Abstract: The paper adopts field investigations, literature and historical comparisons to research the sports traces found in the carved stone statues in Qianfo Zhai ( Thousand-buddha Village) and Pi Lu Cave in Anyue area. The research result indicates that in such statues the descriptions of ancient people’s aesthetics of sports contents about physical beauty, Dahong Boxing and wrestling can be found. These contents about sports reveal the importance of ancient sports in social and religious fields. The paper also compares the sports traces in the statues with the present sports events to prove the characteristics of ancient China’s sports inheritance.

Key words: carved stone statues, Anyue, ancient sports