Chapter 20 The Ancient Age of Sports
The General Administration of Sports of the Tang Dynasty has this paragraph in the "Principles of Sports" clause in the "Tang Dynasty Sports Charter": "Everyone should enjoy the possibility of engaging in sports without any form of discrimination, and embody the spirit of Datang sportsmanship of mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair competition." It is also known as the modern Chinese sportsmanship. —Excerpt from "The History of Sport".
"The source of Chinese sportsmanship is the civilization of the Tang Dynasty in China, and the admiration of physical strength and health of the Tang Dynasty people is the foundation of China's sports competitions. The challenge of people's physical fitness and skills in ancient sports reflects the competition and pioneering consciousness of the Tang Dynasty people. The Tang Dynasty Games is not only the Tang Dynasty, a great country eager to show its own desire, but also reflects the Tang Dynasty people's grand aspirations for the world, open up the territory, the Quartet to congratulate has been unable to meet the Tang people's strong military and cultural strength, only let the surrounding civilization completely worship the feet of the Tang Dynasty culture is the goal of the Tang Dynasty people, and the holding of the Games, is the specific expression of this goal. —From "Tang Dynasty Sports Research"......
In the long jump, high jump, middle and long distance running, and long-distance running competitions, the members of the Tang Guo team really lived up to expectations and won the championship in four consecutive events, which also made the smile on Li Er's face feel like eating honey.
This qiē was also expected by Xu Yang, but the only one that surprised him was that in the sprint event, there was a dark horse in the Tubo team, all the way to the final, and finally won the gold medal in the sprint event with an advantage of two positions, which made the Songtsan Gampo of Tubo praise it loudly, it can be said that he had been humiliated by Tang Guo for too long, and he was overjoyed to win a gold medal.
The Tibetan player was very short. And dark-skinned. Even Xu Yang ignored him when he first played. I thought it was a soy sauce maker, but I didn't expect it to be in response to the old saying, "What is concentrated is the essence." "It was this little man who actually broke the undefeated myth of Datang, and won a game for Tubo on the morning of the first day of the game and won the gold medal.
However, everyone has their own strengths, and this little man also competes in the middle and long distance runs, although he takes the lead at the beginning. But as the competition progressed, he was gradually surpassed, and finally his results in the other two events were miserable, both of which were countdowns, which made Xu Yang breathe a sigh of relief, and he was really a player with strong explosiveness but not strong endurance.
The number of gold medals in the morning competition accounted for four of the five events in Datang, and the number of silver medals was also unsatisfactory, only four, in the high jump competition, in addition to the gold medal won by Han Yanxuan. The second and third were all Tianzhu people, which made Li Er a little unhappy. There is also an episode among them, that is, the father-in-law of Baimei saw that the high jump level of the Tang players participating in the high jump competition was very low, and those barbarians could jump over, and many Tang players could not jump over, which made him a little itchy, after all, he had learned light skills, just like Li Er asked to participate, Li Er also waved his hand and allowed him to teach those barbarians to be people, but Xu Yang knew that he desperately stopped it, once the game started, it must not be added and replaced at will, this is the rule, it is written clearly in black and white, Tang Guo is the organizer, It is even more important to lead by example, Li Er just gave up, but Bai Mei, Xu Yang said that he would definitely let him participate in the high jump event next year, so he was sent away.
The game in the morning is over, and the people of the entire stadium are also evacuated from the stadium in an orderly manner under the guidance of the city management and the Jinwu, and go home for dinner at noon, and there will continue to be a grand game in the afternoon.
Out of the venue, there is bustle everywhere, people are all talking loudly about the excitement of the Games, living for most of their lives, they have never seen such a spectacular scene, and they naturally want to brag to people.
Li Er also set up a banquet in the Qujiang Tower outside the stadium to invite the chiefs and kings of the countries, after the people left, took the civil and military officials to the Qujiang Tower by the Qujiang Pond to eat happily, the emperor attended, naturally it was Zhong Mingding food, the luxurious Cheng dù banquet of the banquet was more grand palace feast, the Chinese love face, this beautiful tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years has been passed down through the ages, Li Er is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, treating these outsiders, although they are all small countries, but still have to achieve the highest standard of treatment, let them see the prosperity and wealth of the Tang Dynasty.
Bear's paws, bird's nest, deer antlers, ginseng, and all kinds of precious marine ingredients brought from the distant seas, whether they have been eaten or uneaten, are all served, and the dining table in front of the representatives of each country is full of sumptuous food......
"Minister, what is this?" Songtsen Gampo unskillfully picked up a crimson creature with many tentacles from a black iron plate and asked curiously.
Lu Dongzan also muttered with a embarrassed face: "This...... Weichen really didn't know. ”
Hearing Songtsen Gampo's inquiry, a Tang man stood next to Songtsen Gampo, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The king of Tubo doesn't know, these are all deep-sea creatures caught overseas, the name is: octopus, with eight legs, soft body, delicious meat, is a kind of overseas ingredient that His Majesty loves very much, you can taste the taste." ”
After listening to the little guy's introduction, Songtsen Gampo curiously picked up an octopus tentacle, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it......
After lunch, Li Er returned to the stadium with a hug, and at this time, the nobles and people who went home to eat had already settled down in the stadium and sat down, and Li Er's entry attracted a burst of cheers.
The afternoon games were even more exciting than the morning ones, as the afternoon games had already begun to feature team competitions, and polo was one of them.
Speaking of polo, this sport that was loved by the Tang people in history has been preempted by football for most of the audience, but despite this, polo is still very marketable among the top nobles in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Er loves horses very much, so he also likes polo, and he also has a private polo team, that is, the Datang Royal Polo Team that represented Datang this time.
For this afternoon's race, the Turkic Khan of the Western Turks has already released cruel words to the reporter of the "Datang News" that the Turks will definitely win a gold medal this afternoon, if nothing else, just because there are five horse racing events in the afternoon.
The Turks have always been known as a people on horseback, their daily means of transportation are horses, which can be said to be inseparable, so they have also created the Turkic people's skilled horse skills, I heard that even six or seven-year-old children can ride horses in the Turks, this innate advantage undoubtedly gives them strong self-confidence.
After many players appeared, there were two rounds of warm-up races, short distance horse racing and long distance horse racing, I have to say that the Turks do have an incomparable advantage in this regard, whether it is short or long distance, their horses run like galloping on the steppe, even the best riders of the Tang people can only catch up, not to mention those Turkic players on the horse to do all kinds of fancy movements.
The final result of the race was not unexpected, the Turkic players won two gold medals in the short and long distance horse races, and the Tang people only won two silver and bronze medals, it is said that after the horse race, the Tang competitors shed tears, although they have done their best, but still can not take away the gold medal, it is a pity that the long-distance horse race, only one horse is short of the length, only one runner-up, so that the horse racers blame themselves.
The Turkic Turkic Khan was already smiling and couldn't see his teeth, and the depression in the morning was swept away, but Li Er's face was dark, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood, but Xu Yang went to the racecourse early to appease the Tang Dynasty players who participated in the horse race......
"Tell the Royal Polo Team that in the next polo match, only win and not lose, if you lose, let the team of the Polo Team come to see you!" Li Er commanded Bai Mei beside him in a somewhat angry voice at the observation deck, and the first two horse races made him hold back a wave of anger in his heart.
How could Bai Mei not see Li Er's anger, and his voice was also extremely firm, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, the Royal Polo Team will never embarrass my Tang Dynasty!" ”…… (To be continued......)
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