Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in the poem Love in Late Spring (Part IV) that he watched a football (cuju) game in Xianyang as a teenager. The poem says: When a teenager rides into Xianyang, a stork is as light as a butterfly and as crazy as a bird.
Cuju was watched by thousands of people, and the swing was busy all spring.
The scenery is like yesterday, and low ambition only hurts yourself.
There is nothing in Yongdong Zhai. It sweeps the snow behind closed doors and only burns incense. "
Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a seven-character poem entitled "Corner Arrival Poetry" after watching the "Corner Arrival" (now wrestling) competition held by the imperial court to improve soldiers' martial arts. The poem says:
The wonderful performance in the square will make you smile.
When the horn arrived, they gave a banquet and took the class out of the temple to wear flowers.
Wang Jian, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a seven-character poem, which vividly described the "football match" of maids at that time. The poem says:
Tomorrow's makeup powder is always beside the Chaoyang flower tree.
Cold eaters fight for nothing, and money is scattered in the library first.
At that time, the "Cuju Movement" played by one person or several people without goals was called "beating in vain".
Water polo was called "splashing water" in Song Dynasty. Song Huizong and Evonne wrote a seven-character poem for this water sport. The poem says:
On the west side of the garden corridor, there are long blue ditches, dense bamboo forests and cool green shadows.
Throw the ball in the water to make a distance, and the meteor shines a little.