The value and role of martial arts in cultivating the spirit of the Chinese nation.

Chinese Wushu is a national traditional sports program based on Chinese traditional culture and accompanied by the formation and development of Chinese national spirit. With the development of the Chinese nation and the richness of traditional Chinese culture and interpretation, countless people devote themselves to the study and practice of martial arts, wushu has gradually developed into a comprehensive culture, from the technical level, it is the integration of kicking ﹑ fighting ﹑ wrestling ﹑ take ﹑ fall ﹑ hit ﹑ chopping ﹑ stabbing and other actions, and in accordance with certain rules of unarmed and instrumental fighting kung fu ﹑ routines and single-position exercises. From the cultural level, it brings together Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other social philosophies, Chinese medicine, ethics, military science, aesthetics, qigong and other traditional cultural ideas and cultural concepts, focusing on both internal and external cultivation, such as the holistic view, the concept of yin and yang changes, the theory of form and god, the theory of qi, the theory of static and rigid and flexible, and so on, and gradually formed a unique cultural system of the martial arts of the national style. Wushu to carry the Tao - Wushu carries the profound traditional Chinese culture and the spirit of Wushu, and the spirit of Wushu is undoubtedly the soul of Chinese Wushu, which permeates the technology of Wushu and runs through the whole culture of Wushu. Chinese martial arts repair emphasizes both physical and mental repair, in addition to the physical level of physical fitness, self-defense against violence, and more importantly, the cultivation of courageous, benevolent and invincible martial arts spirit, so that the self out of physical and mental constraints, to embark on the road to freedom.

The spirit of martial arts:

In history, the first clear mention of the "spirit of martial arts" is the pioneer of the democratic revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. 1920, Dr. Sun Yat-sen was invited by the Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association, for its publication of the journal "Jingwu Benji" preface, gladly wrote down the "spirit of martial arts" four big words. The spirit of martial arts", and further summarized the "spirit of martial arts" as "to revitalize the art of martial arts from sports, for the protection of the country and the strong seed has a great deal to do." He combined the sports, technical combat, strong country, rich people, put forward "seek self-defense way, the spirit of Shangwu."

Mr. Sun's proposal of "martial spirit" has its own special social background. In modern history, many invasions of the great powers, so that the Chinese people have brought deep suffering and humiliation, so that the Chinese society has been reduced to semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. After the Opium War, the yellow-skinned Chinese were derogatorily called "the sick man of East Asia", which Cai E once described as "the weakness of the body to China and extreme. The body does not have the women, five out of ten. Opium addicts, one of the ten two. The dragon bell is tired and even as a waste of human beings, one in ten. And the lame, the deaf, the blind, the mute, and the sick and the destitute, and one in ten or two. The so-called completely flawless people, but only one-tenth." In addition, the end of the Qing Dynasty, "emphasis on literature and military" trend has reached its peak, the image of the Chinese people is "curved back, men and women like", which can be seen, the physical quality of the nation to reach an infinite number of weak.

In the emergency of internal and external problems, many people put forward the idea of using martial arts to strengthen the country and strong seed. They put forward the "spirit of martial arts" is mainly through the inheritance and development of traditional martial arts, practicing martial arts, enhance physical fitness, to achieve the purpose of strengthening the country strong seed, rich and strong soldiers, the "spirit of martial arts" at the time of the "40,000,000 people in tears, where is the end of the world? At that time, the "spirit of martial arts" was shouted in the background of "forty million people in tears, where the end of the world is God's country", which centrally represents the patriotism of the Chinese nation, strong body, protection of the people, self-improvement, resistance, and upward spirit, and it is the strongest voice of the times.

The origin of the spirit of martial arts:

Mr. Liang Qichao once pointed out that "the Chinese nation's martial arts, its initial nature." The first people in the ancient times, because of the frequent tribal wars and the formation of a strong and courageous national character. The practice of martial arts in the social life of that time occupies a very important position. To the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, although has emphasized the rites and music indoctrination, but still attaches importance to martial arts. The education of young people emphasized both martial arts and culture, that is, the so-called "six arts": rituals, music, archery, imperial, books and mathematics, of which "archery, imperial" is aimed at cultivating the defense of the country's martial arts talent. At that time, the school focused on military training and ancestor worship rituals, which was called "the major events of the country are in the ancestor and the military". The teacher, called Shishi, was also a Cheguan. The culture of martial arts and the content of martial arts training in the early ancient times created the Chinese people's swarthy character and martial arts tradition. In line with the strong martial arts culture at that time, a number of warriors and swordsmen with high martial arts skills and outstanding striking skills appeared in the civil society of the pre-Qin period.

During the Spring and Autumn period, some of the scholars worked hard to restore the ritual and cultural traditions of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and their main purpose was to enter the upper class and participate in politics, which was called "Confucianism". The other part of the population maintained the tradition of martial arts. They originated from the common people's society, and constantly drew on the common people's ethic, i.e., the "chivalrous soldiers". From then on, "Confucianism" and "chivalry", "literature" and "martial arts" diverged. Since then, Confucianism has dominated the formation of cultural traditions, martial arts culture in the connotation of martial arts and virtue is also initially molded.

The Han Dynasty saw an unprecedented rise in martial arts, and the martial arts practitioners at this stage had become a social force that influenced the political situation. The values and ethical norms of the time, such as the importance of promise, the importance of wealth, high moral character, and not to bully others, were the reasons for the rapid expansion of martial arts in the civil society. However, at that time, the values of "emphasizing friendship and association" and "exercising power by chivalry and killing people with orbits" had formed the so-called "dead-partyism" of Ban Gu in the hearts of the Chinese general public, which led to the development of a "dead-partyism" that did not distinguish between right and wrong and only cared about the right and wrong. In the hearts of the Chinese people, the so-called "dead partyism" values of Bangu were formed, which led to the emergence of the traditional consciousness of "fastidious enmity and hatred" that did not distinguish between right and wrong, and only cared about personal righteousness and killing people at every turn. This is the dregs of the traditional consciousness. It is totally undesirable for today's society and should be discarded.