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Sports Museum
Beijing City, Anding Men Wai, Anding Road, #3A Phone: 86-10-64912167About
The China Sports Museum is located in Beijing on the southeast side of the Olympic Center outside Anding Men. The building is quite extraordinary. It opens out like an octagonal fan, or like a whirlwind that is about to take off, symbolizing the powerful development of Chinese sports.The first hall holds the ancient Chinese sports section. This has a strong ethnic flavor: dragons coil up the golden pillars, palace lanterns are hung high above, everything feels ancient. The exhibition moves chronologically from pre-Qin, to Han and Three Kingdoms, Westerm and Easterm Jin, North and South dynasties, then Sui, Tang and Five dynasties, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing. All reflect the accomplishments of China's ancient sports development. Items displayed include photographs, pictures, rubbings, documents and historical material, and such archaeological works as the Tang dynasty polo players.
