The Cultural Tradition of China Wushu

China Wushu generally refers to the daily life of China people, and integrates traditional cultural ideas and concepts such as social philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, ethics, military science, aesthetics, qigong, etc., and pays attention to both internal and external cultivation, such as holistic view, yin-yang change view, theory of form and spirit, theory of qi, theory of movement and rigidity and softness, etc., and gradually forms a unique national Wushu cultural system.

We should not only learn physical norms, but also seek spiritual communication. The holistic view of internal and external integration is a major feature of China Wushu. The so-called interior refers to the spiritual activities such as mind and mind, and the overall movement of qi; The so-called watch refers to physical activities such as hands, eyes, body and steps. Inside and outside, form and god are interrelated and unified whole. For example, Wuqinxi is a wonderful effort to imitate five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. Its essence is: "external movement and internal static, dynamic and static, both dynamic and static, both rigid and flexible, both internal and external, both internal and external."

China Wushu, an exercise method which is mainly based on physical fitness and supplemented by fighting, has no inherent form of practice. Its essence is: "Because of its origin, it exists in every corner of our lives, and Kung Fu is in our lives and in every movement of our daily life. China Kung Fu is a kind of learning and defense, not for war, but for peace. To truly understand the connotation of China Wushu, we should put aside all the concepts of sects and feel with our heart. Because Wushu has no form, but it can also be any form, so there is no difference between strong and weak Wushu. While the practice of China Wushu is just to strengthen the body and cultivate one's morality, China Wushu is regardless of high or low, but we should pay attention to understanding the spirit of fighters and reform it from the outside.

The main boxing methods of China Wushu are: inserting boxing, intercepting boxing, hanging boxing, blocking boxing, stabbing boxing, punching, tearing boxing, flipping boxing, cannon boxing, five-handed boxing, responding boxing, biting boxing and covering boxing. Close the fist, close the fist, practice the fist, block the fist, hang the fist, block the fist, bump the fist, pass the arm fist, hit the sky, hit the horse back, hit the front, hit the back, cut back, cover the palm, kill the palm, turn the palm through the clouds, pierce the heart palm, lotus leaf palm, roll the dragon palm, five-handed palm, and so on. Small five hands, scattered seedlings, scattered eight fasts, Jiugong wrestlers, Luohan eighteen hands, eighteen hands, twenty-four broken hands, thirty-six hands, seventy-two intervention, thirty-six watching opponents, eighteen elbows, tiger's head holding elbows, three rocker arms.

Wushu has a long history in China, which originated from the productive labor of our ancient ancestors. People gradually accumulated the skills of chopping, chopping and stabbing in the production activities of hunting pigs. These primitive forms of offensive and defensive techniques are all low-level, not divorced from the category of production technology, but they are the basis for the formation of Wushu technology. In the era of clan commune, tribal wars often occurred, so we constantly sum up the experience of fighting on the battlefield. The more successful boxing, stabbing, boxing and legs are imitated, taught and practiced, Wushu gradually takes shape.

Wushu, as an independent social and cultural phenomenon, is synchronized with the emergence of Chinese national civilization. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, "Wu Dance" appeared, which was used to train soldiers and boost morale. Shooting and dancing were also listed as one of the educational contents in the schools established in the Zhou Dynasty. After entering the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes competed for hegemony and attached great importance to the application of technology in the battlefield. Qi Huangong held "pancratium" in the spring and autumn, and selected heroes from all over the world. Since Qin and Han Dynasties, wrestling and fencing have prevailed. With the custom of "banquet dance", dancing with musical instruments often appears when drinking. For example, "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended to serve the public" in the "Hongmen Banquet" recorded in Historical Records of Xiang Yu is the embodiment of this form. In addition, there are "knife dance" and "dance troupe", which are entertaining, but technically closer to today's routine sports.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the martial arts system has been implemented, and Tiangang boxing has become more popular, which has promoted the development of martial arts, such as awarding honorary titles to soldiers with special skills. General Pei Min's swordsmanship was unique in the world for a while, and it was called the "three unique skills" in the Tang Dynasty together with Pei Min's swordsmanship, Li Bai's poems and Zhang Xu's cursive script. It can be seen that Wushu, as a literary form, has been quite influential. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, folk Wushu activities with Wushu organizations as the main body developed vigorously, and black tiger boxing Society, English Society and Archery Society appeared. Due to the active commercial economy, there are "vagrants" who wander the rivers and lakes, practice martial arts and buy works of art for a living. There are not only solo exercises, but also duet exercises. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were a period of great development of Wushu, with many schools and different kinds of boxing. There are dozens of boxing methods such as Changquan, Monkey Boxing, Shaolin Boxing and Neijia Boxing. At the same time, Tai Ji Chuan, Xingyiquan and Baguazhang were formed.

