The traditional culture of the motherland the meaning of martial arts

Wushu is a holographic microcosm of Chinese culture. Chinese philosophy, medicine, ethics, military science, literature, painting, calligraphy, music, dance and theater are all reflected in the culture of wushu.

Whether in terms of the form of movement, or in terms of its technical characteristics, the characteristics of combat, it is everywhere reflected in the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture. As far as the form of movement is concerned, having the form of routines is in itself a major feature of wushu, which is a concrete embodiment of the idea of traditional Chinese culture emphasizing "Tao". Every nation in the world has its own martial arts, but very few of them have the form of set movement, even though the martial arts of several oriental nations radiated by Chinese traditional culture occasionally have the form of set movement, but their degree of development and promotion can never be compared with that of Chinese martial arts. Traditional Chinese philosophy attaches great importance to "Tao", emphasizing that everything should be in accordance with the Tao, in accordance with the law, pay attention to the rules, Chinese poetry and song, dance and drama, calligraphy and painting, garden architecture are concerned about a certain program, martial arts routines are also so.

The Chinese martial arts has a significant set of routines, while foreign martial arts skills do not, which reflects the cultural characteristics of martial arts. Another feature of traditional Chinese philosophy is to pay attention to the "unity of heaven and man", specific to the technology that is "both inside and outside", not only martial arts, calligraphy, opera and other forms of national art are concerned about "both inside and outside", which is also the Chinese traditional philosophy of "both inside and outside". Not only martial arts, calligraphy, opera and other national art forms all emphasize "internal and external cultivation", which is also the *** nature of traditional Chinese culture. From the martial arts technology, not only emphasize the external training, but also pay more attention to internal training, "internal training a breath, external training sinews and skin" is exactly the appropriate description of the technical practice of martial arts. The idea of "emphasizing wisdom over strength" is also a characteristic of traditional Chinese culture. This idea has its negative side, that is to say, it has formed a social trend of "emphasizing literature over martial arts", but purely in terms of wushu, it makes wushu form the characteristic of "emphasizing dexterity over strength", which is the most important feature of wushu, and the most important feature of wushu is "emphasizing skill over strength". From Zhuangzi in the pre-Qin period, the theories of "fighting force with skill, more skillful" and "first come first," to Taijiquan in the Ming and Qing periods, "four two pushes a thousand jin" and "using force with skill," and "using force with skill" are the most important characteristics. The techniques of "four-two-thousand-kilograms" and "softness overcomes hardness" all reflect the characteristics of Chinese martial arts, which are "still clever". Competition to win the clever often get people's praise.