Information about Chinese Wushu

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Wushu is a sport that has been created and gradually formed by the Chinese people in the process of long-term historical evolution.

In the primitive society, many animals and few people, the natural environment is very poor, in the "natural selection, the survival of the fittest" in the harsh struggle, people naturally produced punches and kicks, finger scratching and palm striking, jumping and tumbling of a kind of primary means of attack and defense. Later gradually learned to manufacture and use stone or wooden tools as weapons, and produced some unarmed and the use of equipment fighting and killing skills, which is the germ of martial arts.

From the existing archaeological discoveries, we can see that in the Paleolithic era, there have been pointed stone tools, stone balls, stone hand axes, bone and horn processed spears, and to the end of the Neolithic era, a large number of stone axes, stone shovels, stone knives, and bone harpoons, arrowheads, and even copper battle-axe, bronze axe and so on. Most of these primitive production tools and weapons later became the predecessors of martial arts instruments.

The frequent occurrence of tribal wars at the end of primitive society further promoted the development of martial arts. In tribal wars, bows and arrows and throwers were used at a distance, and sticks, knives, axes and spears were used at close quarters, and any production tools that could be used for catching and fighting became weapons for fighting. According to historical records, during the period of Dayu, the Sanmiao tribe rebelled many times and failed to subdue them after many conquests. Later, Yu stopped the attack, let the soldiers hold axes and shields to practice, and invited the people of the Sanmiao tribe to watch this "Thousand Chi Dance" to show the strength of force, and the Sanmiao tribe submitted from then on. This is a grand martial arts self-defense exercise in primitive society. The ancient "martial dance" laid the foundation for the formation of later martial arts routines.

The basic basis for the study of martial arts. In the long process of history, the concept of wushu was expressed differently at different times, and its connotation and extension developed and changed with the development of social history and the development of wushu itself.

From the historical point of view, there are a number of names attributed to the category of martial arts, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, called the "skillful combat" soldier skills a class); the Han Dynasty appeared the word "martial arts", and extended to the end of the Ming Dynasty: the early Qing Dynasty borrowed from the Southern Dynasty "Selected Writings" in the "Yanshou Wushu". "Yan closed martial arts" (then referred to the military) of the word "martial arts"; Republic of China called "national arts": after the founding of New China is still using the "martial arts

With the advent of the new China, the term "Wushu" has been used.

With the changes in history, the gradual demise of cold weapons, the production of specialized martial arts equipment and boxing equipment sets appear in large numbers, confrontational projects, wushu competition rules, the development of wushu has evolved into one of the sports projects. Wushu sports so that its content, form and training methods have undergone great changes, reflecting the concept of the essential attributes of things are also changing. Developed to today, the basic definition of wushu can be summarized as follows: wushu is the main content of technical combat, with sets and catch fighting sports form focusing on both internal and external Chinese traditional sports.

From this definition to recognize wushu. First of all, Wushu belongs to the traditional Chinese technical combat arts. It is based on kicking, hitting, wrestling, taking. Strike, stab and other technical combat movements as the main content, through the unarmed or with the help of equipment body movement performance attack and defense fighting ability. Whether it is a confrontational catch-fighting sport, or a set movement of potential momentum, all of them are based on the core of the traditional Chinese qualitative attack method of Guoqi technology. As far as the social life of human beings is concerned, it is unlikely that the techniques are unique to China. Comparing the techniques from all over the world, Wushu is not only richer in the methods of combat (such as fast wrestling, grappling, etc.). In the form of movement, there are both sets and loose hands, both combined and separated, and this development pattern is also very different from other martial arts in the world. In the method of rehearsal, it emphasizes both internal and external training, and in the style of rehearsal, it requires both God and form, all of which reflect the movement characteristics of traditional Chinese martial arts.

Secondly, wushu is a sports program, which is clearly different from the practical techniques that cause injuries and disabilities. Although the set of sports contains a wealth of technical methods, but its purpose is to improve the physical quality of the businessman and the ability to attack and defense through drills, to carry out the power and skills on the competition, in the technical requirements and practical skills have a certain difference, the technology of the loose hand movement is certainly closer to the practical skills of the South, but by the rules of the competition, but also will be limited to the sports within the sport of skill sports. In short, it boils down to one point, wushu has a clear attribute of sports, sports is the main social philosophy of today's wushu, 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 motion, rigid and flexible, etc., and gradually formed a unique national style of the wushu cultural system. It is rich in connotation, deep meaning, not only has the human sports to strengthen the body **** the same characteristics, but also has the unique philosophical, scientific and artistic oriental civilization, more concentrated embodiment of the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese people in the field of sports. It reflects the national cultural luster of the East from one side. Therefore, from a broad understanding, wushu is not only a sport, but also a national sport, is a valuable cultural heritage of the Chinese people accumulated for a long time.