| （Department of Physical Education，Xiamen University，Xiamen 361005，China) Abstract: By using literature data method and comprehensive analysis method, and by carrying out an overall ex-ploration into the sports related data of the modern ethnic Chinese and oversea Chinese from such two famous hometowns of the overseas Chinese as Guangdong and Fujian, the authors comprehensively collated the practice and contributions of the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chinese from Guangdong and Fujian in such aspects as spreading traditional Chinese sports, introducing western sports and boosting modern sports development in the hometowns of the overseas Chinese, analyzed the historical inspirations from the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chi-nese and modern Chinese sports development, and drew the following conclusions: traditional sports spreading is an important bond for increasing the sense of national identity of the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chinese, the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chinese group is an important platform for modern Chinese and foreign sports communica-tion, the introduction of modern sports that base on the overseas Chinese as a bridge has promoted the performance of modern Chinese competitive sports, while the funding of the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chinese has boosted modern sports development in the hometowns of the overseas Chinese.
Key words: the ethnic Chinese and overseas Chinese；modern Chinese sports；traditional sports；modern sports；hometown of the overseas Chinese；Guangdong and Fujian |
