Chinese Martial Arts Museum

Chinese Martial Arts Museum

The Chinese martial arts museum was completed in Shanghai Institute of physical education on November 20, 2005. The Chinese martial arts museum is the first museum in the world to show the history and culture of martial arts in an all-round way, with a total area of about 1680 square meters. It has more than 2000 collections and uses a variety of modern scientific and technological means to show martial arts culture.

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Chinese Martial Arts Museum

It was completed in Shanghai Institute of physical education on November 10, 2007. The museum is located in the new complex of Shanghai Institute of physical education, with a total area of 2000 square meters. It is the first museum in the world to display the history and culture of Wushu in an all-round way. The construction of Chinese Martial Arts Museum has important strategic significance for carrying forward traditional culture and cultivating national spirit.

The Chinese martial arts museum is an important part of the campus culture construction of Shanghai Institute of physical education, and also the main window of the school's foreign cultural exchange. As a popular science education base in Shanghai, Chinese martial arts museum also has the function of youth patriotism education and popular science popularization.

There are more than 2000 pieces in the Museum of Chinese martial arts. Although the Qing Dynasty guns are not far away from us, they are rarely collected in Modern Domestic Museums. The terracotta warriors of the Tang Dynasty are even more precious. In addition, there are martial arts books, bronze weapons in the pre Qin period, and stone and wood inscriptions related to martial arts in different periods .

Chinese martial arts museum is divided into boxing hall, history hall, temporary exhibition hall, three-dimensional cinema and digital multimedia interactive area. This exhibition hall selects more than 500 pieces of cultural relics from the collection, combines literature, pictures and multimedia display means to show the broad and profound Chinese martial arts from various angles. The whole exhibition style is simple and traditional, but it does not lose the modern flavor. Here, Chinese martial arts is no longer abstract and confusing, like the indifference and solitude of bronze weapons, but can listen to its heartbeat and feel the most real story in its evolution. Although history has become a thing of the past, the culture left behind has become an important part of the Chinese national culture. The Chinese Martial Arts Museum shoulders the heavy responsibility of history, inherits and continues the imprint of history and culture. Here, we show not only martial arts, but also eternal culture.

Composition of the Museum

Walking into the gate, you can see a map of China. There are more than 20 provinces and cities on the map, which are the birthplaces of 129 boxing types in China. There are seven LCD screens around the map, playing the performances of 129 boxing types.

There are two floors, the ground floor and the underground floor. The ground floor is the martial arts history and historical exhibits, and the underground floor is the interactive experience area

Chinese martial arts museum is divided into preface hall, boxing hall, history hall, temporary exhibition hall, three-dimensional cinema and digital multimedia interaction. According to the time, the history hall displays the representatives of Wushu in different periods, from the primitive society, Xia, Shang, spring and autumn, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, to the Republic of China, new China and modern times.

There are also three-dimensional cinema and digital multimedia interactive area in the exhibition hall. In the special "time and space tunnel", the audience can enter the future ecological martial arts area. A large stone slab in the shape of a book stands in the museum. The audience turns the book in front of the book, and the computer-controlled stone slab can turn the book virtually. There are more than ten computers in the museum, which is a database of martial arts information. Classic martial arts movies and martial arts games can be found in it. There are also interactive virtual fight games in the museum. The audience can try their skills and "fight" with Bruce Lee to see who can win in the end.

Exhibitions and collections

Lu Zhishen's boxing score

Lu Zhishen's boxing manual, written by Mr. Zou Changgeng, is "the boxing skill left by Lu Zhishen when he was drunk and broke into the mountain gate.". The whole spectrum is divided into two parts: one is boxing techniques, including drunken boxing and Kaishan boxing; the other is thirty-six routine techniques of magic wand. It also discusses the main points of practicing drunken boxing and magic wand.

It is an organic part of Chinese traditional martial arts culture with vivid pictures, detailed explanations, unique techniques and high practical and fitness value.

Interpretation of Taijiquan

Interpretation of Taijiquan is the work of Mr. Dong Yingjie. The content of this book makes a very comprehensive and in-depth discussion on the basic principles of Taijiquan, explains the body method and practice method of Taijiquan in the form of pictures and texts, and expounds the practice method of Taijiquan push hands in detail.

This book is a comprehensive academic work, which contains the theoretical views of zongduo Taijiquan masters, and has high theoretical value. It not only plays a great role in promoting the development of Taijiquan cultural communication, but also provides theoretical guidance for the people to practice Taijiquan and the research of Chinese Traditional Wushu culture.

