(School of Physical Education,Guizhou Normal University,Guiyang 550001,China) Abstract: By means of literature data and field investigation, the author investigated original traditional sports of people of Yi nationality in some mountain villages in such areas as Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, studied the origin and inheritance of traditional sports culture of Yi nationality from the perspective of history, demonstrated and expa-tiated on basic factors that constitute the origin and inheritance of it sports culture, and revealed the following find-ings: traditional sports culture of Yi nationality originated from the needs of ancient people of Yi nationality for liv-ing and productive laboring, being closely related to military actions taken for the survival of the nation, primitive religious belief and living custom, being restricted by the inhabited environment, having unique cultural characteris-tics and national heterogeneity of a mountainous region; traditional sports culture of Yi nationality is provided with the characteristics of competition and entertainment, and a high value for fitness exercise and ideological education, embodying the fusion of early human civilization and modern sports ideology, having a high aesthetical value. Key words: national traditional sports;sports culture;Yi nationality |