Cuju: Football in Ancient China
by Song Zhaolin
About This Novel
The book is divided into six chapters: the first chapter is "Cuju in historical data", which mainly explains the history of Chinese Cuju based on historical data; the second chapter is "Liao Dynasty Cuju Paintings", including paper paintings, silk paintings, and embroidery paintings, which vividly restore the Cuju activities at that time; the third chapter is "Cuju Game Rules", which talks about the ball, court and game rules; the fourth chapter is "The Development of Cuju", which talks about the step ball. What they have in common with polo is that they still use their arms and sticks, but the difference is that one is on foot and the other is on horseback; Chapter 5 is "Water Cuju", that is, water polo and ice hockey, which is an extension of land Cuju on the water in the north; Chapter 6 is "Other ball games", including ancient ball jumping, ball throwing, wood shooting, stepping on the ball, as well as the popular folk kicking stone ball, high ball, etc. Although this book is named after Cuju, it actually covers all aspects of traditional ball games.
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