The Contemporary Value, Characteristic Advantages, and Practical Directions of Chinese Sports Spirit in Promoting the Construction of the Common Spiritual Homeland of the Chinese NationAn Interpretation Based on The Guiding Opinions on Sports Promoting the Strengthening of the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation

The Chinese sports spirit is a precious spiritual asset accumulated by people of all ethnic groups in China through long-term sports practice. It resonates with the mission of strengthening the sense of community for the Chinese nation, providing powerful spiritual impetus for building a leading sports nation and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Employing the methods of literature review and logical analysis, this study systematically examines the contemporary value, characteristic advantages, and practical directions of the Chinese sports spirit in advancing the construction of the common spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation, based on an interpretation of The Guiding Opinions on Sports Promoting the Strengthening of the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation. The study concludes that analyzing the Chinese sports spirit from four dimensions—enhancing ethnic identity, consolidating national cohesion, showcasing the nation's image, and driving national development—can fully demonstrate its contemporary value in fostering the common spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation. In this process, the Chinese sports spirit exhibits such intrinsic features as co-shaped values, co-created content, co-built resources, and shared achievements, highlighting cultural advantages including solidifying cultural foundations, reinforcing cultural confidence, deepening cultural understanding, and amplifying cultural influence. By excavating and organizing cultural resources and humanistic heritage, strengthening cultural branding, and extensively promoting public education initiatives, this study explores the practical pathways through which the Chinese sports spirit can contribute to the construction of the common spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation. Aligning the Chinese sports spirit with the goal of strengthening the sense of community for the Chinese nation will consolidate collective morale and provide sustained momentum for this endeavor.