Abstract: By analyzing the history of Chinese and Japanese archery, the paper interprets the Japanese Kyudo from the perspective of the three-level theory of culture, believing that the archery culture is the tranquil way cultivating mind, which serves as a wonder drug to combat the cotemporary social blunderingness. However, the thousand-year traditional Chinese archery is faced with the dilemma of being lost. Japan, on the other hand, has turned its traditional archery into Kyudo although it has always been influenced by Chinese culture, which enables itself to be in line with the contemporary society without losing its tradition and plays its proper role in society. Chinese archery should follow suit to update its development mode so as to keep up with the times.

Key words: archery, Kyudo, system, development, enlightenment