TIANJIN, China (Reuters Life!) – Asia’s first ever snow polo tournament went into its second day on Wednesday at China’s newest and largest polo club, with six top global teams promoting the luxury sport to the nation’s new and growing ranks of wealthy.

Though an early form of polo was once popular with China’s upper classes during the Tang dynasty more than a thousand years ago, the sport of kings died out almost entirely until a recent surge of interest in foreign sports seen as being high class.

The first generations of new wealthy spawned by China’s economic reforms are likely to view golf, red wine and Ferrari as symbols of prestige, but many of the newer generation are looking for something more. (more…)

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[2011-02-26] 雪地上打馬球 貴氣從運動開始

■馬球會總裁黃國豪。

——我的優質生活系列（一）

剛在香港舉辦完畢的馬拉松活動，參加人數又再打破紀錄，這反映不少香港人都很喜歡運動，或者因為運動可以強身健體，而且只要明白箇中樂趣，便會令人不能自拔。　■文、攝（部分）：曾家輝

筆者早前到天津欣賞了「高銀環亞國際雪地馬球挑戰賽——環亞盃」。最初一聽馬球（polo），而且還是雪地馬球（snow polo），筆者跟很多人一樣立即聯想到貴族玩意，一般人不可能參加。不過，看過這次比賽裡球員騎著馬，在雪地上馳騁，揮著球桿擊球的英姿，以及明白馬球這種運動的精神、發展等，甚至親身參觀了馬房及馬匹後，令人明白馬球其實不是想像中那麼遙不可及。當然，參觀比賽跟成為馬球員，甚至成為馬主或組隊，是兩碼子的事。 (more…)