(School of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China) Abstract: By using such a history research method as “history study based on pictures”, the author examined the authenticity of written materials about the origin of tennis in Guangzhou from the rare and precious historical pic-tures taken in the late Qing dynasty, and tried to restore and verify such a period of history. This research shows the followings: in Guangzhou, the earliest tennis court with modern significance was built in Shameen foreign settle-ment by European colonists no later than 1904; Canton Christian College had landmark significance in the process of localization of tennis in Guangzhou; between the 1920s and the 1930s, only with the promotion of the national government at that time and the establishment of Guangzhou Citizen Sports Association that tennis in Guangzhou were developed in the folk. Key words: sports history;Tennis;Canton Christian College;late Qing dynasty;Guangzhou |