Theorizing Study On The Chinese Martial Arts

In order to construct the theoretical system of the Chinese Martial Arts, the study made the Chinese Martial Arts as the research object and analyzed and discussed on the attribute of the Chinese Martial Arts from the cultural, artistical and aesthetic sight point through the method of literature, interviewing experts, logical analysis and comparative investigation. etc. During the research, we regarded the artistic property as one kind of the properties of Chinese Martial Arts to expound completely the Relevant issues on“the origin of the Chinese Martial Arts”,“the art ontology of the Chinese Martial Arts”,“the artistic characteristics of the Chinese Martial Arts”and“the art function of the the Chinese Martial Arts”. The study was designed to fill the void of the theory of the Chinese Martial Arts from the view of art in the field about theoretical research on the Chinese Martial Arts, which is helpful to change the lack of integrity and systematicness in theorizing study on the Chinese Martial Arts, and perfect the theory system of it.Through research, we draw the following conclusions:1. The Chinese Martial Arts originated in the original production of human labor process, which was a kind of social activities with the aim of the survival and emotional needs. During the process of its origin, the Chinese Martial Arts had the same homogeneity comparing with the painting, the dancing and sculpture. etc. Their formation were all based on the production of human labor process by imitating the nature and the real world, which showed a duality of the survival and emotional needs.2. The image of the Chinese Martial Arts is a typical object-image in art, which is a kind of the artistic presentation forms based on the original form. The image shows the aesthetic approach and purpose to people. As a artistic image to the aesthetic subject, the image of the Chinese Martial Arts is the origin of the aesthetic activity and the source of the aesthetic experience.3. The artistic conception of the Chinese Martial Arts is proceed from“emotion mingle with the scene”and“the combining of nihility and reality”, which shows the characteristics of“outside the scenery itself”and“truth or falsity mutually”. The allegorical image of the Chinese Martial Arts makes the aesthetic subject enter into a space of artistic imaginations, know its echniques and methods, recreate the image what it saw and experience the thought and logistic contained in the Chinese Martial Arts,, which space is on top of the concrete, the reifiable image and the real world.4. The echniques and methods of the Chinese Martial Arts is the artistic“formula”, and the Martial Arts Routines is the stylized expressive forms. The“formula”means the“normalization”and“standardization”of the Chinese Martial Arts, the“stylization”means a atylized characteristic to the morphology and performance of the Chinese Martial Arts. They make the Chinese Martial Arts exhibit the artistic atmosphere.5. The“spiritual expression”is an artistic characteristic of the Chinese Martial Arts.According to "as concept of admission" and "use image to show meaning", the echniques and methods of the Chinese Martial Arts pay more attention to the spiritual expression, whichi is a method of artistic expression.6.“Emotional image”and“romantic charm”compound“the vigor and charm", performers’inner emotion and external image are banded together, always gives the viewers special inspiration and aesthetic experience. So the verisimilar echniques and methods, the emotional image and the performance with full of charm and imposing make the Chinese Martial Arts exhibited the artistic characteristic.7. The Chinese Martial Arts come from the fighting action, but they are different forms and contents.It aims to represent the the attack and defense action, not reappear.As the same with other performance art, the Chinese Martial Arts represent the reality by the typical fictitious ways and means. At the same time, the virtualization of scene, opponent, echniques and methods can make the aesthetic subject come up artistical imagine, get the aesthetic experience and feel the joy and beauty.8. Because of the esthetics characteristic, the Chinese Martial Arts have been to a form of art. When people join in the practice, they can form the aesthetic perception, gain the aesthetic experience, achieve the aesthetic creation and express the aesthetic emotion. Both of performers and viewers can experience the spiritual joyfulness ,and be satisfied with spiritual and aesthetic needs by the perceive and experience the artistic beauty.9. The function of education of the Chinese Martial Arts can be understood by according to perceive the aesthetic form and essence and appreciate the aesthetical form, image and artistic conception, peoplle can form sensitively and integrated ability, besided the experience of beauty,whcih is useful to encourage to pursue beauty.It can be to the aesthetic consciousness, advance the level of morality, sentiment and spirit constantly, achieve a unity of truth,goodness and beauty, and at last bring purification to souls.10. As a art, the hidden original-forms be in the artistic representation of the Chinese Martial Arts are description of the fighting action in reality, people can perceive it when they are in practice. The cultural essence of“law of nature”can make people perceive the natural law and phenomena, the aesthetic pursuit of“aesthetic feeling in heart”can make people perceive the esthetical form and content, the ethics rules of the Chinese Martial Arts can make people perceive the concepts and behaviour of“good”.11. The Chinese Martial Arts is a kind of traditional aesthetic culture, the“Performativity”and the“aesthetic nature”are the conspicuous characters. When people join in the practise, both the performers and viewers can take place the artistic creation and gain the aesthetic and emotion experience to feel the artistic beauty truly.At last, the mental pleasure and fulfil they gain by enjoying the aesthetic feeling.