{"id":238,"date":"2026-04-10T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:48:48","slug":"work-after-1949","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/song-chin-foh\/return-to-homeland\/work-after-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Work After 1949 and Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ink-color\">Timeline<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=v2%3A2PACX-1vT7mRbJnEHNYThfimWrC0nQV-dVxd8Whwg9cGzYKSMgSs5hjSfhMiKdCVAXmjvyvkqXr2frUE0l4KeV&#038;font=Default&#038;lang=en&#038;initial_zoom=2&#038;width=100%25&#038;height=650' width='100%' height='650' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>After 1949, Song served as a professor of physical education at Beijing Normal University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1950, he coached the Chinese university men\u2019s basketball team at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1952, the physical education department of Beijing Normal University merged into the Central Institute of Physical Education, which later became Beijing Sport University. Song later served there as director of academic affairs and vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1956, he became a member of the Chinese Basketball Association and chaired its referee committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1957, he became one of the first national-level basketball referees in the PRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1959, he served as the chief basketball referee at the first National Games and taught basketball rules at a national referee training course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1964, he was elected to the fourth committee of the All-China Sports Federation and served as a member of the fourth CPPCC National Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1977, Song died at the age of eighty in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, the gymnasium named after Song Chin Foh was completed at Shandong University, Qingdao Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Shandong University held the first Song Chin Foh Cup Swimming Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/Song-Tiyu-Yuanli-e1777070280180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/Song-Tiyu-Yuanli-e1777070280180.jpg 243w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/Song-Tiyu-Yuanli-e1777070280180-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>Song&#8217;s Principles of Physical Education (\u4f53\u80b2\u539f\u7406).<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After the founding of the People\u2019s Republic of China in 1949, Song Chin Foh continued to work within China\u2019s changing sports education system. He taught physical education at Beijing Normal University and later worked at the Central Institute of Physical Education, the predecessor of Beijing Sport University. His later career extended beyond teaching into basketball coaching, referee training, sports administration, and the writing of physical education manuals.<\/p>\n<p>This later stage of Song\u2019s career shows that his importance did not end with the Republican era or with China\u2019s early Olympic delegations. His work moved into the institutional structure of New China\u2019s sports education system. He taught at Beijing Normal University after 1949. In 1952, when the physical education department of Beijing Normal University was merged into the Central Institute of Physical Education, the predecessor of Beijing Sport University, Song later served there as director of academic affairs and vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Song also continued to coach at the national level. In August 1950, China sent a national university men\u2019s basketball team to the sports competition of the Second World Festival of Youth and Students in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Song served as coach, and the Chinese team placed fourth among six teams. This episode is useful for the exhibit because it links Song\u2019s pre-1949 Olympic experience to the PRC\u2019s early efforts to return to international sports competition.<\/p>\n<p>His later contributions were especially important to basketball officiating and rules education. In 1956, Song was elected to the Chinese Basketball Association and served as chair of the first and second referee committees. During his tenure, China established a more complete system for referee ranking and administration. In January 1957, Song became one of the first national-level basketball referees in the PRC. In 1959, he served as chief referee for basketball at the first National Games of the People\u2019s Republic of China and lectured on basketball rules at a national referee training class.<\/p>\n<p>Song\u2019s written work also shows the breadth of his influence. Several of his publications include <em>Principles of Physical Education<\/em>, <em>Liu Changchun\u2019s Sprinting<\/em>, <em>Women\u2019s Basketball Training Methods<\/em>, <em>Women\u2019s Softball Training Methods<\/em>, and <em>Film Posture Diagrams of Famous Track<\/em> <em>and Field Athletes at the Tenth World Games<\/em>. Song&#8217;s <em>Women\u2019s Basketball Training Methods<\/em>, published in 1932, was China\u2019s first book on women\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10-1024x267.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10-1024x267.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10-1536x400.png 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/image-10.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>The gymnasium at Shandong University is named after Song Chin Foh.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"598\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/second-Song-Chin-Foh-Cup-Shandong-University.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/second-Song-Chin-Foh-Cup-Shandong-University.jpeg 798w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/second-Song-Chin-Foh-Cup-Shandong-University-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/second-Song-Chin-Foh-Cup-Shandong-University-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>The Second Song Chin Foh Cup Swimming Competition was held at Shandong University. Over 200 student athletes involved from 28 schools. In 2023, the University held the first Song Chin Foh Cup.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/2023-Song-Cup-Shandong.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/2023-Song-Cup-Shandong.jpg 800w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/2023-Song-Cup-Shandong-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/04\/2023-Song-Cup-Shandong-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>On March 11, 2025, Shandong University\u2019s Qingdao Campus held a spring tree planting activity west of the Song Chin Foh gymnasium. Organized by the Qingdao Campus Logistics Office, the School of Information Science and Engineering, and the Shandong University Experimental School, the event brought together university and elementary school students to plant 100 cherry trees, 50 Wulian Mountain chestnut trees, and 50 Qiuyue pear trees.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later references are part of the exhibit, but they are presented with evidentiary caution rather than false completeness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":236,"menu_order":6,"template":"","institution":[],"place":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2945,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/238\/revisions\/2945"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}