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This textbook is suitable for international Chinese languageteaching institutions and Wushu training units at all levels overseas, and canalso be used as a self-study book for Wushu enthusiasts.

In terms of content arrangement, the textbook is divided into sevenchapters. It provides an overview of the cultural history of Chinese Wushu,Wushu schools and their stylistic characteristics, and focuses on elementaryWushu routines. It elaborates on the movement key points, combat implicationsand cultural connotations of the 24-Style Tai Chi Chuan, Elementary Third-RoadLong Fist, Elementary Broadsword, Elementary Spear, Elementary Sword andElementary Cudgel.

Interms of presentation form, to better serve Wushu learners worldwide andenhance the effectiveness of Wushu dissemination, this textbook combines Wushumovement diagrams, Chinese-English bilingual text explanations and short videodemonstrations. It provides detailed explanations and demonstrations of Wushumovements through a combination of static descriptions and dynamicvisualization.

1.Compiled under the core philosophy of “culture as the soul, technique as the body, and integrated media as the tool”, this textbook aims to build a systematic, standardized, and digital international communication system for Chinese Wushu culture. It meets the learning needs of overseas Wushu enthusiasts and the Wushu teaching needs of institutions such as Confucius Institutes.

2.It adopts a three-dimensional communication model of “print media + digital media”, and creates a learning scenario that combines static and dynamic elements through expressions such as graphic explanations and video demonstrations.

3.With “general knowledge–skills–culture” as the logical main line, it establishes a three-layer analytical structure of “Wushu technique+combat principle+cultural connotation” in terms of content design.

4.Through movement diagrams, English explanations, and action demonstration videos, it further reduces the difficulty of learning.

Han Hongjuan is a teacher at the College ofInternational Cultural Exchange, Northwest Normal University, and a doctoralcandidate. She holds the title of National First-Class Wushu Athlete. She hasparticipated in many Sino-foreign cultural exchange activities organized bynational ministries and commissions, and has been awarded honors such as “ChineseLanguage Envoy” by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in theRepublic of the Sudan, and “Outstanding Chinese Language Education Teacher” bythe United Front Work Department of the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee.

ZhangHong, born in 1988, is a doctoral candidate at Northwest Normal University. Heis engaged in the inheritance and research of Wushu, and has published numerouspapers.

This textbook is suitable for international Chineselanguage teaching institutions and Wushu training units at all levels overseas,and can also be used as a self-study book for Wushu enthusiasts.