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In America Improve Soft Power Of Tai Chi Culture’s Countermeasure

Posted on:2016-11-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X W WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2297330473967482Subject:Ethnic Traditional Sports
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In this era of ideological and cultural splendor, and where cultural competition impacts comprehensive national power, excellent traditional Chinese culture has become an important foundation and primary resource for China’s cultural soft power. Chinese martial arts is one of the essence of Asian world civilization and a Chinese traditional culture treasure. It has a long history with lasting impacts. Tai Chi is one practice in the vast field of martial art. It combines Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Yin and Yang theory, the Yi theory, ancient philosophy, and a variety of Chinese traditional culture and ideology of ancient Chinese medicine theory. Its unique characteristics and martial moves, rich culture and medical knowledge function, separates itself from other forms of martial arts. Tai Chi is influenced by a variety of excellent traditional Chinese culture. From multiple views, whether it’s cultural, health and spiritual, or fitness, Chinese culture is represented in Tai Chi. We have a reason and a responsibility to help Tai Chi to grow, to make it more universal and international. Tai Chi plays an important role in promoting China’s traditional culture to the world. By increasing Tai Chi’s cultural soft power in America, it will allow the world to see the fine traditional Chinese culture charm, and recognize a powerful connotation of the real China.This paper’s main purpose is to research Tai Chi and it’s relationship to Tai Chi’s cultural soft power through reasoning of the relevant literature, comparison, analysis, and summarization and conclusion. This thesis research provides a theoretical basis, and also used questionnaire and comparative analysis, to investigate different American people that find problem and come up with countermeasure. It also analyzes other related content.The following conclusions were made: 1: Tai Chi is deeply influenced by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, with "heaven and people as one" as managing philosophy and "ways of harmony " as its supreme principle. So in America develop Tai Chi and Tai Chi’s cultural soft power has a lot of superiority. 2. Currently, Tai Chi is on the path of development of America also have many problems. The influx of cultures from all over the world often clash with our own and lead to cultural dispersion. Cultural industries are developing slowly and does not keep up with the relative development of all other aspects of society. These drawbacks are the reason for restrictions in the development of Tai Chi’s cultural soft power in America. 3, Using the questionnaire’s statistical findings, focus on the development of Tai Chi’s problom,give full to Tai Chi’s superiorty to improve Tai Chi’s popularity in America. China can showcase their excellent image and at the same time correctly handle the relationship between their own nationality and the world. This way, China can succeed to carry forward the fine traditional culture of China’s outstanding national spirit as well as maintain focus on keeping up with development of the world. China needs to make the appropriate response to changing cultural diversity in the era of the innovation, strengthen the dialogue between cultures, and create a favorable international environment for public opinion. The end goal to make feasible measures for the development of Tai Chi’s cultural soft power in America.
Keywords/Search Tags:Tai Chi, Soft power of Tai Chi, Countermeasure
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