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The Transformation Of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts (1911-1949)

Posted on:2013-01-17Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:S W DingFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117330374462208Subject:China's modern history
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Martial arts is the main component of Chinese culture, and it is called one of the Chinese quintessence. After thousands of years of development, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, under the invasion of the concept of Chinese traditional philosophy of "dao","gas","Yin and Yang,and the" nature and humanity ", it eventually became a theoretical system with Chinese characteristics. Most people think, combat is the essential attribute of it, in fact, it is only its self-defense function, Chinese martial arts lay the emphasis on inside and outside, self-defense, keeping fit, keeping relaxed, but the unification of the three is the essential attribute of Chinese martial arts."Force to carry a way","technology into word " is the highest pursuit of the state of Chinese martial arts,"ultimate care of the Chinese martial arts" is "keeping relaxed", so in essence, it is one kind of the art of keeping relaxed with the characteristics of Chinese culture.Since modern times, the western culture has gradually influenced China, and the western sports have come into China. With the deepening of national crisis, modern educated people began to regard Chinese traditional culture as the main cause of its falling behind. And the western sports is also considered as one of the causes of the western prosperity and strength. In this context, traditional martial art,as Chinese culture, starts to take the western sports as the coordinates and improves themselves as the Chinese sports,"new Chinese martial arts" made up by Maliang and the promotion of famous martial art from the traditional martial arts and sports organization's reform, have opened up the door of making practicing martial arts as sports. Then in the heat of the "the soil physical" battle between the further deepening practicing martial arts as sports. Martial arts began to become one of sports or games. Meanwhile, in the social advocation from all walks of life, martial arts began to enter the school sports division and become the sports by students.Modern western sports is based on physiology science in theory, so during the transformation of making practicing martial arts, it also uses western science as a weapon, and explains and changes the martial arts. Under the influence of scientism, scientification of the martial arts became the aim of the field of martial arts during the period of the republic。Study and summarization of the history of martial arts, is the embodiment of the scientification of martial arts. And the relationship of the martial arts and physiology, psychology, hygiene, mechanics, and other disciplines is the main concern of the scientification of martial arts. Removing the portal for martial arts is also the main problem for the scientification of martial arts to solve. In addition,"martial learning" construction, also reflects the efforts by the people in the field of the martial arts to make it into a science.The traditional martial arts organization, has obvious patriarchal characteristics. During the period of the republic of China, under the influence of the traditional martial arts, there were a lot of different new martial arts communities different from the ones of the traditional martial artS。They make clear constitutions and rules, reform the form of the traditional martial arts, and actively promote martial arts. A famous martial art gallery is the central martial sports club and most influential new martial arts community. One famous martial art community is from the folk sports organization, and the central martial arts community is an official organization。The famous martial art sports club use western management mode, practise democratic management, and ensure the implementation of the management system through various articles. A famous martial art community has its branch organizations at home and abroad so that it has some influences in southern China and southeast Asia. In addition, a famous martial art sports club advocates the equality between men and women, calls for women's liberation, and founds a famous branch martial art sports club for women, further expands the spread of martial art objects. The central martial gallery is directly under the government of authorities. In addition to the central martial arts communities, there are also branch libraries in provinces and cities (special city)/martial martial halls in counties, and clubs in villages, the martial martial club, various martial hall (club) are all led by her superior museum or the upper government leaders, reflecting the characteristics of layers of abstinence. The central martial arts museum also made "the central library organization martial outline", and many other standards, one of the "central martial hall set its exam regulations, divide it into three levels of exams called kingdom exam, province (special city) test, county (city) exam and these three levels formulate the test qualifications, examination content, evaluation method, etc.From content, this regulation is modeled after the traditional martial arts and draw on the western athletic competition model, reflect the characteristics of Chinese and western blends. Since the making of the regulations, respectively in1928and in1933the country martial arts community held the national martial arts exams in nanjing for two times, thus they expanded the influence of martial arts, and provided references for the development of competitive martial arts. In addition to a famous martial art museum and the central martial sports organization system, some city martial arts groups also have the characteristics of new tissues, but in the vast rural, martial arts organizations still maintain the old inheritance of the old organizations and systems.The orientation of making Modern martial arts as sports, failed to be universal, the rural areas are still in the traditional martial arts, still keep "localization"During the time of The Republic of China, martial arts began to spread overseas. A famous martial art in Nanyang set up many branch communities and introduced the Chinese martial arts to southeast Asia. The central martial arts hall was also involved in the spreading of the Chinese martial arts overseas, some overseas Chinese all over China set up museums of martial arts, Chinese martial arts schools, and further promoted internationalization of the martial arts. During the period of the Olympic Games in Berlin in1936,China organized martial arts performance groups in each big city and made tours in Germany, so that Europe could see the the profound Chinese martial arts.Modern Chinese martial arts, is in trouble and background of the background, took to the transformation of the way. In rinse "the sick man of Asia" disgrace and save the words of a disaster,"wake a sleeping lion","martial nation", becomes part of the country who medical scheme. In "saving the martial" the words, the body is not just a man, is national survival foundation. The body of the national, make the martial arts into a national political "discipline" tool. At all levels of government control martial library organization, and to the national government is also actively martial names draws close, and the national political the tangled skein of martial names relationship, show that the transformation of traditional martial arts republic, has strong political color.Compared with western sports, the traditional martial arts is completely different theory and system, the nature of the martial arts is not a sports. But because of a variety of factors effect, since the Republic of China, the traditional martial arts took to the western sports type development way, which is ransformed into a competitive sport For the transformation of the western sports, lead to its own deformation, alienation, and headed to the ways of death.Culture is multiple, is the evolution. The transformation of Chinese traditional culture, it should be in the perspective of the traditional multiple pursuit rationalization. The transformation of the traditional martial arts, should not be toward the west road of the competitive sports, should be "the return of the open a new", in the traditional martial arts culture to features and essential characteristics, and on the basis of in modern society, and actively expand the modern value of traditional martial arts.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Traditional Martial arts, Republic of China, transformation, Sport, competitive Martial arts
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