Dissemination Process and Cultural Clues:Exploration of the History of Chinese Wushu Dissemination in the U.S.A.

This Paper reflects a thorough and systematic research on the process of dissemination of Chinese Wushu in U.S.A.based on the collection, arrangement and analysis of relevant materials in various methods and approaches applied, such as fieldwork, interviewing, oral history, logical analysis, etc.The main purpose of the study is to explore and analyze the specific development status of Wushu as a carrier of culture in a certain country, thus providing a reference for national administration of Wushu to formulate international dissemination and promotion strategy under the background in which the central government is emphasizing the outward dissemination and the improvement of the international influence of Chinese culture.Based on a combination of factors such as historical time, the important historical events and the influential historical figures, the dissemination process of Wushu in U.S.A.is divided into four periods.i.e.The Gold Rush period, Cold War, the rapprochement of Sino-US relation, and period of globalization.The research believes that the dissemination and development of Wushu in each stage of period was related in a multiple way to the social and historical changes of both China and U.S.A.which reflects the features of the respective period in terms of the interactions among the international political, economic, and cultural environment.Wushu immigrants play an important role in the dissemination of Chinese Wushu in each historical stage, especially after the thaw in the Sino-U.S.relation.The overall trends of Wushu dissemination has been the shift from skill inheritance to culture dissemination with the changing times and China's significantly improved internatinal status.