Investigation And Analysis Of The Tenth Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival Event

Wushu, the treasure of the Chinese nation, consists of a significant part in Chinese prolonged ancient culture of 5000 years. In the past, wushu was mainly used for attack and defense, wrestle as well, which played an essential role in ancient wars. While in modern society, wushu is more like a kind of fitness, a form of exercise carrying the spirit of wushu and traditional culture. Like other sports, the development of modern wushu depends greatly on large scale match in which the competition and spectator can be fully presented to promote the spread and generalization of wushu.It has been ten years since Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival was held successfully in 1991. The events include Shaolin boxing, tai chi, nanquan, traditional instruments, international routine as well as pair exercise and group events. Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival has made great contribution to the carrying forward of Chinese traditional culture of martial arts, especially the advancing and spreading of Shaolin wushu. This article makes a detailed research and investigation on the operation of the 10 th Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival event, utilizing the research method of field trip, document literature, logical analysis and expert interview, by the longitudinal comparison of every Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival, and horizontal comparison of worldwide traditional wushu festival. The major content is as follows:1.Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival has been held successfully for 10 years, the scale continues to expand with the increasing number of participating countries and contestants and the concept is becoming more complete. 2.The festival has six items including the opening ceremony of the mass exhibition activities of martial arts, wushu contest, wushu grading event, Chinese wushu training and promotion exchange activity, paper reports meeting and closing ceremony, and compared with the past, it suits the concept of national fitness on the basis of internationalization. 3.The festival is fruitful, producing over 2000 prizes and 155 teams wining the medals. Meanwhile, 87 papers on the report meeting rank the top over the previous festival. 4.The successful host of Zhengzhou international Shaolin wushu festival exerts lasting influence on the development of Zhengzhou, promoting the sustainable development of its politics, economy and culture. 5.The festival was prepared within a short period and was simplified in organizations compared with the previous event. Although the working period was reduced on the basis of the high-quality event, to some extent, the next festival still need to learn from the mistakes made in this festival. 6.The market development of wushu festival event was not enough in terms of single souvenir style and the lack of innovation, which is not conducive to the long term development of wushu festival. 7.The regulations of the event need further promotion, meanwhile, the referee and volunteers should keep pace with the times, improve their professional qualifications to provide higher quality service for the teams.