| （1.School of Physical Education，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China；2.School of Physical Education，Zhoukou Normal University，Zhoukou 466001，China) Abstract: Starting with describing modern sports facilities and activities in parks in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China periods, on the basis of clarifying parks and modern sports development veins, the author probed into the relationships between parks and modern sports development of cities in China at the early stage of moderniza-tion. The author believed that the relationships between parks and modern sports specifically embodied in such aspects as the mode of joint construction of parks and sports venues, their tight combination with modern city leisure life, their mutual promotion in modern city public life, the joint development of society in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China periods, etc. The influence of parks on modern sports development mainly showed in the followings: parks promoted the spreading of modern sports among more extensive groups of citizens, provided venues for citizen sports activities, and boosted the transformation of citizen sports lifestyle from traditional to modern.
Key words: sports history；sports lifestyle；park；modern sports；public space；the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China periods |
