Cuju

Cuju (also Ts'u Chü or Ts'u Kü ;蹴鞠Chinese, Pinyin Cuju, W.-G. ts'u - chu ) was an asian ball game, which is considered the forerunner of football.

History

Cuju was played later than the third century before our era. Originally filled with feathers and hair leather ball had to be transported by only a 30-40 cm wide opening into a narrow network, which was attached to two long bamboo poles.

During the Tang Dynasty, they switched to an air-filled ball Hence the variants Zhu Qiu Bai and formed Da.

In the Ming Dynasty, the interest in the sport subsided. Only in the 20th century, when the football game was globalized, acquired the game in China in importance again.