Did ancient Chinese people play "golf"?
捶丸重现，古人也打“高尔夫”？
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Pingdingshan University has found more than 1,000 ceramic balls used in a golf-like ball game in ancient China in January of 2022. The university made the discovery while sorting out its ceramic collection, also finding several ball moulds and semi-finished ceramic balls. The relics are related to an ancient game called "Chuiwan" in Chinese. Prevailing in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (1271-1911), Chuiwan is believed to have originated from "Budaqiu", a polo-like game dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It shares various features in common with modern golf, such as knocking balls into holes using sticks, and is thereby widely known as the ancient "Chinese golf".
2022年1月份，平顶山学院陶瓷工艺技术陈列馆在整理馆藏古代陶瓷标本时，发现千余枚陶瓷球，同时还有制球模具和数十件烧制时粘连在一起的半成品陶瓷球。专家初步判断，这批陶瓷球是中国古代运动项目捶丸所用之球。捶丸发源于唐代的步打球，流行于宋、元、明时期，其以杖击球入穴的比赛规则和高尔夫球十分类似，因此被称为中国古代的“高尔夫”。