Who was the first emperor to receive an invitation to the Olympic Games?

China is an ancient country with thousands of years of civilization. What is China doing when the modern Olympic Games are being held in full swing in the west? 1896, China was in the late Qing dynasty, and the Olympic invitation letter sent to the Qing court is still a mystery.

There is an interesting joke about the relationship between China and 1 Olympic Games. Legend has it that China sent a delegation to participate in the Greek Olympic Games, headed by Li Hongzhang. The athletes included an eagle-bearer, five colorful overpasses and a martial arts student in a troupe. As a result, in the 100 meter race, the falconer suddenly threw the braid on his head out of the finish line and won the championship in one fell swoop. Five jugglers made a basketball disappear without a trace, made the opponents on the field dizzy and at a loss, and finally magically became the gold medal winner of basketball. Wu Sheng of Beijing Opera played a "little somersault" and won the first place in the high jump. Since there was no national anthem in the Qing Dynasty, the idea of Peking Opera gongs and drums was used instead, and the opera music was rotated in the venue for more than two hours ... Of course, these were all unofficial history, and they could only be played privately. However, it can also be seen that people want China to participate in the first Olympic Games. "Olympia-I can compete ... I can compete" is a homophonic expression of China people's heroic feelings. We hope that China really participated in the Olympic Games in 1 and got back many trophies. Did China participate in the 1 Modern Olympic Games held in Athens?

Carols are sung, fireworks are in full bloom, and thousands of pigeons spread their wings everywhere. Players from 1 1 countries in Europe, America and Australia crowded into the oval stadium decorated with white marble reliefs. This is 1 the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on April 6, 896. I found that there are no representatives of any Asian countries here, and there are no Asians with yellow skin and black hair. Has the International Olympic Committee forgotten the distant East? Did China, the then Qing government, receive the invitation letter for the 1 Greek Olympic Games? Did Cixi, who ruled the Qing court, send a sports delegation to Athens? If you received the letter, did you send an athlete delegation to participate? Today, these are still a little sphinx mystery on the road of China Olympic Games. 1894 June 16, the international sports conference was held in Paris. On June 23rd, the International Olympic Committee was established. According to Ruan Weicun's A Brief History of Track and Field in China, "Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Movement and the president of the International Olympic Committee, wrote to Li Hongzhang, the Qing government, in the 21st year of Guangxu (1895), urging China to participate in the first Olympic Games ... The preparatory meeting for the Athens Olympic Games was also held in August 1895+. At that time, China had set up a consulate in France, which showed that it was credible that China was invited to participate in the first Olympic Games. However, at that time, the Qing government was at home and abroad, and did not know what the Olympic Games was and what track and field was, so it ignored it. This is an explanation. However, the statement that "Li Hongzhang doesn't know what track and field is" is also debatable. As early as 65438+60s, Li Hongzhang launched the "Westernization Movement". 188 1 taught students football, boxing, gymnastics, hurdles, high jump, long jump and swimming in the courses of Beiyang Naval Academy. Therefore, it is understandable to say that in the 1990s of 19, China's ruling and opposition parties knew nothing about the Olympic Games, but it would be an exaggeration to say that they didn't know what track and field was.