1971年7月至1972年2月,陕西考古工作者在发掘陪葬乾陵的章怀太子李贤墓时,在墓道西壁出土了一幅反映唐代马球运动的《马球图》。《马球图》全长8.2米,南端高1.7米,北面高2.4米,画面共有20多匹马,骑马人身着各色窄袖袍,着黑靴,戴幞头。最精彩的画面有5位骑者,打马球者左手执缰,右手执偃月形鞠杖(唐代打马球也称之为击鞠),最南面飞驰的马上坐一人,作回身反手击球状,另一人回头看 From July 1971 to February 1972, Shaanxi archaeologists unearthed a “polo map” reflecting the polo movement in the Tang Dynasty when excavating the tomb of Li Xian, Prince Zhang Huai, who was born in Qianling. The polo map is 8.2 meters long, 1.7 meters high at the southern end and 2.4 meters high in the north. There are more than 20 horses on the screen. The riding people are wearing narrow-sleeved robes of various colors, black boots and Dai Kuantou. The most wonderful picture of 5 riders, playing polo left hand holding your right hand holding crescent-shaped cane (playing the polo in the Tang Dynasty also called hit Ju), the south of the speeding to sit immediately for a turn backhand hitback Spherical, the other person looked back