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Soccer stars have always been a big part of the World Cup. Whether it’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, or David Beckham, a legend of the past generation and the face of the 2022 World Cup, most of them come from world-renowned soccer clubs.
Football clubs are a sign of the professionalism and specialization of football, and they are also the institutions employed by football players when they make a living from football.
But in our country, football clubs had a Song Dynasty!
Football, called “Cuju” in ancient Chinese literature, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then became popular in several dynasties.
Cuju began to be standardized in the Han Dynasty, with entertainment and performance forms. There are also competitive games based on the number of kicks into the opponent’s hole. In addition, Cuju was widely carried out in the army as military training.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, Cuju entered its most prosperous period. It not only took various forms, but also formed special organizations among the people, which was also the prototype of modern football clubs.
As early as the Song Dynasty, there were many artists who made a living by their skills, and many associations were established, such as Qiyun Club and Cuju Club.
Qiyun Club, also known as “Round Club”, was a famous folk association. It was responsible for organizing Cuju games, promoting them, developing members, teaching and exchanging kicking skills. Every year, Qiyun organizes a national competition called “Shanyuzheng”, in which players are rated on their skills.
At that time, the club had bureaus all over the country. No matter where the club members were, as long as they communicated with the local bureaus, they could participate in corresponding performances and competitions, which was also called “collision case”.
Qiyun Club also shaped Cuju into the most popular sport at that time: “It is called Round Club in the world, the most beautiful title in the world. Children can be leisure, children Wang sun can send xing; in the wind, heroes and ordinary do Kua Qi; among the flowers and brocades, the talented and beautiful women compete for pleasure. Happy life, four seasons of good travel, not with the general, not a mere generation. Human Bo plays in competitions such as Cuju wind; the only venue in the world is Qiyun.”
Gao Qiu in the Song Dynasty, who was born at Qiyun Club, can be considered the earliest “star”.
“Outlaws of the Marsh” wrote: “So that the Tokyo Kaifeng Bianliang Xuanwujun, a floating wave broke down the children, the family name is high, the second ranking, since childhood is not a family business, had to spear the rod, the most is to play well on the soccer ball. Beijing population shun, not called high school sophomore, but all called him to play basketball. Later fortune, will badminton that word to hair beside, add Li people, changed to the name Gao Ming Qiu. He played songs and dances, stabbed spears and sticks, wrestled sumo, and wrote poems and poems. When it comes to benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, however, they do not know how to be faithful and do good things. They only spend time in and out of Tokyo.”
In the Tang and Song dynasties, the forms of Cuju were more diverse. The original method based on the hole goal was eliminated, and the double goal and single goal kicking methods appeared. In addition, there is no goal kicking, such as two people kicking “white”, paying attention to the movement of tricks, loved by women.
In the Yuan and Qing dynasties, with the change of social concepts, Cuju gradually went into decline, but its influence on modern football can not be underestimated. In the Tang Dynasty, it spread east to Japan and Korea, west to Europe, and developed into football in the modern sense in England. FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have also publicly declared that China is the birthplace of the game.
In 2006, Cuju was selected into the first batch of national intangible Cultural Heritage list. Cuju is one of the spiritual symbols and cultural quintessence of Chinese civilization. During the 2022 World Cup, Cuju was also shown in Qatar as an exchange and experience activity, demonstrating the charm of traditional Chinese culture to world fans.