Integration of Spiritual Guidance and Sports Education: Forging the Soul of a Leading Sporting Nation in the New Era

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Abstract

In the journey toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, sports shoulders the important mission of enhancing people’s physical fitness, promoting the national spirit, and cultivating new-generation talents. Under the backdrop of the New Era, giving full play to the political and organizational advantages of spiritual guidance and advancing the deep integration of ideological development with the goals of sports education represents a strategic path to fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education and nurturing young people capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation. Focusing on the two core themes of “spiritual guidance for innovative development of sports” and “deepening ideological-political education in physical education curricula”, this paper systematically explores the practical pathways, internal logic, and epochal value of integrating spiritual guidance with sports, aiming to provide theoretical support and practical references for building a leading sporting nation in the New Era.

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