论唐诗中所见的宫女体育活动

The Description of the Palace Maids' Physical Exercises in the Tang Poems

唐代女性社会地位的改善使得女性体育活动也得到新的发展,那些生活在皇宫大内的女性在体育游乐中释放郁闷消闲健体,以求身心的自由解放。举凡蹴鞠、马球、驴鞠、步打、射箭、围棋、舞蹈等适合女性开展的体育活动在宫女中得以流行,它从一个侧面反映了唐代女性自由奔放、自强不息的精神面貌,乃是唐代文化繁荣的重要一隅。

The improvement of the women＇ s social status in the Tang Dynasty stimulated the development of palace maids＇ physical exercises. The women who lived inside the imperial palace sought enjoyment from physical exercises to change their monotonous life. The games such as playing football, polo, donkey-riding ball, and stick ball, and shooting arrows, playing go, dancing that are suitable to palace maids became popular. This reflected, from one side, that the freedom and the spirit became strong for the women in the Tang Dynasty, and on the other, indicated, to a certain extent, why the Tang Dynasty could become prosperous in culture.