ABSTRACT
Chinese traditional national sports have continuously developed and adjusted in terms of form and rules during the long history of the Ming and Qing Dynasty. The martial arts in the Ming Dynasty developed fast with the emergence of routine forms and martial arts systems. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the peasant uprisings and the entry of Qing troops made class and ethnic contradictions increasingly complicated, thus spurring social turbulence. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, ball games began to be taken up as a form of leisure and entertainment rather than competitive sports. The Ming and Qing Dynasties witnessed the development of Chinese traditional chess activities, particularly Weiqi. They were featured with the advancement of rules of different schools and the publication of chess works. With the development of medicine, healthcare became closely integrated with medical practices of that time. Practices such as meditation led to the widespread promotion of many specific healthcare methods.
