Ancient Greece and the Rise and Decline of Medieval Sports——Based on the Investigation of Physical and Recreational

The body and entertainment is the important attribute of sports.The body and entertainment concept of cultural system largely determines the fate of sports in this system.Ancient Greek culture advocated natural,emphasized the harmony of body and mind,and highly praised the sensibility of the body and entertainment.Medieval spiritual doctrine of Christian culture lowered body and entertainment.Thus the former sports development,the latter's physical decline.The humanistic value of sports lies in the fact that it is the soul and the rational rigid rule rebel,and aimed at the realization of human harmony and freedom.