Lu Xi Yan Yoga Studio at Zhengzhou City : New Health Culture in the Popular Cultural Society Context of China

Abstract

Lu Xi Yan Yoga Studio at Zhengzhou City : New Health Culture in the Popular Cultural Society Context of China is a qualitative research. To study yoga as China's new health culture. There are three research objectives: 1) To study the overview of Yoga's historical development in India and the relation to various contexts in China from the beginning to the present 2) To study the Yoga's phenomena as a new health culture in the process of popular culture. in the large cities of China and 3) To study “Lu Xi Yan”, Yoga Studio at Zhengzhou City in the dimension of research unit analysis. The research results are as follows.

1) An overview of Yoga's historical development in India and the relation to various contexts in China from the beginning is made through the spread of Buddhism.In the course of historical development, Indian yoga gradually changed from the mysterious philosophy passed on by mouth to the historical books of different periods, until after the independence of India, yoga was recognized as a symbol of India and introduced into the West to the process of modern yoga. Indian yoga was first introduced into China as Buddhism, and with the rapid development of China's economy, China's social structure and cultural policies were also affected and reformed to varying degrees. After the integration of culture, fitness yoga with Chinese cultural characteristics appeared. The core of yoga culture has never been changed, but the development of The Times yoga style has become the mainstream, and fitness yoga still reflects the Chinese people's pursuit of health and yearning for a better life.

2) Yoga's phenomena as a new health culture in the process of popular culture in the large cities of China is in the process of China's modernization, yoga is integrated with the development of the city, and the rapid development of popular culture, with the urban public as the main body and the main consumption object, stimulating the consumption economy, and producing the unique female consumption economy for yoga in China,and national fitness drives fitness yoga,Yoga, as a space, presents a variety of lifestyles, no longer only popular sports for young people, but gradually approaches the middle-aged and elderly groups. People's pursuit of health makes yoga form a new healthy culture.

3) Yoga's phenomena as a new health culture in the process of popular culture in the large cities of China is popular elements diversify, such as the combination of yoga and sports tourism, and yoga has become a new way of life.Especially during the COVID-19 period, people's pursuit of slimming and plasticity has rapidly shifted to the health demand for improved immunity, and online courses have gradually become popular because of the epidemic. Yoga is also used in more areas of health, conducive to psychological treatment, prevention of chronic diseases, rehabilitation of special diseases and so on.

The key findings of this research are Yoga is a body culture. It has been changing its meaning all the time. Since the beginning, the origin of yoga associated with Hinduism, Brahmanism, Buddhism from India. But yoga has been adapting to a new set of social conditions that put yoga in each new context. Including in the new health culture in the context of popular culture in China. This research presents the flexible of yoga culture. Therefore, understanding yoga as a new health culture. Thus showing the relationship between Indian and Chinese cultural societies in different contexts simultaneously.

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