Cave paintings in the Xinjiang province in northwest China depict people wearing what appears to be skiis and herds of animals walking below them.
Archaeologists have dated these images between 10,000 and 30,000 years old, according to Chinese ski historian Shan Zhaojian. People today pretty much continue to get around the same way as they did in the past, using horse-hide skis, an indication that skiing originated in this region of China.