Relfection On The Modern Value Of Chinese Traditional Health-preserving Culture Through "Fake Qigong" Phenomenon

As the crystallization of collective wisdom of the Chinese nation down throughseveral thousand years of its civilization, Chinese traditional health-preserving cultureis an important component of Chinese traditional culture. As science and technologyprogresses and competition intensifies, traditional health-preserving qigongcharacterized by” preserving both body and mind, cultivating both form and spirit”,gains increasing favor among people in the meantime, competitive sports of westernworld remain popular. The thoughts and connotations of Chinese traditionalhealth-oriented culture are well known among which “wholistic concept” and “Unityof Heaven and Man” principles match with “building harmonious society” subject.Therefore, the study of Chinese traditional health-preserving culture not only plays avery active role in the development of Whole-People Health-Building Plan, but hasfar-reaching significance to build harmonious society as well.The following thesis will focus on two aspects with the aim of comparative study:on the one hand, a misguided impression that Chinese traditional health-preservingindustry is on the edge of crisis spreads as a result of endless “health-preservingmaster” and “fake qigong” phenomena’s emergence as well as frequent negativereports; on the other hand, the broad masses benefit a lot from the vigorousdevelopment of traditional health-preserving couching centers. Findings frommaterials mentioned above show the current situations of Chinese traditionalhealth-preserving culture in China which include the following two sides: Chinesetraditional health-preserving culture contributes to the positive development ofChina’s sports and the whole society, however, in some areas, traditionalhealth-preserving culture is far from working well instead of doing harm to socialtranquility and people’s wealth security as it is used by bad men; problems existing inthe handing-down method of Chinese traditional health-preserving culture result in itsinability to fully meet social development, and this requires us to take the essence anddiscard the dregs while inheriting and developing traditional health-preserving culture,combine it with latest science and medicine, present the unique charm of Chinesetraditional health-preserving culture and create a “Fitness Paths” with Chinesecharacteristics in the end.By using the methods of documentation, expert interview and comparativeanalysis, this essay elaborates cultural connotation of Chinese traditionalhealth-preserving culture and its cultural form in today’s society, explores “fakeqigong” phenomenon so that the causes of “fake qigong” and its harm to society arerevealed, summarizes modern value of Chinese traditional health-preserving cultureand provides some comments and suggestions on its development.