This course selects traditional Chinese sports with long-evolving histories, origins rooted in anecdotes, profound cultural significance, and international recognition through major global competitions. Utilizing modern educational technologies such as multimedia courseware, videos, and projections, along with diverse teaching strategies like discussion-based instruction and live teaching competitions, the course aims to achieve its educational objectives. In alignment with our university’s "multilingual +" talent development vision, domestic scholars and instructors will be invited to teach sports skills and disciplinary knowledge in English as the medium of instruction.
Through this course, students will learn, understand, and master new content and perspectives related to traditional Chinese sports. The course seeks to enhance students’ aesthetic appreciation, analytical judgment, and understanding of movement structures, while fostering their interest in sports and elevating their ability to appreciate athletic excellence. Emphasis is placed on the role of sports in moral education, upholding the principle of cultivating virtue through physical education, and promoting the harmonious and healthy development of students’ moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetic faculties. Additionally, the course aims to improve students’ sports cultural literacy, nurture patriotism and collectivist spirit, and utilize the inspiring stories of sports figures to instill correct values and outlooks on life. In inheriting and developing traditional Chinese sports culture, the course emphasizes cultural autonomy and strengthens cultural confidence.