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<p>This study explores how traditional national sports in Yunnan Province, China, are passed down and practiced across different ethnic and geographic regions. With its remarkable diversity—both cultural and ecological—Yunnan presents a compelling case for examining how physical landscapes, ethnic traditions, and modern pressures shape the continuity of cultural heritage. Drawing on fieldwork conducted during major cultural festivals in 2023, and supported by GIS spatial analysis, interviews, and community-based surveys, this research identifies clear regional patterns in the types and meanings of traditional sports. It finds that elevation, terrain, and population density intersect with ethnic customs to influence where and how certain sports are maintained. Practices such as Bai horse racing, Yi wrestling, and Hani bullfighting are not only preserved as forms of entertainment but continue to serve as expressions of community identity and historical memory. The study contributes to broader discussions in cultural geography and intangible heritage studies by showing how sports—when rooted in landscape and tradition—can act as resilient forms of cultural transmission even in the face of modernization.</p>

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The inheritance and regional differences of traditional national sports from the perspective of cultural and historical geography

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    2025年6月19日

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  • Hairen Liu,
  • Jiaying Zhang

摘要

This study explores how traditional national sports in Yunnan Province, China, are passed down and practiced across different ethnic and geographic regions. With its remarkable diversity—both cultural and ecological—Yunnan presents a compelling case for examining how physical landscapes, ethnic traditions, and modern pressures shape the continuity of cultural heritage. Drawing on fieldwork conducted during major cultural festivals in 2023, and supported by GIS spatial analysis, interviews, and community-based surveys, this research identifies clear regional patterns in the types and meanings of traditional sports. It finds that elevation, terrain, and population density intersect with ethnic customs to influence where and how certain sports are maintained. Practices such as Bai horse racing, Yi wrestling, and Hani bullfighting are not only preserved as forms of entertainment but continue to serve as expressions of community identity and historical memory. The study contributes to broader discussions in cultural geography and intangible heritage studies by showing how sports—when rooted in landscape and tradition—can act as resilient forms of cultural transmission even in the face of modernization.