Table tennis handwritten newspaper information:

A "table tennis" originated in 19, and was named after the sound of "ping pang" when it struck. In Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Macau, "table tennis" is its official name.

the origin of table tennis:

table tennis originated in England. At the end of the 19th century, tennis was popular in Europe. However, due to the limitation of venue and weather, some college students in Britain moved tennis indoors, using the dining table as a table, books as a net, parchment as a racket and beating it around the dining table. In 189, several British naval officers stationed in India happened to find it exciting to play tennis on a small table. Later, they used solid rubber to replace the inflexible `solid ball', then changed it into a hollow plastic ball, and replaced the racquet with a wooden board to play this novel "tennis match" on the table, which is the origin of the name of Table tennis.

soon after its appearance, Table Tennis became a popular sport. At the beginning of the 2th century, the United States began to produce complete sets of table tennis equipment. It is the number one racket-holding sport in the United States, with more than 2, Americans playing table tennis. At first, Table tennis had other names, such as Indoor tennis. Later, an American manufacturer coined the new word Ping-pang with the sound made by ping-pong when it hit, and used it as the registered trademark of his "ping-pong" patent. Ping-pang later became another official name of Table tennis. When it spread to China, people coined the new word "table tennis".

Many words in table tennis are derived from tennis. The ball used in table tennis is called Ping-pong ball or Table-tennis ball, the table tennis table is called Ping-pong table, the table is called Court, the Net in the middle is called Net support, and the table tennis bat is called Ping-pong bat.

table tennis singles usually adopt the best of three games or best of five games (21 points per game). In 21, it was changed to the best of seven games or best of five games (11 points per game). The so-called "game" is Set in English. Serve is called serve.

In various table tennis competitions. The most prestigious is the World Table Tennis Championships, which was held once a year at first, and changed to be held once every two years after 1957.