Ancient Wushu is a traditional national sport with kicking, hitting, wrestling, hugging, tripping and wrestling as its main contents. It is a treasure in Chinese traditional culture with a long history. Wushu has a long history of thousands of years, experienced numerous ups and downs, and has always been tenacious in China. In primitive society, people gradually learned to use punching, kicking, tripping, grabbing and other actions to obtain living materials. Especially after the germination of private ownership, the war between tribes has made the fighting technology between people develop continuously. The sculpture "Dou" from the Western Han Dynasty vividly shows the scene of unarmed combat. The fierce struggle for existence requires people to master certain offensive and defensive fighting skills, which is the bud of Wushu. Although the history of Wushu development is different from the history of war, the development of Wushu can not be separated from the evolution of weapon use and the continuous improvement of offensive and defensive fighting technology in the process of war development, which comes from the long history of war development. During the Spring and Autumn Period in old China, the war gradually changed from chariot fighting to riding fighting, and the weapons used in the war also changed from halberd, spear, spear, tiger and ge (called "five soldiers in chariots") to various short weapons such as knives and swords. In order to meet the needs of war, all countries advocate martial arts, advocating "fist courage" and "technical attack" In addition to technology, the application of tactics is also recorded in Xun Bing Pian. "If the arm guards the collar, it covers the chest and abdomen to bully and attack it, and then take it by surprise." This shows that unarmed combat has been used to shake off the earthquake and cleverly pretend to attack. In order to learn martial arts, every spring and autumn, the world's martial arts experts gather together to compete in the same field. "Guanzi Qilv" describes the scene at that time: "Spring and Autumn Corner Test ... Take heroes from all over the world, and there are heroes from all over the world", "So lift it like a bird, move it like lightning, and send it like a storm. Do not sweep the front, do not harm the back, dare not ban. " After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he confiscated the weapons of the world, which objectively restricted the activities of folk martial arts to some extent. But after all, soldiers come from the people and return to the people after a certain period of time. After soldiers practice martial arts during their service, they still have an impact on folk martial arts, especially the unarmed attack and defense technology, which has little lethality, is still developing after processing and refining. Among them, "Jiao" is one of the projects differentiated from "Da" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the early Han dynasty, regardless of farmers and soldiers, the masses were also encouraged to practice martial arts. At the same time, in order to resist the invasion of Xiongnu, the rulers in the early Han Dynasty always encouraged border people to practice martial arts and promoted folk martial arts. Due to the prevalence of Wushu activities, there are many martial artists and schools with different technical styles among the people. Frequent wars and mixed migration of various ethnic groups in the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties promoted the mutual exchange and absorption of various martial arts, and the word "martial arts" was first seen in the Southern Dynasties. Folk Wushu activities have been stylized, and the essence of Wushu can be summarized in more concise language, which has played a positive role in Wushu teaching. However, at that time, due to the increasing confluence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, metaphysics prevailed, and bureaucrats and nobles believed in religion and pursued immortality, and their influence penetrated into the lives of all walks of life. For example, the sword is regarded as a mysterious tool, and even wood blade replaced the sword and Wushu with absurdity, which hindered the development of Wushu to some extent. During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, hand-to-hand combat and pancratium were attached great importance. Sui and Tang dynasties all implemented the "officer system", and Wu Zetian initiated and advocated martial arts, which promoted the martial arts activities of the masses. Hand-to-hand combat and gladiatorial competition have developed rapidly, and the competition has almost formed a system. On the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 15th day of the first month and July, there are many hand-to-hand and gladiatorial competitions. A comparison is a few days, even "the end of the month". During the Song Dynasty, due to the rule of domestic feudal warlords and the invasion of powerful external enemies, such as Khitan, Xixia and Nvzhen, wars were frequent, and Wushu promoted the development of Wushu. Rulers regard Wushu as a means to rule the people and maintain their rule, while people regard Wushu people as a tool to resist violence and prevent foreign aggression. Therefore, folk Wushu activities have mushroomed, especially the emergence of Wushu organizations "clubs", which greatly promoted the exchange of Wushu and made Wushu take root among the people. At the same time, due to the prosperity of commerce, there are fights and martial arts in the streets and lanes in the city, which are very lively. The martial arts performed include gladiator, boxing, kicking, throwing sticks, beating sticks, dancing sticks, sword dancing, bullet shooting and crossbow shooting. The duet is called "Playing a condom", including "Gun to Card" and "Sword to Card". Collective projects have also developed rapidly. Antagonistic offensive and defensive techniques are gradually declining because of the influence of Song Neo-Confucianism advocating "main quietness". In the Yuan Dynasty, traditional Wushu was greatly destroyed. People in the Yuan Dynasty came from nomadic tribes, and their ruling class did not appreciate China's inherent martial arts. In order to maintain their rule, they are afraid that the people will rise up and choose, so they are not only forbidden to practice martial arts, but also punished for possessing weapons and hunting. Martial arts are often taught in secret by secret heirlooms, risking their lives. Due to the need of martial arts in Chinese drama, the routine techniques in drama are still reserved. At the same time, folk Wushu artists in Qinghai province turned to bring Wushu into the troupe to make a living. The name "Eighteen Martial Arts" first appeared in Yuan Zaju. The technique of routine drills was artistically performed on the stage, and the hand-eye coordination, posture and routine drills were all improved. In the Ming Dynasty, Wushu gradually recovered from the dying state of the Yuan Dynasty, because the seeds of capitalism had begun to sprout, new industrial and commercial towns were constantly emerging and cultural exchanges were constantly developing. Many martial artists look for teachers and friends to learn skills, and there are also many martial arts monographs with many genres, and different styles of boxing and equipment have been developed. The earliest complete formation of routines was recorded in the Ming Dynasty. There are powerful, skillful, melodious and moving action charts in the routine, as well as action road maps combining static and dynamic movements, which are convenient for learning, understanding and communication, and require opponents, eyes, posture, pace, strength, spirit and technology. Routine is easy to teach, watch and communicate, which attracts more people to practice martial arts, so routine has become the main content of martial arts. In short, the Ming Dynasty was a period of great development of Wushu. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty, like all previous dynasties, on the one hand strengthened military martial arts training, on the other hand prohibited folk martial arts training. However, due to the frequent peasant uprisings in Qing Dynasty, Wushu organizations appeared in large numbers in the form of "clubs" and "museums". Clubs and museums regard Wushu training as an important content, which gives Wushu opportunities for communication, teaching and development in clubs and museums. However, due to superstition and conservatism, some secrets are kept secret, so that many martial arts rumors are even inaccurate. Generally speaking, the development of Wushu in Qing Dynasty is far ahead of its predecessors, because it has a strong mass base. People teach martial arts in various forms, so Tai Ji Chuan, Baguazhang, Xingyiquan and Guaguaquan were mostly formed in the Qing Dynasty. The overall theory of Wushu technology has been formed, and each has its own theoretical system. In modern times, due to the prevalence of hot weapons, Wushu withdrew from the war stage. In the early years of the Republic of China, martial arts were banned, and the wind of boxing prevailed for a while. Various private boxing clubs have developed widely. After the founding of New China, the Party and the government inherited and developed Wushu as an excellent national cultural heritage, and completely degraded Wushu into a sport integrating performance, fitness and competition. With the film stars Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and other outstanding martial artists active in the international film world, many foreigners come to China to study martial arts. China Wushu began to enter the international stage. It can be said that now is the golden age for Wushu to flourish again. ...

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The information comes from the book Magic Martial Arts published by Guangxi People's Publishing House.