The Dilemma and Ways Out of Qiang Ethnic Minority's Traditional Physical Education Under the Background of Informationization in PRChina

In the process of reconstruction after the Wenchuan earthquake disaster in P.R.China, the traditional physical education of Qiang ethnic minority is experiencing the informationized "reform" under the powerful influence from the protection of cultural heritage and the development of tourism. Therefore, it is of vital importance to protect the traditional physical education of Qiang ethnic minority by properly utilizing information technology and maintaining its natural elements, characteristics and values with the concept of "dynamic transmission". Meanwhile, it is more essential to integrate protection and transmission into the post-disaster educational reconstruction. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.