On the transformation of China Wushu's actual combat function from the origin and development of Wushu

China Wushu originated from the life-and-death struggle between man and beast for the right to exist in ancient times. In the period of ancient cold weapons, the function and role of Wushu on the battlefield was very powerful. It is a very practical martial art in defending the country and defending the country, expanding the territory and pacifying chaos. When the two armies confronted each other, the general and the soldiers rode horses, braced themselves and killed each other with swords, spears, halberds and other weapons. They immediately threw themselves on the ground, and when the weapons were destroyed, they punched and kicked, grabbed their hands and bit their mouths until they defeated their opponents and won. It should be said that the actual combat of martial arts in the era of cold weapons is very fierce and terrible, and the martial arts level of generals and soldiers on both sides of the war is absolutely the key to the victory or defeat of the war.

In the era of firearms, machine guns and cannons ravaged the battlefield, showing great power, and the function and role of martial arts became insignificant. Guns and guns in Eight-Nation Alliance in the late Qing Dynasty completely shattered the invulnerability myth of the Boxer Rebellion, and also plunged China Wushu, which has been circulating for thousands of years, into the abyss of perdition. During the Republic of China, the national government called Wushu a national art, which mainly had two meanings: one was to awaken the national confidence of Chinese people in inheriting Wushu, strengthening their health and resisting violence and self-defense; The second is to organize officers and men to practice boxing and martial arts, enhance their physique, improve their physical fitness and strengthen their will. Whether it's a ten-year civil war, a fourteen-year war of resistance or a three-year war of liberation, it's all about guns and cannons. Wushu is basically useless on the battlefield except that it can play a certain role in hand-to-hand combat.

After the founding of New China, it entered a peaceful era, and Wushu became a sport. Its inherent fighting and fighting functions are transformed into beauty in action, cadence in rhythm and physical fitness in purpose. Influenced by the national policy, the traditional Wushu routines are simple, direct, short and pithy, and attach importance to fighting and attacking. They have also been added to many gymnastics dance movements by inheritors, and become a veritable fancy boxing to lure legs. Only in this way can we get a stage, a shot and a place in the competitions organized by sports committees at all levels. Over time, traditional Wushu has changed from being able to fight, to focusing on performance but not actually fighting.