When was Chinese table tennis born?

Table tennis was introduced to China from Japan in December 1904. At first, Wang Daoping, the owner of a stationery store on Sima Road in Shanghai, bought back 10 sets of table tennis equipment from Japan and performed in the store, so the number of people buying and playing table tennis gradually increased, and major cities also promoted this activity.

Founded in 1952, the Chinese table tennis team has worked hard and climbed endlessly, and has experienced a development process from weak to strong and lasting prosperity. The Chinese table tennis team, including the Chinese women's table tennis team and the Chinese men's table tennis team, is the ace division of the Chinese sports corps, and has repeatedly won gold and silver in international competitions, and is accustomed to being called the dream team by sports fans. After winning four gold medals in men's singles, women's singles, men's team and women's team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, it won four gold medals in men's singles, women's singles, men's team and women's team at the 2012 London Olympic Games, becoming a well-deserved dream team.

Chinese table tennis originated in 1916.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the chairman called for "the development of sports, enhance the people's physique", table tennis because of the low requirements for the venue, simple and easy to carry out in the country is relatively good. In 1959, table tennis player Rong Guotuan won the first world championship for China, attracting the attention of the world. The people of the country are excited.

At the 26th World Table Tennis Championships, Zhuang Zedong and Qiu Zhonghui won the men's and women's singles championships respectively, and the Chinese team also won the men's team championship. From this time on, Chinese table tennis began to dominate the world, and table tennis also flourished. By 2005, it had won a total of championships, including 27 World Championships, 27 World Cups, and 16 Olympic Games.

Moreover, he has won all 7 gold cups at the World Championships three times and all 4 gold medals at the Olympic Games twice. Such an achievement is enough to be proud of.

As an official Olympic sport, table tennis was not until 1988. But its popularity and charm have risen all the way in the Olympic arena. At Sydney 2000, table tennis was the fourth event to sell out all tickets.

What is less known is that the ITTF passed a resolution to participate in the Olympic Games as early as 1937, but the cautious and self-respecting president of the ITTF Montague failed to implement it for fear that the low standard of table tennis would be rejected, and who knows that the delay was 50 years.

It is a historical fate that the Chinese regard table tennis as the "national sport".

In 2007, Mr. Chack Hoy, director of the Lausanne Table Tennis Museum in Switzerland, received a precious postcard, which was written by a European from Tianjin, China, to Brussels, the capital of Belgium on January 22, 1902. It is conclusive and reliable proof that table tennis was introduced to China at least in 1901. Another "Hundred Beauty Pictures" of that year vividly depicts the initial relationship between Chinese and table tennis, and there is a poem as proof:

The spring breeze on the table is your move, and the wire mesh is not far away; Self-cut poplar is lighter than a fan, and the shooting stars are swirling and floating. ”