Abstract: Against the background of the comprehensive implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, the spatial aggregation characteristics of sports intangible cultural heritages in the Dabie Mountains are studied, aiming to inherit the good traditional culture of the Dabie Mountains, promote the revitalization of rural culture, and consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation. The spatial distribution, aggregation characteristics and influencing factors of 38 sports intangible cultural heritages in Dabie Mountains were analyzed by GIS spatial analysis method. The results show that: different levels of sports intangible cultural heritages in Dabie Mountains show uneven distribution in different counties; the types of sports intangible cultural heritages in Dabie Mountains are mainly folk entertainment items; the spatial distribution type is cohesive, forming a high-density core circle of sports intangible cultural heritages centered on Shenqiu County and a low-density circle with Shou County, Yuexi County and Lixin County as the center; the quantity, level, type and aggregation law of Dabie Mountains sports intangible cultural heritages are affected by the local geography, historical culture and socio-economic factors.

Key words: Dabie Mountains, sports intangible cultural heritages, spatial aggregation