从“民族救亡”到“民族复兴”-我国近现代体育发展的历史动因-体育学专业论文.docx

ABSTRACT The invasion of the west brought endless disasters to the Chinese, while at the same time it inadvertently accelerated the process of Chinas integration into the world. The imperialist aggression put China on the edge between life and death, and then the modern Chinese intellectuals took great efforts to seek for the way to survive for the Chinese nation and embarked on the rocky journey to the modernization. In the historical mission of national salvation, the westernization group, modernization group and the bourgeois revolutionaries all played their important roles, introducing the western sports as a tool to improve Chinese people’s physiques, cultivate the national spirit and shape the national image of China. After the founding of New China, the historic mission of national renaissance fell on the shoulders of the national builders. Therefore, in order to achieve the national rejuvenation, the physical culture workers of new China held the torch of national renaissance and devoted to the career of sports development with Chinese characteristics. This study has made an in-depth research on the historical motivations of China’s modern sports development under the background of China’s social development from national salvation to national renaissance. The conclusions of the study are as follows: First, the introduction of modern sports to China stemmed from the national salvation, which showed that it was the historical mission of national salvation that called for the pioneers of modern China to choose modern sports. In this sense, national salvation is one of the motivations for the introduction of modern sports to China. Second, the development path of China’s sports was taken at the life-and-death moment of national salvation, thus the motivation behind the various development paths was consistent, that was, to achieve national salvation. It reflected the main driving force of China’s modern sports development came from the national salvation. Thir