Study On Social Network And Community Support For The Old In Taijiquan Group

Taijiquan exercise is especially popular among the old, and most of them play this exercise in groups. Nowadays most researchers regard Taijiquan as a medical exercise related to the Taoism . More and more research showed that Taijiquan could perfect organic function, guard against and cure some chronic diseases, adjust mental condition, and even change the structure of individual personality. But few took enough consideration into demographic and sociological characteristics of exercisers, few research studied relationships in Taijiquan groups, and even less research was focused on the relation between Taijiquan exercise and community support for the old.This paper assumed that the nature of Taijiquan is not only of medicine but also of social psychology. Taijiquan can provide social support for the old, maintain good adaptability to society. In order to testify these assumptions, the author studied the history structure and daily routine, etc of the Taijiquan group by the means of case study, and especially surveyed the network and social support in Taijiquan group by the means of questionaire.The conclusion confirmed that Taijiquan can expand the network size of the old, and provide social support to some degree. What'more, the research showed that the nature of popular Taijiquan group is community support for the old.