The Study Trend Analysis Of T'ai Chi Ch'uan From 1930s On

T'ai chi ch'uan,the main part of the martial arts,is the essence of Chinese traditional martial arts,and one of the excellent traditional cultures in our country.T'ai chi ch'uan is the traditional sports culture which can be used to skillfully attack,exercise,keep in good health and relax.The motion is primitive and simple,and has a profound cultural implication.Its unique mechanism of regimen and rich traditional culture connotation make it deeply rooted in the Central Plain from the day it was born,and highlight its value in the process of inheriting.The 1930 s was a peak period of martial arts in our country.At the beginning of the Republic period,a social vogue to be powerful was formed.Mr.Zhang Zhijiang,with some other people,advised to set up the Central Martial Arts Pavilion with the purpose—“promote the Chinese martial arts;promote national health”,and the suggestion was supported by the government of the Republic of China.With the help of some wise people,the Central Martial Arts Pavilion was established in Nanjing in 1928.Then the government of the Republic of China ordered every province and city to establish the Martial Arts Pavilion,and required the manager of every province and city to take charge of it.At that time the martial arts schools expanded rapidly.Two national examinations of martial arts,and all levels of martial arts competitions greatly promoted the popularity of martial arts,and all kinds of martial arts study also gradually started at the same time.Some magazines,such as Chinese Martial Arts Unified Monthly,Chinese Martial Arts Weekly and books about Chinese martial arts also gradually developed.The Periodical Literature Integration of Chinese Martial Arts during the Republic Period published by the Chinese Publishing House in 2008 is the valuable research materials.Since the People's Republic of China was founded,the government and national leaders have attached great importance to the inheriting and dissemination of t'ai chi ch'uan.In 1956,Vice Premier He Long recommended t'ai chi ch'uan to Vietnamese Chairman H? Chí Minh.In1959,Premier Zhou Enlai said t'ai chi ch'uan was a kind of excellent traditional culture of China,and a very good exercise.In 1960,Mao Zedong advocated to do gymnastics,play balls,run,climb mountains,swim,do t'ai chi and other kinds of sports in the instruction about the health work.In 1978 Deng Xiaoping inscribed “T'ai chi ch'uan is good” with Chinese brush.Since 2000,the International Wushu Federation has made the May as “World T'ai Chi Ch'uan Month”.In 2014,the Federation established a biennial “T'ai Chi Ch'uan WorldChampionship”.Japan,the United States and other countries hold t'ai chi ch'uan competitions every year.Some European developed countries are in collaboration with relevant research institutions in our country to study the influence of t'ai chi ch'uan on the health of the elderly.During the two sessions in 2014,the Ministry of Education listed football,the Chinese martial arts,athletics,swimming,basketball,volleyball and gymnastics as the seven key projects.In December 2016,the headquarter of Confucius Institute and the General Administration of Sport signed strategic memorandum of cooperation about communicating t'ai chi ch'uan and wushu with other countries,and t'ai chi ch'uan became the popular course of Confucius Institute.In January 2017,the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,and the General Office of the State Council issued The Suggestions on Carrying out the Project of Inheriting and Developing Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture,and it put forward “to promote the research and inheriting of national traditional sports events” and “to develop the traditional sports events,and subsume traditional sports events into the national fitness project”.T'ai chi ch'uan becomes a shiny card of Chinese martial arts,and is loved and researched by more and more people from every country.This study researches the documents about t'ai chi ch'uan since 1930 s to conduct mathematical statistics by using the literature material method,content analysis,mathematical statistics,logic analysis and so on.Through analyzing,the results are as follows: the research about origin of t'ai chi ch'uan continued in the past 80 years,but no more persuasive material appeared;the analysis about the techniques and principle of t'ai chi ch'uan has been more particular with the time going by;the study about the confrontational competitions of t'ai chi ch'uan advances gradually,and the ways of the inheriting and dissemination of t'ai chi ch'uan are increasingly rich;the crossover study on t'ai chi ch'uan and human movement science is deeper and more diversified;t'ai chi ch'uan industry as a promising industry,has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years,and with the support of policy,it develops continuously;the study of t'ai chi ch'uan culture continuously strengthens,and the influence of t'ai chi ch'uan is growing in the world.