| This paper, by consulting the literature, making the survey face to face and through the questionnaire, applying the mathematical statistics and the logical analytic method, conducts a study the group characteristics, value orientation and desire for demand of the traditional sports items participated in by the mass in Anhui Province. The findings show that (1) the group characteristic of the traditional sports items participated in by the mass in Anhui Province is in the positive correlation with the age growth and the increase in the participation population, and so our attention will be paid to the study of young people's (especially the teenagers) absence from participation; (2) the female is more than the male in the participation population and comparatively speaking the participants have received a higher education; (3) the traditional sports items return with the age growth in the participation population; (4) traditional sports, affected by regional, economic and cultural factors, is related to the participants' vocation, education, value and desire for demand; (5) the participants think generally that such national sports items as Taijiquan and Taiji sword and fan, Mulanquan and fan, qigong and traditional martial arts are suitable for the Chinese national character, and helpful for developing the national culture to the individuals; (6) it is generally thought that the traditional sports items, among others, should become the major body-building activity and the better choice for people; (7) Western and the popular sports items can't possibly replace the traditional sports ones in value and function; (8) traditional sports has a sacred mission of inheriting and spreading the national culture and prompting the national ethos because it is a nationality's cultural identity and emotional carrier. The findings are consistent with what the opening research report has proposed. In view of the present situation the paper suggests as follows: (1) Like in the other provinces, traditional sports items in Anhui Province are also not in an optimistic situation, hence the traditional culture's education, the education for the youth in particular, should be strengthened, and then the traditional sports items' strengths in value and function should also be publicized, promoted and instructed through omni directions and multiple channels, which will be advantageous for the traditional sports items' return to the body-building activity participated in by all the people; (2) traditional sports, as a combination of national emotion, life style and traditional morals, is of great cultural value to national development, about which we should know highly based on the notion of "upbuilding and strengthening our nation culturally and technically" so as to guarantee the security of our nation and our national culture; (3) the government and the society should do more in inheriting and protecting traditional sports, especially some non-material cultural items, in order to avoid their lost or dying out Therefore, a renewed idea should be formed to create through multi-channel investments from the government and beyond a good environment in personnel, technology, facilities, policy, etc.; 4) opening up a path to modernization for traditional sports items through the widespread investigation and study is a better way of recommending and safeguarding national sports. |
