Tracing the source, deconstruction and contemporary shaping: The research on the physical movements from national aerobics ——A case study on “Roulianxiang” aerobics of Tujia nationality ZHU Xiaohong
(School of Physical Education and Sport Science，Jishou University，Jishou 416000，China)
Abstract:Using the methodology of sports anthropology, and relying on the methods of literature, field research, physical movement analysis, this paper explains the connotation and social occurrence of the physical movements from national aerobics, and also takes the "Roulianxiang" aerobics from Tujia nationality as a case study, adopting the qualitative research paradigm to trace the prototype of physical movements from national aerobics and to deconstruct the profound cultural meaning. The study finds that the "Roulianxiang" physical movement originated from the mother culture of the original belief, and then becomes a drill for the main purpose of military war. In order to adapt to the natural and social environment, it has gone through a series of cultural changes, and also been filtered and changed in the cultural evolution, and constantly evolved in the needs of social development. The initial cultural symbols of its physical movement were actually the cultural combination of "witchcraft ", "dance" and "martial arts", and nowadays it has become a kind of physical exercise for the purpose of fitness. This paper discusses the shaping path of national aerobics in the contemporary society from four dimensions: competition system, traditional festival culture, school education, and fitness aesthetics, which is a modern product for traditional national sports culture in the course of breaking the old and then building the new.
Keywords: traditional national sports；national aerobics；physical movements；Roulianxiang；Tujia nationality；sports anthropology