Abstract: Using the methods of literature review and logical analysis, this paper summarizes the evolution process of the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team, analyzes its basic connotation, and puts forward the inheritance path in the new era. The study concludes that the Chinese women's volleyball team went through the process of "sowing spiritual seeds, building spiritual support and continuing spiritual genes" in the "five consecutive world championships" period, the low and difficult rise period and the glory-recasting period, and forged the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team with Chinese characteristics, which takes as its core the supremacy of the motherland, unity and cooperation, tenacity, and unyielding spirit. The spirit becomes a symbol of the times and explains the basic connotation of carrying forward the spirit of modern sports and inheriting Chinese sportsmanship. This paper puts forward the inheritance path of the spirit from two aspects: explore the cultural value of the Chinese women's volleyball team to promote the construction of a strong sports country; form the emotional identity of the Chinese women's volleyball team to lay the foundation of national spirit.

Key words: the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team, evolution process, basic connotation, inheritance path, Chinese sports spirit