(1.School of Mass Sports,Shenyang Sport University,Shenyang110102,China;2.Department of Postgraduate,Shenyang Sport University,Shenyang110102,China) Abstract: The authors analyzed outdoor sports related concepts used in China from such 3 perspectives as sports event, education as well as leisure and recreation, concluded that the concept of outdoor sport was not normatively defined in China. On the basis of summarizing and reviewing outdoor sports related concept researches done by scholars at home and abroad, and by using logistics and related knowledge, the authors defined the connotations and extensions of the concept of “outdoor sports”: outdoor sport is a nonproductive human body activity in which peo-ple interact with the main activity ground - a natural environment or a simulated natural environment, mainly in-cluding outdoor recreation, outdoor education, outdoor competitive activity etc. Key words: sport culture;outdoor sport;literature review |