(1.Wushu College,Shanghai Sport University,Shanghai 200438 China 2.Department of Physical Education,Guangdong Pharmaceutical University,Guangzhou 510006,China) Abstract: Guided by cultural anthropological and sociological theories, the authors studied the development course, expression forms and characteristics of Xinjiang Wushu culture by utilizing such methods as field investigation, ex-pert interview and literature research, and concluded the followings: Xinjiang Wushu development has gone through such stages as military Wushu, entertainment Wushu, folk Wushu, sports Wushu and modern Wushu; its expression forms are as follows: Wushu boxing styles were mainly introduced from other places, minority national Wushu had respective features, ancient silk roads had Wushu development traces, folk religion was fused with Wushu; its char-acteristics are as follows: rich multi-national, distinctive fusing and unique regional. Key words: sports culture;Wushu;Xinjiang |