游泳在我国至少已有三千多年的历史。《诗经》上就有“游之咏之”的诗句,这大概是“游泳”一词的出处吧。在战国时代,游泳甚至还成为一种风俗。《论语》载:“浴乎沂,风乎舞雩,咏而归。”说的就是鲁人在沂水游泳,泳后还迎风歌唱。有的地方,人们从婴儿时期就要学习游泳。《博物志》载:古时荆州巴蜀一带,有个称为“獠子”的少数民族,婴儿从出生那天起就要学习游泳,妇女临产首先要将婴儿生于江水之中,“浮则取养之,沉便弃之。”春秋时的著名军事家管仲、孙武等,都曾将游泳列入军事训练项目。《述异记》载西施是女子游泳中的佼佼者,吴王夫差还曾专门为她建造了一个游泳池。后随范蠡隐退后,常与范蠡游于 Swimming in our country has at least three thousand years of history. There is a verse on the Book of Songs that reads “swims at the chant”, which is probably the source of the word “swim”. In the Warring States Period, swimming even became a custom. “The Analects” contains: “Bath Huanyi, style Dancing dance, Wing and return.” That is, Lushan swimming in Yishui, swimming after the wind is also singing. In some places, people learn to swim from their infancy. “Natural History” contains: In the ancient area of ​​Bashu, Jingzhou, there was a minority called “prickly heat”. The baby should learn to swim from the day of birth. The first is to give birth to infants in the river, Yang, Shen abandoned it. “Spring and Autumn Period famous military strategist Guan Zhong, Sun Wu, have all included swimming in military training programs. ”Exotics" contains Xishi Shi is a leader in women’s swimming, Wu Wang Fu also specifically built for her a swimming pool. After the retreat with Fan Ying, Fan often swim in