Cuju was popular in Linzi (present-day Zibo), the capital of Qi State, and the latter recorded that Cuju was a way to train soldiers and assess their physique at that time ("Cuju is also a submarine soldier, who can practice samurai, and has knowledge and materials").
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Ming Dynasty, Cuju experienced a process of development to a climax, but in the Qing Dynasty, this activity went into decline. It is said that before the Middle Ages, the Greeks and Romans began to play football. On a rectangular court, they put the ball on the white line in the middle and kicked it to the other court with their feet. At that time, they called this game "Baja Storm".
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The evolution of cuju:
1. Four pieces of cuju in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are as solid as gold.
2. Six pieces of cuju in Han Dynasty.
The bow of Cuju in Han Dynasty is called "Maowan". Under Chapter 25 of Cuju in Art History and Literature of Han Dynasty, Yan Shigu in the Tang Dynasty also explained: "Bowing is the way to do things, and it is also a matter of playing. ……"
There were eight hollow cuju and twelve hollow cuju in Tang Dynasty. Made by internal seam method.
According to the records in Cuju Manual and Cuju Atlas, the bow in the Tang Dynasty is not a bow in the Han Dynasty, but a balloon with a ball skin and a ball bladder. The spherical shell developed from eight-pointed skin to twelve-fragrant skin. The raw material is "cooked nitrate yellow skin, the real material is lightly cut". This process is "tightly laid and stitched, with no exposed corners". The weight of the ball should be "14 Liang". Football specifications should be "broken".
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Origin of Football