China T113, Sports of Ancient China《中国古代体育》
T113,《中国古代体育》
（4-1）弓箭，8分， 744.65万枚
（4-2）围棋，8分， 810.65万枚
（4-3）捶丸，10分， 627.15万枚
（4-4）蹴鞠，50分， 651.15万枚
发行日期：1986.12.20
设计者：周京新
印刷厂：北京邮票厂
Stamp Title: Sports of Ancient China
Serial number: T113
（4-1）Archery，8 fen
（4-2）Weiqi，8 fen
（4-3）Golf，10 fen
（4-4）Soccer，50 fen
Date of issue: December 20, 1986
Designers: Zhou Jingxin
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works
（4-2）Weiqi, My hobby is the game of GO, It’s called “WEIQI ” in Chinese .It’s very old. It’s a game played with black and white pieces on a board. On the board there are 19 lines from left to right, and 19 lines up left to bottom, so there are 361 crosses，and we call them “star ”. Two players play Go alternately, black go first. Everyone must use one piece each time. In this way, the black stone go, the white stone go. It’s important to Surround territory as much as possible for the player, and prevent the other side. Finally,if the black player occupy 185 crosses,It mean he is the winner. Or, the white player is the winner.
（4-3）Golf，Chimei is a ball game of ancient China, similar to modern golf. Hammer pills, as the name suggests, hammer hit also, the ball is also the ball, is one of the ancient Chinese ball games. Its appearance and the prevalence of the ball activities and the Tang Dynasty are closely related. In addition to the kick of the Tang Dynasty kick Cuju, riding a horse hit the polo, but also appeared to play a ball hit the ball game, called "step to play." Playing is a kind of non-horse riding, walking on foot to play the ball activities. This step to play the Song Dynasty, then evolved another another kind of ball games, which is hammer pills. The earliest record of the hammer pills is found in the "Maruzen" published by the Yuan Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty (1282). The book records "Song Huizong and Jinzhangzong all love hammer pills". In 2000, Taishan Taishan temple unearthed in the Song Dynasty stone carvings, which have hammer pill chart, proved that the hammer pill in the Song Dynasty had already existed. Ming Dynasty palace painter business hi painted "Ming Xuanzong line music map" also depicts the scene of the hammer pound game.
（4-4）“Cu” means to kick, and “Ju” is a kind of ball in ancient China .made of leather and filled with hair.It is said this game was found in of the animals or people Huangdi times of four or flue thousand years ago.“A Book about the Contents and Development of the Works Handed Down from the Western Han” and “Book of Xuanyuan Huangdi” by Liu Xiang describe it and say the purpose of ball kicking then was to train soldiers and select qualified people in the army. Ball-kicking activity that is actually recorded in history emerged in the Warring States Period.
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