Billiards was first introduced to Asia in India and Thailand, then to Japan, and 19 century was introduced to China. Before liberation, there were only embassies, concessions and small-scale billiard halls privately operated in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Harbin and Shenyang, with only a few tables.
After liberation, China held a national competition in 1960. Twenty-five years later, 1985 held two national competitions in Tianjin and Shanghai, and 1986 held another one in Beijing. In these competitions, a number of outstanding players emerged.
Such as Sun Linbo, Chen and Jiang Shaoguo in Shanghai, Zhong in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shen Huiying in Tianjin. He won the national championship twice as a teenager, and Zhong, aged 65,438+09, won the first prize in snooker. These new forces have brought great vitality to billiards in China.
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Billiards are popular all over the world, and there are different classification methods from different angles, which can be classified from countries, the number of billiards and the hitting skills of billiards.
(1) According to whether there are pockets: snooker, billiards.
(2) By country: French billiards, English billiards, American billiards and Chinese snooker.
(3) According to the rules and playing methods: snooker, 8 balls, 9 balls, 14- 1 billiards, 15 balls, 3 balls and 4 balls.
There are many kinds of billiards. In addition to the familiar snooker billiards, there are many popular styles of play at home and abroad, all of which have their own world competitions. In some comprehensive competitions, billiards has also set up many events.
French billiards originated in France, also known as Caron billiards, which means hitting two balls in a row, that is, touching two balls with the main ball in a row, which is the most basic requirement of French billiards.
The main difference between English billiards and American billiards tables is that there is no net bag. There are many kinds of Caron billiards competitions, the most important of which is Trilateral Caron billiards.
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