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China Wushu, once brilliant, is now dead?

The decline of Wushu, especially the decline of traditional Wushu in China, is a historical reality, because it is itself a historical reason. The heyday of traditional Wushu is the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, social changes, turmoil and fighters were not only the guarantee of personal survival, but also the weapons for warlords to fight for power and profit. So there are many real masters and masters in various schools. With the cold weapon withdrawing from the historical stage, the practicality of Wushu is becoming less and less, which makes the fighters unable to rely on Wushu to survive and have to change careers or even discard them. In addition, in the period of national prosperity and civil security, no one in power wants people to practice martial arts fighting with strong lethality. In 1970s and 1980s, Wushu was illegal. While simplifying traditional Wushu, some state departments promoted, disseminated and publicized the performance effect of Wushu and the so-called fitness. Therefore, most of the "martial arts practitioners" in China are elderly people, while children are learning Taekwondo, while young and middle-aged people are learning Sanda and boxing. Few people have seen real traditional martial arts, let alone. In addition, in recent years, many film and television dramas mislead people with special effects, exaggerating, metaphysics and even distorting Wushu itself. In fact, when it comes to the essence, it is still interest and economic reasons. The decline of Chinese medicine is because Chinese medicine cannot make doctors and hospitals make money; The inheritors of traditional Wushu can't live by Wushu. The state has an unshirkable responsibility for the decline and loss of these traditional cultures in China. Our future responsibility is to learn, practice, develop, inherit and pass on China traditional Wushu!