Han Wushu

Wushu, also known as Kung Fu, Wushu and Martial Arts, is a traditional sport of Han nationality in China. Its content is to combine kicking, hitting, throwing, taking, falling, hitting, chopping, stabbing and other actions into various offensive and defensive fighting techniques, routines and unarmed equipment single-potential exercises according to certain rules. Wushu has an extremely broad mass base and is a valuable cultural heritage accumulated and enriched by the Han people in long-term social practice. Wushu is divided into Sanda and routine. Sanda is also called Sanshou, which is a situation of martial arts challenge, while routine is a form of martial arts performance.

Wushu, a national sport in China known internationally as Kung Fu, is characterized by "fighting" and "dancing". "Strike" means "technical attack", that is, from the boxing of unarmed combat to the martial arts of fighting the enemy, which has a deep-rooted tradition among the people. The events recorded in historical documents include corner kick, sumo, unarmed combat, fencing, stabbing, school stick, javelin throwing and so on. And there is the custom of courtiers' competition. "Dance" means "martial arts dance", which is a popular routine form of martial arts. It is different from the martial arts fighting, but it has a performance. This kind of martial arts characterized by lyricism and aesthetic feeling is still widely circulated among the people. Because martial arts can be seen, used and practiced, it is deeply rooted in people's hearts and has been enduring for thousands of years.

Influenced by traditional morality, the martial arts of the Han nationality generally advocate "stop" and "don't hit your face, expose people's scars". Even in war, fighting has certain norms. Every "country" in the ancient Central Plains was bound by morality, and personal struggles and wars between countries had certain rules. For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu tried to kill Huang Zhong with a drag knife, but Guan Yu stopped attacking because Huang Zhong accidentally tripped, which is an example. Then there are different costumes, which lead to different ways and actions. During the Warring States period, there was a story of "Khufu riding and shooting", which said that due to different costumes and equipment, Zhao's army often suffered defeat when fighting against the Hu people, so he took the lead in putting on the Hu people's costumes and riding and shooting bows and arrows. In fact, Wang Zhao's reform must also include unarmed combat (including capture and wrestling). Boxing in the Qing Dynasty often started with actions such as "lifting the knees and lifting the lapels" and "holding the head with a tiger's head", because men were wearing robes and braids at that time. In order to facilitate exercise, the robe should be lifted before the battle, tied to the belt and knitted around the neck.