footballIBMLotusSoftware|MobilitycontentsTheoriginoffootballDifferentculture,differentfootballThegrandbanquet—worldcupHowtosaveourfootball?OnJuly15th,2004,theFIFAPresidentMrBlatterannoucedtotheworld"footballoriginatedinshandongziboinChina."Andafterthat,shandongisconsideredasthehomeoffootball.madeofcowhidemadeofrubberandplasticcujufootballthehistoryofcujuCujuwhichstartedfromChunqiuPeriodalreadyhasahistoryofovertwothousandyears.InHandynasty,cujuwasn'tonlyacompetition,butalsoakindofperformance.InTangdynasty,alargenumberofpeoplewerefondofcuju.What'smore,tosomegirls,cujuwasaninterestinggame.Atthesametime,theJanpaneseandKoreanlearntcujufromChina.Inthe1600s,cujuwastransmittedtoEuropebyArabian,it'sinEnglandthatcujuwasreplacedbymodernfootball.Unfortunately,nobodyplayedcujuanylongerinQingdynasty.Now,cujuisprotectedasakindofcultureheritageofchina.AnditistheprideofChinathatourancestorsgaveusandthewholeworld."Afootballteamrepresentsawayoflife,aculture,"saysMichelPlatini,retiredFrenchsoccerstarandpresidentofUEFA(歐足聯(lián))."Nationalteamsindeed

reflectakindofcultureinacourtryandapinch

ofstereotype."AfricaEuropeAsianorthAmericaSouthAmerica

OceaniaAfricanfootballafricanplayersareususallyveryrobustandgoodatquickrunning,justlikeAfricanlions.Butastheimpactoftribalculture,sometimestheirformation(陣型)inthefield

aretooloose.AmericanfootballisrepresentedbyBrazilandArgentina.ThesetwoteamsreflectstherhythmandcreativityofLatinculture.AmericanfootballAsianfootballJapanandSouthKorea,whicharetherepresentativesofAsianfootball,reflectsthetheflexibilityandspeedofAsianpeople.WithAustraliajoiningtheAsianFootballFederation,AsianfootballhassomeelementsofEuropeannowEuropeanfootballthestylesofEuropeanfootballareverydiverse.Asmypointofview,theycanbedividedintotwocategories.ThefirststylerepresentedbyEnglandandGermanyisonbehalfofstrength.EachplayerofEnglandjustasaKnight,showsintegrityandsacrificespiritintraditionalKnightculture〔騎士文化〕.AsGermaniccultureisflowingintoGermanfootball,Germanfootballreflectsclosethinkingandindomitable(堅(jiān)韌不拔)spirit.ThesecondstyleisrepresentedbytheSpanishfootball.AsArgentinabecameacolonyofSpaininthe15thcentury,SpanishfootballhastheopportunitytoconnectintegrityofEuropeanwitheleganceofLatincultureverywell.Sothatiswhytheycanwinthe2021Worldcup.thegrandbanquet—worldcupworldcupwhichisheldeveryfouryearsislikeagrandbanquetforfansalloftheworld.Duringthebanquet,thefanscanenjoythedifferentstylesoffootballandexperiencedifferentculturalcustomsoftheworld.Eachworldcupleftpeopleunforgettablememoriesinwhichtherearelaughtersofvictoriesandtearsoffailure.Asforme,iwillneverforgetthefirsttimethatchineseplayerssetfootonthefootballfieldofworldcupin2002.iwillneverforgetthemovingscenethatZidanesentoffbyrefereewerepassingbytheworldcupin2006

.iwillneverforgettheecstasycryofIniestawhogotthewinninggoaljustbeforeendoffinalgamein2021.howtosaveourfootball?InNovember11th，chineseteamsaidgoodbyetothe

worldcupagainwithscoreof0:1withIrap.whywehavetobe

thelosers?Liujianhong,

thehostofCCTVifyouareaparent,doyouencourageyourchildtoplayfootball?ifyouareateacher,doyouallowstudentsinyourclasssetupateamtoplayfootball?ifyouareprincipal,doyouhaveafootballteaminyourschool?ifyouraremayor,doyouknowhowmanyfootballfieldsinyourcity?ifyourarearealest