The Origin and Cultural Character of E-mei Wushu in the Perspective of Anthropology

Regional wushu is a revealing window to interpret and manifest the folk history and culture and society of a region. By means of anthropology theory and approaches, the E-mei wushu is taken as the research subject to explore its origin and cultural character on the basis of the perspectives of history and synchronicity, using literature survey and logical analysis and the writing paradigm of ethnography, from the dimensions of both static and dynamic, vertical and horizontal properties. The research concludes that the E-mei wushu incubated during the antediluvian period and originated in the Spring and Autumn period and formed in the Warring States period, and matured in the Southern Song, prospered in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is becoming popular in present era both home and overseas; the cultural characteristics of E-mei wushu: Wushu gains repu- tation because of the mountain and the mountain becomes eminent because of the wushu, the regional character embedded in the nature becomes increasingly outstanding; integration of physical motion and mind displays the harmony ofdhyana and the
Tao; the abundance in the forms of boxing expounds profoundly the traditional essence. Through the combing of the origins of E-mei wushu and the exposition of its cultural features, the effort is done to provide some theoretical reference and practical guidance for the study of Emei wushu and the development of Ba and Shuwushu.