A Preliminary Study of the Natures of Folklore Sports

• Main Authors: Lung-chuan Li, 李榮川
• Other Authors: Tsung-hsin Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97929959383128881839

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 體育學系碩士班 === 99 === Folklore sports are originated from and carried forward by the people. They not only have unique meanings in term of sports, but also have immeasurable cultural connotations. Folklore sports have long history and have been impacted directly by change of social environment, and during the course of internationalization, the development of folklore sports is also impacted by the introduction of foreign cultures. Scholars have noticed this and therefore more people have been involved in the field of folklore sports, they have made researches and records for folklore sports and preserved various techniques. This article belongs to quantitative research; it adopts the historical research method as well as analysis on relevant documents of folklore sports to learn about the nature of folklore sports from 4 aspects, including history and culture, local customs, body movements and amusement and to analyze basic factors of the 4 natures. As for including history and culture, there are 6 basic factors: development context, cultural lineage, cultural carrier, development innovation, continuity of form and coagulation of consciousness; as for local customs, there are 5 basic factors: regional difference, change intercommunity, regional uniqueness, cultural attachment and emotional sustenance; as for body movements, there are 5 basic factors: skill training, body adaptability, sportsmanship, teamwork spirit and emotional communication; as for amusement, there are 6 basic factors: skill exhibition, generality, entertaining value, recreational value, cultural communication and economic life; such for aspects cover 22 basic factors and construct the natures of folklore sports, changes of space and time have impacted the factors for the natures of folklore sports, thus resulting in various forms and characters of folklore sports.