Culture Background And Value Embodiment Of Taiji Softball

On June 20^th, 1995, the State Council has issued "the outline of the nationwide body-building plan", which is an enormous systematic program led by the state, supported by the society and participated by the whole people. With the clear goal, task, measures and steps, it is aimed to improve the health of the whole nation. The outline has been worked out through summing up the development experience of Chinese mass physical education, learning from the beneficial experience of international physical education as well as taking into consideration the current situation of China. China has gradually set up the national body-building system with Chinese characteristics, which is not only the supportive systematic program to realize the goal of constructing the society of socialist modernization, but also the development strategic plan to fully embody the great attention and priority given by the state and The Communist Party to the corporeity and health of the whole people.With the development of China's social and economic improvement as well as material and civilization construction and under the correct leadership of the central government of China, Chinese government has met the basic needs for food and clothes of people and is now on the way to realize a moderately prosperous society. After people's living standard has been greatly improved, they naturally have a higher requirement for life. Therefore, exercises, health and longer life span have become people's common aspiration. The life span has been prolonged as the advancement of society, the development of economy as well as the improvement of living standard and the melioration of medical condition. Since the so called "Silver Wave" age of aging society has approached, the proportion of senior citizens has increased every year. In the year 2025, the proportion will reach 13.2%, and then the related problems of health, living quality, environmental protection and society will also appear. The survey done by related units has showed that more and more senior people will be tortured by some chronic diseases like tumor and diabetes.Taiji softball is a kind of ball sports appeared according to the current situation, which can embody the deep and profound culture of Taiji. While retaining all of the soul of Taiji ideology and Taiji sports, Taiji softball has also added modern element by combining the essence of tennis, badminton and other sports to endow it with new life as well as form its unique way of sport. The Taiji softball is cheep and durable. It is easy to learn because it doesn't be comfined by the place, age and number of doers. People of different age, constitution and class can do it freely at any time and in any place. It can improve and develop the functions of neck, shoulder, waist, leg, eyes, brain as well as all the inner organs in an all round way. Its actions are relaxed and natural, gentle and slow as well as interesting and not easy to be tired, so it is a newly-emerged sport with great interests which is appropriate for middle-aged and old people to do it. Since the Taiji softball has come into being, it has attracted millions of middle-aged and old lovers. Therefore, to explore the feasibility of it as well as the issue of keeping healthy and insisting on exercising has already become a desiderate issue.In this paper, many methods such as literary review, expert interview, field interview, questionnaire, spot measuring and symbolic statistics are used to make a general research on the situation of middle-aged and old Taiji softball lovers in Wuhan in order to find out the distinct characteristics and unique body-building function different from other exercises. The results of the research show that the Taiji softball is one of the sports that middle-aged and old people love and can insist on for many years with great benefits for middle-aged and old people. Nomatter in the competition or in the daily exercises, the Taiji softball is good for the physical and psychological health of middle-aged and old people.Through analyzing the currently-existed shortcomings of the Taiji softall, the author has put forward following strategies: to set up and optimize the organizing and managing institution as soon as possible in order to make a uniform management; to regard "Taiji softball" as a industry to develop and research, while some aspects can be done through bidding; to make a Ml use of its competition and large scale demonstration to propagandize it; to intensify the propaganda and develop the relative business opportunities like clothes, video tapes and advertisements; to cooperate more with the research institutions and PE colleges to make a further research on theories; to increase the extension and popularization of Taiji softball with the aim of making more people know and be involved into this game.