Abstract:
Using the methods of literature review, participatory observation and interview, the study, based on the case study of Songjiang Array in Lutaoyang Village of Taiwan, tries to explore the folk Wushu's participation in village social governance.The results reveal that the rituals and physical performance process and ending part of Songjiang Array show in Lutaoyang Village construct various fields; the self-ideology and physical behavior of the participants are molded in different fields, thereby developed the transformation from "being ruled" to "autonomy".In the process of Songjiang Array rituals, the organization and discipline as well as the behavior of group members get enhanced.The folk Wushu's participation in village governance presents to be the "internal governance" within a village and "external governance" among villages, respectively, and it is practiced through the way of villagers' autonomy and organizational governance.