When was table tennis introduced to China? What are the major table tennis events?

The Table Tennis World Cup is one of the three major table tennis events in the world, along with the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships. Table tennis was introduced to my country around 1904. Table tennis balls are made of celluloid, with a diameter of 40.00 mm, a weight of 2.6 to 2.8 grams, and are white, yellow or orange. What are the major table tennis events? Please open the following content to learn more.

Contents of this article

1. When was table tennis introduced to China?

2. What are the major table tennis events?

3. What material are table tennis balls made of?

When was table tennis introduced to China?

Table tennis was introduced to China around 1904.

Table tennis was introduced to China around 1904. At that time, there was a man named Wang Daoping, who was the owner of a stationery store on Simalu Road (now Fuzhou Road) in Shanghai. He often went to Japan to purchase some novel stationery. Once, he saw the Japanese playing a table tennis game and thought that this activity was very interesting. It did not require a large venue, just a table, a ball and a racket. So he bought some table tennis equipment and brought them back to China and displayed them in the store. However, at that time, the Chinese did not understand their uses, let alone how to play them, so they were not selling well. So, smart businessmen began to play in the store for performances, which attracted many customers to watch, and some even swung their rackets to show their skills. From then on, table tennis began to become popular in Shanghai. In 1916, the Boys' Department of the Shanghai Branch of the All-China YMCA established the earliest table tennis room in my country, equipped with 9 tables, and many young students often went there to participate in table tennis activities. After that, table tennis gradually developed in several major cities such as Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou. It was not until 1935 that the All-China Table Tennis Association was established in Shanghai and table tennis was listed as an official competition event in my country.

In 1959, after Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese athletes began to enter the international table tennis arena. Subsequently, table tennis has developed rapidly in China. To this day, the Chinese table tennis team has always dominated the world, and table tennis has become China's national sport.

What are the major table tennis events?

1. World Table Tennis Championships: Sponsored by the International Table Tennis Federation, each tournament is hosted by the table tennis association authorized by the International Table Tennis Federation, and has a wide influence. The World Table Tennis Championships includes seven events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles, and men's and women's teams. The first World Table Tennis Championships was held in London, England in December 1926, and it was changed to be held every two years since the 25th World Table Tennis Championships in 1959. It is a world table tennis competition of the highest level hosted by the International Table Tennis Federation, and has a wide influence. It is known as the "three major events of table tennis" together with the Table Tennis World Cup and the Olympic Games.

2. Olympic table tennis competition. Held every four years, it originally had four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. In order to make the competition more exciting, the International Olympic Committee approved the ITTF's proposal in 2005 to replace doubles with team competitions at the 2008 Beijing Olympics without increasing the number of participants and the number of competition days. The table tennis events at the Beijing Olympics were set as: men's singles, women's singles, men's team, and women's team.

3. The Table Tennis World Cup is one of the three major table tennis events in the world, along with the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships. The first Women's Table Tennis World Cup was held in Hong Kong, China in 1996. Except for the suspension in 1999 due to sponsorship reasons, this top event has maintained its annual tradition.

4. ITTF Professional Tour, full name is ITTF Table Tennis Professional Tour, ITTF Table Tennis Professional Tour has a long history and is a large-scale international single sports event with world influence organized by the International Table Tennis Federation. Generally, there are four events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles. All member countries of ITTF can send players to participate. At the end of each year, the year-end event ITTF Tour Finals will be held for athletes who rank high in the points of each tour station in that season.

What material are ping pong balls made of?

Table tennis balls are made of celluloid, with a diameter of 40.00 mm, a weight of 2.6 to 2.8 grams, and are white, yellow or orange.

Celluloid is a soft, flexible, transparent or opaque sheet of colored or colorless material. It can be molded at the boiling point of water; it can be cut, drilled, or sawed at lower temperatures; it can be a hard mass or made into soft sheets (which can be used to make shirt collars, children's toys, etc.). Thinner and more flexible sheets can be used as a base for colloidal silver compounds, making it the first practical photographic film.

Now its most common use is to make table tennis balls. Other uses are in the chemical industry, aerospace, machinery, printing and dyeing, etc. However, it is flammable. It is very easy to burn when exposed to open flames and high heat. It will gradually heat up after long-term storage. If the accumulated heat is not dissipated, it will cause spontaneous combustion.