China News Service, Beijing, December 28th, title: How does the global promotion of Olympic education and the Oriental model tie together?

　　——Interview with Ru Xiuying, an Olympic education expert

　　China News Agency reporter Liu Wenxi and Du Yan

　　Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, has always adhered to the concept of "Olympics is education" and regards education as the core aspiration of the Olympic movement, hoping to promote cultural integration and development through Olympic education.

　　Beijing is about to become the first city in history to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.

As early as before the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jacques Rogge, then President of the International Olympic Committee, praised: "The competition has not yet started, but China has won a gold medal in Olympic education."

　　In the promotion of Olympic education for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, how does China spread the “seeds of the Olympics” in the hearts of young people?

What kind of cultural heritage will be left to the world?

Ru Xiuying, an expert member of the National Committee of Experts on Olympic Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools and director of the Olympic Research Center of the Capital Institute of Physical Education, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency on "Question of East and West". Department of Olympic "concentric knot".

The summary of the interview record is as follows:

From "Straight Line Running" to "Five Educations Simultaneously": Let Sports Realize Education

China News Agency reporter: Olympic education is the eternal theme of the Olympic movement.

What do you think of the role of sports in educating people?

Ru Xiuying: The

Olympic Movement has great educational value.

When Coubertin revived the Olympic Movement, he chose "sports" as the carrier and praised "A sound mind in a sound body".

Today, the modern Olympic movement, which has been inherited for a hundred years, has undergone many changes, but its core carrier-competitive sports has remained the same.

　　As an ancient civilization in China, during the pre-Qin period, ritual shooting and martial arts have appeared in sacrifices.

These activities strengthen the etiquette education while strengthening the body, emphasizing that people must have a healthy body and a sound spirit.

　　The spiritual pursuit and values ​​of the Chinese nation for thousands of years complement the Olympic culture.

In recent years, China has proposed to adhere to the "five education simultaneously" of moral education, intellectual education, physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education to allow students to develop in an all-round way.

I personally believe that to realize the "five education simultaneously", with sports as the medium, interdisciplinary and intercultural integration is an effective path.

In October 2021, the public will visit the "Art and Olympics Fusion, Aesthetic and Co-education-China Olympic Art and Design Exhibition" in Beijing.

The exhibition contains four major units: "Integration-Olympic Art, Symbiosis-Olympic Design, Memory-Olympic Collection, and Future-Olympic Education".

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　Take "straight running", a common exercise in physical education class, as an example. Repetitive training may make students feel boring and boring.

"Straight line running" was the first event of the ancient Olympic Games, and it was about 192 meters long.

According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years for the sacrifice of Zeus, and this sprint was a way of paying tribute to Zeus.

Then, if you call "straight running" as "Zeus running", a boring physical education class will include competitive sports, Olympic history, sports culture, etc., which will arouse students' enthusiasm for exploration and participation.

　　In sports, let students "obey the rules and don't change teams casually", "be friendly to classmates, teachers and equipment", "go all out and never give up", "play happily and play hard regardless of winning or losing"... The concepts of excellence, respect, and friendship are integrated into it. This is the process of Olympic education, not only physical training, but also the process of spreading and promoting the Olympic spirit.

In April 2012, an American coach and Beijing students under his guidance participated in the launching ceremony of the Olympic education series of primary and secondary schools in Beijing that year.

Photo by Guo Haipeng issued by China News Service

From "One Heart Knot" to "Welcome the Future Together": Let Chinese Culture Go to the World

China News Agency reporter: The Olympic Games is the most widely participated global action in the world today, promoting the integration of different civilizations in the world.

From the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics, how does China promote Olympic education and promote cultural exchanges and cooperation?

Ru Xiuying:

Since the Olympic Games started the practice of Olympic education, the host cities of the Olympic Games have closely integrated the Olympic culture with the urban culture and social development of the host city, creatively expanding new ways and new methods for the inheritance of the Olympic education heritage, making Olympic education Each model has its own characteristics.

　　The 2008 Beijing Olympics cycle, China’s first "Olympic Education Demonstration School", and the "Olympic Education'Concentric Knot' Exchange Activities" that integrate Oriental characteristics, have become a bright spot that has received international acclaim, and they have also been continued in the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle. .

In August 2007, Beijing No. 4 Middle School and Fitchke College of Greece launched a concentric knot exchange activity.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Ren Haixia

　　Take the Beijing 2008 Olympic Education "Concentric Knot" exchange event as an example. The event is named after an ancient and meaningful flower knot "Concentric Knot" in China, which reflects the elements of Chinese culture.

