When FIFA announced that football originated in China, many people in China were taken aback. In ancient China, football was called Cuju or Tuju, both of which meant kicking, and Juju was the name of the ball. The word "Cuju" first appeared in Historical Records, Bielu by Liu Xiang in Han Dynasty and Hanshu by Yan Shizeng in Tang Dynasty. According to the biography of Meicheng. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, "Cuju" was very popular and became an elegant activity in the court.

Gao Qiu's success in the Water Margin stems from a royal football match in Duan Wangfu.

According to the rules of Dasong, the direct management organization of the Royal Football Team is Jiao Fang, headed by Xuanhui Academy. Professional football players are usually equipped with 24 or 32 people, and usually live with acrobats, song and dance, opera actors and so on in the left and right armies. And it belongs to the military establishment, similar to today's military art troupe and sports brigade.

Royal football players are very strict about etiquette. Even the folk players who are temporarily selected have to receive professional training from Jiao Fang. For example, put on the music before the game, and thank Lord Long En after the game, wearing the brocade given by the emperor.

The queen mother and the emperor will have a football match on their birthdays; Books make princes and ministers, festivals, kings' meetings and competitions; Every spring and autumn, the royal family holds three banquets. The banquet procedure is as follows: first, the emperor is promoted to sit, the prime minister drinks, plays the V, and accompanies the audience ... twelfth, the football team performs. This football match is the finale.

In order to receive foreign guests, we must hold a football match. At the end of Emperor Gaozong's reign in Shaoxing, the Song government held talks with the envoys of Jin State. At the reception dinner in Hangzhou, * * * used 300 musicians, 70 performers, 32 ball builders, 40 professional cheerleaders and 15 sumo wrestlers. Among them, the ball-making match is a football match with goals (Song history), with spectacular scenes and full of wine and meat in Zhumen.

There was a testator in the Northern Song Dynasty, Mr. Meng, who described the grand occasion of a royal football match in Kaifeng. Su Shu, commander of the Left Army, led 10 players, all wearing red cotton-padded jackets. Meng Xuan, the captain of the Right Army, led 10 players, wearing green cotton-padded jackets. The winning team has generous rewards, such as silver bowls and brocade; The loser is unlucky, the captain will be whipped, all the players' faces will be covered with white powder, and like strange clowns, they will also propose a toast to the winning team.

The military of Song Dynasty has never been able to compete with Liao, Xia and Jin, but at least it exported a little entertainment influence through a vigorous football match.