Wudang martial arts originated in Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province. Its founder was Zhang Sanfeng, a Taoist priest from the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Zhang Sanfeng skillfully integrated the essence of the Book of Changes and the Tao Te Ching with martial arts, and created Wudang martial arts with important health and fitness value, with Taijiquan, Xingyiquan and Baguazhang as the main body. Wudang martial arts has distinct Taoist cultural characteristics and is a natural combination of martial arts and health-preserving methods. It has both a profound traditional martial arts cultural heritage and exquisite scientific principles. Taijiquan emphasizes "first use the mind to control the body" and then "the body follows the mind", Xingyiquan emphasizes "use intention without force, the intention leads to the qi, and the qi leads to the force", and Baguazhang requires walking in circles to "transform the mind". These all reflect the Taoist "concealing the ultimate truth" to achieve the fitness purpose of "thinking about the ultimate purpose, prolonging life and eternal youth", which conforms to the sports concept of combining physical training with psychological training to nourish the body and train the body. Wudang martial arts has a complete theoretical and technical system. It takes "the overall view of the universe" and "the unity of man and nature" as its purpose, "virtue carries all things" and "Tao follows nature" as its principles, and "combining movement and stillness" and "cultivating both inside and outside" as its methods, forming many unique boxing and sword techniques, including both theory and practice, as well as routine operation and main points, which are concentrated in Zhang Sanfeng's three classics: "General Theory of Tai Chi", "Tai Chi Song" and "Thirteen Forms of Tai Chi". Wudang martial arts originally used Wudang Mountain as its cultural space. Historically, Wudang Mountain was inhabited by countless high-ranking hermits and professional monks. Through their practice and dissemination, Wudang martial arts skills became more refined and famous, and eventually spread throughout China. However, with the development of modern society, some obstacles have also appeared in the inheritance of Wudang martial arts. First, Wudang martial arts was restricted by the Taoist idea of "secret single transmission" in its early days, and its spread was limited; second, most of the current inheritors are old and scattered across the country, which limits the excavation and utilization of Wudang martial arts resources; third, the theoretical research work on Wudang martial arts is insufficient, and its cultural significance needs to be further explored. Under this situation, it is necessary to quickly formulate reasonable and feasible measures to rescue, protect, organize and develop Wudang martial arts.