{"id":19693,"date":"2019-10-25T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19693"},"modified":"2019-10-25T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:27:49","slug":"cuju-culture-highlighted-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=19693","title":{"rendered":"Cuju culture highlighted in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art-info\">\n<p class=\"fl\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(chinadaily.com.cn)<\/em><i class=\"vline\">|<\/i><em>Updated : 2019-10-25<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"art_txt\" class=\"art-text\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fourth World Football Culture Summit, which originated in Zibo, Shandong province, was held on Oct 23 in Manchester, in a bid to promote football-related cultural and educational exchanges between China and Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jointly hosted by the National Football Museum of England, China&#8217;s Linzi Football Museum, and the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, the event was themed around &#8220;China&#8217;s Cuju Culture and World Football&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linzi, a district in Zibo, was designated in 2004 by world soccer body FIFA as the original wellspring of soccer and the true home of football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The world cuju, literally translated as &#8220;kick ball&#8221;, is an ancient iteration of one of the world&#8217;s favorite sports. According to historical records, it was first played as public entertainment in Linzi, before later being used for military fitness training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cuju was listed as a Chinese intangible cultural heritage item in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the event, a series of events were held to promote traditional cuju.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cuju players from Linzi played the sport at the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, and a cuju exhibition was held as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Patrick Quirk, a senior employee at the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, said that they will strengthen communication and cooperation with the Linzi Football Museum to further expand the club&#8217;s influence around cuju culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sports in China have entered a new historical stage, bringing about unprecedented opportunities, said an official from Zibo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The two sides also discussed further cooperation and signed a memorandum of understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"665871\" title=\"1571994936605051460.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191025\/1571994936605051460.jpg\" alt=\"11.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wang Kejie (left), deputy mayor of Zibo, presents a hand-made cuju to Russell Jones, a senior employee of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. [Photo\/qingk.cn]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"665872\" title=\"1571994957224004028.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191025\/1571994957224004028.jpg\" alt=\"12.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cuju players from Linzi participate in a cuju activity at the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. [Photo\/qingk.cn]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"665873\" title=\"1571994967344052934.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20191025\/1571994967344052934.jpg\" alt=\"13.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A cuju exhibition is held. 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