The Research On The Contemporary Value Of Chinese Traditional Sword Culture

The sword played a important role in the ancient war as a weapon,nevertheless,the pattern of war kept reforming,sword had to quit the stage of war gruadually and began to circulate among the normal people.The value of sword formed by the influence of Chinese traditional culture and finally became part of it.The positive influence that traditional culture brought to sword culture reflect on these Chinese traditional culture includes Confucianism,Taoism,Buddhism,Mohism and other cultures.Since the formation of sword culture is mainly influenced by Confucianism,Taoism and Mohism,sword culture has military,religious,hierarchical and diplomatic characteristics.The positive influence of traditional culture on sword culture is reflected in that people would have right social belief,lofty ideal,firm faith,human morality,inner passion,courage,strong will and eternal perserverance.The negative influence is mostly reflected in the religious feudal superstition.These negative effects are not conducive to the healthy development of young people's physical and mental health.Therefore,incorrect thoughts and behaviors should be banned reasonably.Culture brings variety values to the society.The value of sword culture in the contemporary era has not only social value,but also practical significance in cultural exchange.It is found that the social value of sword culture mainly includes educational value,economic value and social and cultural value.Educational value is mainly influence on moral education,aesthetic education and sports;economic value is mainly embodied in the industries interrelated with sword and intangible assets that can drive the development of surrounding industries,improve economic value and contribute to GNP;social and cultural value is mainly embodied in the understanding and learning of sword culture can promote personal value,establishment of good values,cultive excellent moral character,proceed the formation of a good social atmosphere,even become a component project of enriching the content of national fitness in practical functions.In international and domestic exchanges,sword,as a media,not only promote exchanges in Wushu skills,but also discusses the customs and national cultures of various countries,let them learning from each other and drawing lessons from each other.In domestic exchanges,it can strengthen cultural exchanges among regions,promote harmonious development amongdifferent nationalities.Besides,it play an active role in promoting communicate between athletes.Sword culture is facing the following problems under the background of the increasingly frequent cultural exchanges among different nationalities in the world: the disregard of traditional culture has resulted in the dissemination of sword culture failing to achieve its desired effect;the development of modern civilization no longer needs swords to show the class gap,so wear swords on daily life are very divorced from reality;the introduction of taekwondo,judo,karate and other martial arts,let the Chinese Wushu,which learner is reducing,facing great challenges,the loss of national culture is serious.Sword dancing and swordsmanship are only displayed in the form of routine performances in today's performance,but rarely dispaly the cultural connotation.