In that year, 210 elementary and middle schools in Beijing participated in the "One Heart Knot" exchange activity to learn about and learn different languages, cultures, customs, etiquettes, etc. with students from all over the world.

On the basis of the “Joining Hearts” activity, China extended the “Welcome to the Future” activity for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics. friendship.

　　It can be seen that the precious legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics will not only be passed on and carried forward in the Olympic education of the Beijing Winter Olympics, but will also become a precious cultural heritage left by China's Olympic education to the world.

From vision to reality: driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports

China News Service: From the 2008 Summer Olympics to the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2022, what innovations has China made in Olympic education in the past ten years?

Ru Xiuying: When

China bid for the Winter Olympics, it put forward the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports."

After the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, the development of China's ice and snow sports has entered the fast lane.

In the process of advancing ice and snow sports into the campus, in response to the fact that ice and snow sports are not popular enough, and the venues and facilities are seriously insufficient, innovative designs of "ice and snow sports in dry land" and "Olympic education curriculum" are designed.

　　Among them, the "drylandization of ice and snow sports" broke the restrictions on the season and area of ​​ice and snow sports.

Play curling on the desk, experience ice hockey with roller skating on land, and simulate skiing on land...Students experience the ice and snow sports rules and taste the cultural connotation of ice and snow sports.

In August 2021, during the dog days, children practice dry ice hockey at the Bell and Drum Tower Square in Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　Drylandization of ice and snow sports is an innovative contribution to Olympic education.

Some academic experts of the International Olympic Committee believe that it is necessary to introduce this form to Africa and other places to promote the development of Olympic education and winter sports in more countries.

　　China has also adopted the "Olympic Education Curriculumization", that is, integrating Olympic education into the learning of various disciplines and promoting ice and snow sports into campuses.

For example, the theme content of the Olympic host city is combined with junior high school geography and history classes to stimulate students to think about the global geographic layout and humanistic history; the theme content of the Olympic mascot is integrated with the art class of elementary and middle schools, so that students can experience the Olympics in painting The artistic beauty and cultural aesthetics of different countries, etc.

　　For young people, the core goal of Olympic education is to promote the harmonious development of body and mind through participation in various activities such as sports and entertainment.

From the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics: China's image is more confident and open-minded

China News Agency reporter: The opening of the "Olympic Charter" clearly stated that its purpose is to make sports serve the harmonious development of mankind.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are about to begin. What do you think of the phenomenon of "boycotting the Olympics"?

Ru Xiuying: The

Olympic Movement is committed to contributing to the peace of mankind through the educational value of sports.

Looking back at the history of the modern Olympic movement for more than 100 years, although there have been many boycotts, they all ended in failure.

Even if some countries and some politicians want to resist, it will not hinder the development direction and progress of the Olympic Movement.

　　Regarding the United States and a very small number of Western countries that have announced that they will not send officials to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, China has promoted various preparations from the perspective of mankind with the concept of openness to hosting the Olympics.

On December 11, 2021, the "Together to the Future" Beijing Winter Olympic Cultural Day event hosted by the Chinese Consulate General in New York was held at the Port Botanical Garden on Staten Island, New York. The event attracted many local people to participate.

The picture shows the Chinese cultural performance at the "Together To the Future" lighting ceremony.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　　Although the new crown epidemic has caused great challenges for the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the preparation process, China has shown a more confident and open-minded image to the world.

China has stated many times that it welcomes athletes from all over the world to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and hopes that all parties will not politicize sports.

Just like the theme slogan of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics: Towards the future together, people of different skin colors, races, and beliefs all over the world will go forward hand in hand under the Olympic banner.

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Expert profile:

　　Ru Xiuying is an expert member of the National Committee of Experts on Olympic Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools, a professor at the Capital Institute of Physical Education, and the director of the Olympic Research Center of the Capital Institute of Physical Education.

Engaged in Olympic research for more than 20 years, published more than 30 academic papers as the first author, published 3 academic works, 2 translated works, and participated in international academic conferences in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Greece, Russia, South Korea and other countries.

Once presided over the completion of 1 National Social Science Fund project, now presides 1 project, participated in 1 National Social Science Fund major project, and sub-project leader.

Participated in the Beijing 2008 and 2022 Olympic education propaganda, teacher training and research work throughout the process, and won the Outstanding Contribution Award for Olympic Education of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

In 2019, he was awarded as an expert member of the National Committee of Experts on Olympic Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools by the Ministry of Education.