(School of Physical Education and Health,Guizhou University for Nationalities,Guiyang 550025,China) Abstract: By following the International Charter of Traditional Sports and Competitive Events, and by applying theories and methods in sport anthropology, coupled with many years of periodical field work, the authors collected first hand data of the most primitive, reliable, genuine and fundamental kind, defined and demonstrated “dragon ca-noe competition of Miao nationality” (one of many traditional sports and competitive events of the Chinese nation) as a sport cultural heritage, and revealed that dragon canoe competition of Miao nationality belongs to a sport cul-tural heritage, meeting the characteristics of traditional sports and competitive events established by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Key words: traditional national sports;dragon canoe of Miao nationality;primitive competition;sport cultural heritage |