In modern times, Wushu adapted to the changes of the times and gradually became an organic part of modern sports in China. During the Republic of China, many martial arts organizations such as boxing clubs and samurai clubs appeared among the people. 1928, the Central Wushu Museum was established in Nanjing. 1936 China Wushu Team went to Berlin Olympic Games to perform. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Wushu developed vigorously. From 65438 to 0956, Chinese Wushu Association established Wushu Association and Wushu Team, which formed an unprecedented extensive network of mass Wushu activities and opened up a broad road for the development of Wushu.

1985, the first international Wushu invitational tournament was held in Xi 'an, and the preparatory committee of the International Wushu Federation was established.

This is a historic breakthrough in the development of Wushu. 1987 the first Asian Wushu championship was held in yokohama, marking the entry of Wushu into the Asian games. 1999, the International Wushu Federation was accepted as a member of the official International Sports Federation of the International Olympic Committee. This is another historic breakthrough in the development of Wushu, which means that Wushu will soon become an Olympic event in the near future, which means that the grand goal of "pushing Wushu to the world" has taken another step.

Shaolin Wushu, as a humanistic cultural phenomenon, as a human form culture, or as a fitness, enemy defense and competitive project, has long been a household name in China and has become a valuable heritage of Chinese culture. Shaolin Kung Fu is a comprehensive martial arts system, and Pan Guojing's word "Zen" is an important basis for improving Kung Fu, because Zen means "not thinking outside, not being tempted inside". Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Shaolin, said in the Tanjing: Zen.

It is a Sanskrit transliteration of Zen, which literally translates as "abandoning evil", "jungle of merit", "thinking cultivation" and "meditation". Its basic meaning is to have a rest and get inspiration from Jidi. Therefore, Shaolin kungfu is different from other sects and pays attention to "the integration of Zen and martial arts". Among the many Zen practitioners in Shaolin Temple, Fa Mingshi is an outstanding representative. Shaolin Temple is known as "Hongquan is the source of all skills", from which Shaolin Wushu originated. It is also the most representative, cultural connotation, religious culture, complete systematization, authority and mystery martial arts school in China, and has undoubtedly become the mainstream martial arts school of the Han nationality. According to legend, during the long years of practice in Shaolin Temple, the famous founder of Dharma set an example and founded Shaolin Wushu, which has a profound humanistic and cultural connotation from the beginning, with self-cultivation, good nature and purity. Make the Buddhist cultural philosophy "Zen" and other martial arts complement each other and reach the highest level of you and me.

Wing Chun Boxing is one of China's national martial arts (boxing), which is said to have originated in the middle of Qing Dynasty. It was founded by Wu Tai, a martial arts master who knows the southern Shaolin martial arts very well. Later, it was circulated among the people by Yan Yongchun and Liang Bo, and was sorted out by Liang Zan system, which has always been classified as "secret but not passed on". It was not until Ip Man took him out of Foshan and taught him publicly that Wing Chun was known to the martial arts practitioners in Guangdong and Hong Kong at that time.

Among Ye Wen's Wing Chun disciples, Liang Ting had the greatest influence on the spread of Wing Chun. Liang Ting integrated the original Wing Chun boxing method, boxing theory and boxing method, and systematically established a coach promotion system including "three stages and twelve grades" and a student promotion system of "twelve grades", forming a teaching system of practice, teaching, assessment and promotion. This teaching system has broken through the bottleneck of "most of the early development of Wushu in China lacks written records and can only be passed down by word of mouth", and solved the problems of mass group teaching and ensuring students' learning effect. Wing Chun, the wing chun boxing department of the pavilion, has developed rapidly for decades, becoming China Wushu with more than 4,000 branches and nearly 2 million children in 65 countries and regions around the world.