China’s sports in the new era and the construction of a powerful socialist country.This article adopts the literature review,comparative analysis,and the unity of history and logic research as methods to sort out and summarize Mao Zedong’s sports-related writings,instructions,speeches and so on.The author analyzes them under the historical background and sorts out the main content of Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.Then,the author summarizes its characteristics and significance.Mao Zedong’s sports thought before and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China is compared to draw the similarities and differences between the two above mentioned.The content of Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China is very extensive,including physical education,mass sports,competitive sports,military sports,sports diplomacy,and so on.He claimed for"health first" and pays attention to the comprehensive development of students’morality,intelligence,and fitness.He cared about the health of people and believed that sport is importantly related to the health of 600 million people.He advocated extensive sports activities and lifelong sports,encouraged people to participate in physical exercises.He opposed championship doctrine and asserted "friendship first,competition second",He emphasized the combination of sports and military training,and used sports training to improve the military’s combat effectiveness.He attached importance to the diplomatic function of sports,used sports diplomacy to break the diplomatic blockade,and thus China’s international status was enhanced through sports communication.Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China inherits the content of before the founding of the People’s Republic of China,and has consistency in "health first","all-round development","lifelong sports" and"military sports training".On this basis,according to the situation after the founding of the People’s Republic of China,Mao Zedong learned from the Soviet Union’s sports ideology,and then developed and perfected his own sports ideology,thus gained a new understanding of competitive sports and sports diplomacy.At the same time,his sports ideological goal orientation changed from awakening the national character,improving people’s health,saving the nation from peril,achieving the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation,and achieving the victory of the revolution to improving national fitness,serving the construction of socialism,and building a powerful socialism country,breaking the imperialist blockade and promoting China’s international status.Mao Zedong’s sports thought after the founding of the People’s Republic of China has political,comprehensive,popular and practical characteristics.Meanwhile,it has important values.First,it has enriched the party’s sports ideology and laid the foundation for sports in New China.Second,it has promoted the all-round development of sports in New China;Third,it has contributed to the socialist construction of new China;Fourth,it has reference significance for the current cause of Chinese sports.