Today's society, with the improvement of the standard of living, as well as the increase in environmental pollution, gym exercise has become one of the ways many people exercise fitness, after all, the gym has equipment, private tutors, professional guidance? In the era of no gym, the ancients exactly how to fitness? Did the ancients not need to exercise? Of course not! In the ancient times when there were no cell phones or computers, our forefathers spent much more time exercising than we do!
That being said, there was a curfew in Chang'an at the time, which meant that you were not allowed to go out at night, and it wasn't easy for a girl to go out of her house, you had to wrap yourself up tightly, and you had to be accompanied by a companion. You may think that the people of the Tang Dynasty are generally fat, should be not much love sports dead house, then you are wrong, on the contrary, the people of Chang'an is very fond of sports. First of all, the ancient people like to travel around, to a place may have to recite poems and make pairs, the mood to come can not be blocked. When it comes to sightseeing, Xu Xiake (Ming) is considered a representative figure, who wrote the "Travels of Xu Xiake" in a serious manner. In addition, the famous "Leyouyuan" as well as Du Fu's "Song of Leyouyuan" are the travelogues written by them while looking at a piece of highland called Leyouyuan in Chang'an City and contemplating.
Besides sightseeing, one of the more popular sports among the youth of noble families was polo. Eleven of the 19 emperors of the Tang dynasty were polo enthusiasts. It is said that the last emperor Tang Zhaozong fleeing for his life have no place to put the gold and silver treasures still do not forget to put a hand a pair of friends with the side, see his degree of obsession with polo. Dancing is a sport that has to be said, even if you get out of the modern square dance, traveled to the Tang Dynasty to participate in the aristocratic banquet should also be able to adapt to, when the dancers show their talent, the guests are full of wine and rice, the host began to lead the presence of male compatriots high up, deep in the heart of the matter will also be bare-breasted dance. Civilians are holding hands and holding hands to jump, jumping cheerfully may be all night.
Anciently, there were six arts for a gentleman, "ritual, music, archery, the imperial court, books and mathematics", of which "archery" refers to archery, which is one of the basic talents that students had to master in ancient times, but unfortunately, there is no such sport program in schools nowadays. Cuju, similar to today's "soccer", as early as the time of the Warring States period, has been popular among the people, is a long-lasting, influential sports in ancient China. Polo, ancient called "bow", is a kind of riding on a horse, with polo poles to hit the entrance to the sports activities, Cao Zhi, "Ming Du chapter" in the "even riding to hit the bow of the soil, skillfully but ten thousand end" of the poem to describe the situation at that time people play polo, it is understood that the Tang Dynasty, the 19 emperors, 11 of them are polo. It is understood that the 19 emperors of the Tang Dynasty, there are 11 polo enthusiasts, the last emperor Tang Zhaozong fleeing for his life, but also did not forget to bring the clubs around, see the degree of his obsession with polo.
When it comes to the most aristocratic of outdoor sports, it's hunting, and one of the skills you have to master to blend in with Chang'an's upper-class society is horseback riding. Secondly, you can't be afraid of the lynx (an animal bigger than a cat and smaller than a leopard), because you'll have to hold it and ride on a horse with a bunch of people to go hunting. It's a day of tossing and turning, and there's meat again! In a time when there were no gyms, you'll find that the lives of the ancients were still colorful.