Abstract: In order to better promote the modern inheritance and innovative development of traditional sports activities in China, this
paper takes the domestication and fishing of osprey in Erhai region of Dali as the main research object. Through literature research,
field visits and interviews, etc., from the perspective of cultural revival and cultural reproduction, this paper analyzes the process of the
reproduction of Dali Erhai domesticated osprey fishing culture to achieve its contemporary revival. This paper discusses how the
thoughts, attitudes and behaviors of the holding group in the historical changes of the domestication and fishing of the Erhai osprey, and
how to form the impetus and effective mechanism of cultural reproduction. The development experience of the Erhai osprey
domesticated fishing enlightens us: for a nation, the internal driving force of its traditional sports culture reproduction is the cultural
awakening of the group that holds the culture; its external driving force is the strengthening of inheritors′ participation in institutional
construction. The driving forces of these two aspects are unified and work together to promote the transformation of its ontology to the
direction of cultural productivity.

Key words: osprey fishing, traditional hunting, cultural revival, cultural heritage, cultural reproduction