Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" l...
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Universidad de León
2012-07-01
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| author | Douglas Wile |
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| description | <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This study explores the ways in which the construction and deconstruction of a martial arts-Daoism connection has figured in political ideology, national iden-tity, and commercial interest during the past 400 years of Chinese history. Focusing on the taijiquan-Daoism-Zhang Sanfeng nexus, it traces the wrapping of a martial art in indigenous religious garb during the periods of Manchu rule, Japanese occupation, and post-Mao 21st century. It concludes by reporting on a contemporary movement in China to revive the cult of Zhang Sanfeng and to cast taijiquan as a form of religious practice. In this light, taijiquan emerges as an important site of constructing “Chinese-ness” in the face of state appropriation and Western cultural imperialism.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></span></span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a0fb1432e1b4ac58c43fbe1188aadc02022-12-22T00:47:25ZengUniversidad de LeónRevista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas2174-07472012-07-0131845303Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to ReligionDouglas Wile0Independent researcher<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This study explores the ways in which the construction and deconstruction of a martial arts-Daoism connection has figured in political ideology, national iden-tity, and commercial interest during the past 400 years of Chinese history. Focusing on the taijiquan-Daoism-Zhang Sanfeng nexus, it traces the wrapping of a martial art in indigenous religious garb during the periods of Manchu rule, Japanese occupation, and post-Mao 21st century. It concludes by reporting on a contemporary movement in China to revive the cult of Zhang Sanfeng and to cast taijiquan as a form of religious practice. In this light, taijiquan emerges as an important site of constructing “Chinese-ness” in the face of state appropriation and Western cultural imperialism.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></span></span></p>http://revpubli.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/345Martial artstai chitaijiquan |
| spellingShingle | Douglas Wile Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas Martial arts tai chi taijiquan |
| title | Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion |
| title_full | Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion |
| title_fullStr | Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion |
| title_short | Taijiquan and Daoism. From Religion to Martial Art and Martial Art to Religion |
| title_sort | taijiquan and daoism from religion to martial art and martial art to religion |
| topic | Martial arts tai chi taijiquan |
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