阿甘正传影评:China's calisthenics--the whole nation's collective memories

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China's calisthenics--the whole nation's collective memories

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People perform the newly released ninth version of official calisthenics in the General Administration of Sport on Monday




China released a video and information on Monday about its ninth version of an official calisthenics regimen in an attempt at further improving citizens' health.

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The calisthenics will be practiced by most of the students in the country's primary schools and high schools and in some universities. At about 10 am on most mornings, Chinese students can be seen standing in lines on playgrounds or open spaces on campuses, stretching their arms and legs to the accompaniment of music. The gatherings also often attract some working people, the retired or those who simply take an interest in calisthenics.


From 1951 to 1997, the country released eight official calisthenics regimens, which have constituted an important routine in the lives of successive generations of Chinese people.

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In 1951, under the direction of the central government, selected experts designed a set of calisthenics for ordinary people, and the newly formed nation popularized the exercises over the radio.


Previous statistics had shown that people in the war-devastated country had an average life expectancy of only 35 years. Broadcasting the new calisthenics was considered an important way of improving people's health. Cong was among the very first practitioners.


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A group of Beijing residents practice calisthenics in a hutong community.



Following the first broadcast, the whole country soon adopted the calisthenics with enthusiasm. Everyday at 10 am and 3 pm, when the broadcast was aired, people would stop everything to do the calisthenics.

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Thousands of people gather for broadcast calisthenics in a stadium, in 1959


In July 1954, a second set of broadcast calisthenics replaced the former one, followed by a third set in 1957.


However, people's passion for broadcast calisthenics waned in the face of the disasters, famine, and political movements that struck the country in the early 1960s.

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In 1961, the fourth set of calisthenics was launched. But, during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) radios were used for broadcasting discussions and arguments between opponents, and there was little time for broadcasting calisthenics.


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In 1971, the fifth set of broadcast calisthenics went public. "Occasionally, the accompaniment would ring out through the air, but it gained no attention," says Cong's colleague Liu Yi.


In the 1980s sports became a lifestyle choice and people abandoned the broadcast calisthenics for other forms of exercise.

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In 1990, the seventh set replaced the sixth set of 1981, hoping to win people back with its complexity. However, it received criticism rather than praise for its difficulty.


In 1997, a simpler eighth set was quickly launched. But stations almost all over China were already casting calisthenics aside in favor of other programs.

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