集实战、表演和健身于一体的中华武术，是独具民族特色的传统体育项目。其内容包括徒手、器械等，各种套路和形式。武术活动源于史前人类的社会实践，兴盛于宋代，明清时得到了进一步发展，出现了丰富多彩的套路，形成了风格迥异的流派。
The Martial Art of Wushu
Combining fighting, performance and physical exercise, wushu is a traditional sport practised in different styles and on set patterns, either with or without weapons. It flourished in the various dynasties during the past millennium and embarked on a new stage of development in the early fifties of this century.
图案说明当时的拳术套路已甚为丰富。
A Qing porcelain pot showing a variety of wushu movements.
这是一幅反映二童子在进行棍术对练的画面。
Cudgel play as painted on a lacquer plate dating back to the third century, unearthed in 1984 in Ma’anshan, Anhui Province.
执棍者为正在习练棍术的少数民族武士。
A clay figurine in the Tan Dynasty (618-907), unearthed in 1960 in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, showing a warrior in an ethnic group wielding a cudgel.
图中描绘了武士习武的情景
Wushu performances to entertain Emperor Xianzong (reigned 1465-1488) of the Ming Dynasty on the Lantern Festival.
图中两武士正各执长枪在比试枪术。
Wushu with spears: A mural in Chongshan Temple in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).