| This paper tries to make a multi-dimensional and multifaceted study on the development of wushu in modern Shanghai against the background of the evolution of Shanghai’s urban modernization with the methods of literature study, logic analysis and comparative analysis. It tries to demonstrate a modern transformation process of wushu in modern Shanghai. By a series ways of reforming measures on organization mode, teaching method and transmission means, Chin Woo Athletic Federation succeeded in becoming a model society that integrated Chinese sports withWestern sports. With the innovative guide of Chin Woo Athletic Federation, nearly 100 wushu organizations were established in Shanghai, which started a comprehensive transition of Wushu from the military official selecting institution to modern competitive athletic law system. Taking the advantage of the city’s status as the national cultural center, Shanghai boosted the modern development of wushu transmission by means of publishing books and founding journals. Other elements, such as the formation of Shanghai new citizen groups, the establishment of citizen consciousness and the public thirst for sports also enhanced the modern transformation of wushu in Shanghai. As one of the first ports opened to foreign traders, Shanghai witnessed the steps of mutual recognition, mutual verification, mutual complement and mutual amalgamation of the two different types of Chinese and Western sports. Modern Shanghai wushu has gone through a process of direct collision with the Western sport culture and is the product of the cultural exchanges between Chinese sports and Western sports. |
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