Samurai

This statue of general is carved out of granite with a height of 2.3 meters. Wearing a hood, wearing armor, wearing long clothes, waist belt leather, leather boots, hands holding the sword in front of the chest, sword battle. Thick eyebrows, round eyes, farsightedness, big nose, high cheekbones, drooping ears, wide mouth, two curls thick beard, reflect the majestic, not angry but majestic masculinity, contain the general's powerful and strong character. The stone carvings are exquisite and vivid.

Han Dynasty stone

The collection on display in our museum is a picture stone of the armory. It is 147cm long, 119cm wide, 20cm thick and weighs about 1.5 tons. There are two crossbows at the upper end (the left is Juzhang), two arrow sheaths at the lower end, and two sets of armor hanging on one frame. In the Han Dynasty, it was called "Lankai", also known as the weapon rack. According to Zhang Pingzi's Ode to Xijing: "the forbidden army in the armory is located in Lankai." Li Shan's notes in Wenxuan: "Yi, Jia also The soldiers who receive them are called LAN, and the crossbows who receive them are called Luo. " Generally, Lankai is made of wood and has two types: horizontal and vertical insertion. Long handled weapons use both types, while short handled weapons use horizontal insertion to facilitate display and use. In the Han Dynasty, it is extremely noble and rare to have LAN Kai's display weapons, which symbolizes the prestige and power. If you look carefully and count carefully, you will be surprised to find that there are many weapons on the rock of the armory, and the styles are complicated. After research, we can identify the typical weapons of the Han Dynasty, such as huanshou Dao, Tiejian, Yiyan, halberd, short stick, halberd head, Shai, spear, shield, stirrup and now lost weapons hook. Hook inlay evolved from shield. It is recorded in Shi Ming that "hook inlay means hook at both ends, inlay at the center, or pushing inlay, or hook leading, so it is appropriate to use it." Hook inlay is often used with ring head knife. Its panel can resist the enemy's attack. The upper and lower hooks can lock the enemy's weapons. When pushing forward, the sharp cone on the panel can stab the enemy. It is a kind of weapon with both attack and defense.

From this stone, we can see the main weapons and equipment of the army in the Han Dynasty from one side. These weapons are inlaid on the stone reliefs. They are delicate and lifelike. They are not only the accurate realism of the Han Dynasty artistic modeling, but also the true representation of the noble artistic pursuit and exquisite casting skills of the craftsmen. It's amazing!

Basic training methods of boxing

The basic practice method of boxing was written by Mr. Guo cuiya. It is rich in content and gives a very detailed introduction to the basic practice methods of Wushu. The book is divided into upper and lower parts. The first part includes five aspects: arm contact method, leg and foot practice method, body and waist practice method, step posture practice method and upper posture practice method. The second part introduces three parts: middle posture exercise, high posture exercise and leg posture exercise.

The compilation and publication of "basic boxing practice method" has promoted the scientific and standardized development of Wushu training and greatly promoted the development and popularization of Wushu. It is a Wushu textbook with high practical value.

Main exhibits

Among the "oldest" items in the collection are dozens of bronze weapons from the pre Qin period. A general composite sword from the Warring States period has a sharp blade, which is the peak work of the bronze age. Compared with the general composite sword, it is a highly simulated Yue king Goujian sword with black diamond geometric patterns, which is also extremely sharp. Although some modern weapons have a short history, they are also very rare. Shi Luosheng, a weapon making expert in Luoyang, Henan Province, donated more than 500 pieces of his own weapons to the martial arts museum. Iron abacus, iron fan, stick sword and other weapons in martial arts novels are really valuable.

The museum also displays many ancient warrior statues and stone and wood carvings related to martial arts in different periods. Four Song Dynasty general reliefs have just arrived in Shanghai from Sichuan. One of them is quite special. The main character is a female general. It can be seen that there were many heroines in the army at that time. There is also a plaque on the number one scholar of Wu in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, with the four characters of "number one scholar and" written on it. Its owner is a number one scholar of Wu named Huang Renyong. Among the exhibits are two Qing Dynasty buckets, which are familiar to people and often appear in Shaolin movies. It turns out that in ancient times, buckets did have two functions: drawing water and practicing martial arts.

Opening hours and locations

Chinese Martial Arts Museum

Tickets are free. Opening hours: every Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00-16:00.

The Chinese martial arts museum is located at 399 Changhai Road (near Zhongyuan Road or Hengren Road) in Shanghai