China is the home of football. As early as the Western Han Dynasty in the first century BC, Liu Xiang, a great scholar, traced the origin of football back to Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of Chinese humanities. He said that after defeating Chi You, he invented "Ju " on a whim to amuse the soldiers "Cuo " ("Bie Lu"). "cuju " , kick also; "ju " , the ball also, ancient Chinese football is also called "cuju " , or "ju " , "" also means kick.

The statement that the Yellow Emperor invented Cuju is of course a bit unjustified, but according to more reliable historical records, Cuju was a very popular sport at the latest in the Warring States Period. "(Records of the Historian Biography of Su Qin) Liu Taigong, father of Han Gaozu Liu Bang, and Huo Qubing, the famous general of " Xiongnu is not destroyed, why is his family ", are all football fans who have left their names in history books. At that time, Cuju was more often regarded as a military training program besides mass entertainment. Ban Gu listed ancient books in "Han Shu · Art and Literature Records", and "Soldier Skills Thirteen " included "" Cuju "25 " . With the development of social economy, the ancient Cuju movement reached its peak in the Song Dynasty.

Modern people's initial understanding of Dasong football comes mostly from the literary masterpiece "Water Margin". In the second time of the book, when Tokyo bianliang famous star Gao Qiu watched Wang Zhao Ji play football,

"the ball rose up, the end of the king could not catch one, and rolled straight to Gao Qiu's side in the crowd. It was also a momentary boldness of Gao Qiu's anger that made a mandarin duck turn and kick back Wang " , thus entering Zhao Ji's eyes. When Zhao Ji ascended the throne and sat in the temple to become Emperor Huizong, Gao Qiu, who had originally helped people run errands, went straight to the point where the imperial commander of the palace was in charge of the world's military forces, becoming the benchmark of ancient "ball and excellent official " .

Song Huizong played football with family roots. Su Hanchen, a court painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, once painted Cuju, which showed the scene of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Taizong Zhao Kuangyi brothers drawing their clothes and playing football with several ministers. The ancient emperors have always been the leaders of social fashion, and the popularity of Cuju in the Song Dynasty is a natural thing.

The ancients said,

"If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharper his tools " , and the same is true for football. Jiang Shaoyu, a native of the Song Dynasty, described the innovation of ancient football production technology in "Fact Garden" as follows: "Cuju is based on skin, real things, and playing at one stroke is also fun. It is also called the ball. Today's cattle and cells are happy to jump. " Earlier footballs were solid rubber balls filled with hair and hay. By the Song Dynasty, hollow inner bladders inflated with cow bladders had been widely used, which not only improved elasticity, but also better maneuverability. In Cuju, which is rumored to be written for the Song Dynasty, it even includes 41 kinds of brand-influential products. The industrialization of football has emerged. "Cuju Spectrum" also has the so-called

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Ten Kicks " , that is, shoulder, back, pat, drag, press, control, knee, crutch, ride and ecthyma, which are the basic techniques for using various parts of the body to control the ball, and "shoulders are like lifting heavy objects in hands, looking back at " and other related technical essentials with your back slowly highlights the entertainment and performance of Cuju. In "Water Margin" it is written that Gao Qiu "is like fat glued to the body " , which is a kind of personal performance "fancy football " , called "white hit " . In this year's hit drama "Dream Hualu", the hostess Zhao Paner also showed off beautifully. there is a solo performance, and of course there will be a team competition. Different from modern football, such as two armies attacking each other, the football match in Song Dynasty has only one goal, which is called

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Building Ball " . This goal is located on the net in the middle of the competition field and is only one foot in diameter. It is called "Eyes " . The two sides of the competition were "left army " and "right army " , facing each other across the net to score points by kicking the ball through the eye of the wind. Although there is no physical confrontation in building the ball and more emphasis is placed on skills, the punishment for losing the ball is - the losing side's "ball head " (I .e. captain) will be painted with white powder and then whipped (dream beam record). Every time there is a competition, "Cuju, tens of thousands of people watch " (Lu You's "Feeling of Late Spring"), which shows that people like to hear and see. In Water Margin, Duan Wang also said:

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This is 'Qiyun Club ' , named ' Tianxia Yuan ' . " This "Qiyun Club " is a national football association in the Song Dynasty, which can be described as the Great Song Football Association. The general manager of Qiyun Society is called "Deploy " , with "Education " and "Society " to help handle daily affairs, "Zhibin " is responsible for external reception, and "Association " is responsible for organizing competitions. To join Qiyun Club, you must first 166 of "Wine Preparation Ceremony, Banquet Gifts, Master "# to determine the inheritance relationship, and then invite "Yuanyou " to have dinner. To become a formal round friend, you must abide by the rules and regulations from playing skills to competition rules, from behavior etiquette to moral image. In particular, it is commendable that in the branches of Qiyun Society in all parts of the Song Dynasty, Yuanyou can freely travel and exchange skills, but only if the technology passes the "Crash Case " examination of the local organization. As the saying goes, "eat according to their ability " , Qiyun club is the "play football according to their ability " , otherwise how can there be "don't join Qiyun club, to old not romantic " ? (Hongtao)