Abstract:
Physical activity is an important way to promote health. In reality, the health status of rural women's is still a big issue, and their activity participation faces various predicaments. In order to eliminate the obstacles of rural women's sports participation and find out effective ways to promote rural women's health through phyaical activity, this study, guided by feminist body theory, applied square fitness dance as an intervention methodand conducted an action research on the health promotion for women in J village, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province. The study found that physical activity can not only improve the health status of rural women's, but also promote the cognition of healthy lifestyles, strengthen self-identification, and increase social support. The strategies of sports participation(action) for rural women should focus on women's subjectivity in self-promotion, freedom, self-control of the bodies, and network construction, in doing so to contribute to the wellbeing of rural women in China.