The Origin and Development of Billiards
The history of billiards is described in the book written by the English poet Cotton in 1674, which talks about billiards as an ancient game brought back to Europe from the East during the Crusades and later improved by Italy and Spain. Regarding the establishment of billiards organizations, it is irrefutable that the earliest country was England, where the Billiards Association was formed in 1885 by amateurs and professionals, and the first official set of rules for the game was drawn up.
The first countries to introduce billiards to Asia were India and Thailand, then Japan, and to China at the end of the Qing Dynasty in the nineteenth century. Before the liberation, only embassies, rented places and small-scale privately-run billiard halls in several major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Harbin and Shenyang had a few tables. After liberation, China held a national tournament in 1960.
In 1986, China established the China Billiards Association, and local billiards associations were set up in each province and city. Along with the rapid development of economic construction, billiards has been popularized and developed like other sports. The most popular in China is Chinese eight ball, also known as fifteen ball, black eight, Chinese billiards and so on. Nowadays, many stadiums, clubs, entertainment centers, hotels and restaurants in large and medium-sized cities are equipped with billiard halls and rooms, and billiards are booming.
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How good is playing billiards
Benefits for children: develops intelligence, exercises the brain’s responsiveness, as well as exercises the cerebellum’s physical dominance, while improving the dominance of the optic nerve. If parents can accompany their children to play simple billiard games, it can promote the children’s ability to understand the movement of external things, and enhance the parent-child relationship.
Benefits for teenagers: cultivate concentration, develop independent thinking ability, prevent myopia, prevent ADHD, and effectively improve academic performance. Exercise, relieve stressful learning pressure, improve psychological quality, enhance stress resistance, and eliminate potential mental illnesses such as anorexia, anorexia, anxiety, depression, etc. Billiards is a competitive sport, in the process naturally involves high demands on the self, learn to control their emotions, learn to suppress the opponent in a tense confrontation.
Benefits for young people: expand the social circle, meet more like-minded friends, improve social skills, can be around the same hobby partners to mingle. Increase social skills, one more hobby, regulate the pressure of life brings more opportunities, as well as some unexpected gains! Every person who has experienced the baptism of society will know how complicated society is, and how difficult it is to live into what you want. And outside of these pressures, billiards brings us more happiness, a variety of smooth conversation and hearty laughter in the billiards hall.
Benefits for middle-aged and old-aged people: At this age, it is difficult to engage in intense sports, and billiards is just right as an indoor, slow-paced sport. Appropriate activities can help us to improve the vitality of all body functions, so that our organs and bowels can follow the movement and prevent many old age diseases. Having fun with friends and maintaining a good mood is also good for our health. As a sport that requires constant thinking and judgment, billiards also plays a role in preventing dementia.
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