fuzhou, china
fuzhou, china
people in Fuzhou(China), GuLou-district3
From north exit of AnTaiZhongXin, to west, along the AnTaiZhongXin, around BaYiQiBeiLu,Center of GuLou-district,FuZou,China,
23(Wednesday)/08/2006 21h25~
中国、福州、鼓楼区中心部 八一七北路周 安泰中心沿い、北側入り口より南へ向けて
2006年8月23日（水曜日）21時25分～
Fuzhou Ba Jing Quan, Eight Well Village Boxing of the She people
Ba Jing Quan Eight Well Boxing
This system comes from Bajing Cun Eight Well Village in Luoyuan county, Fuzhou prefecture, Fujian.
According to the oral mythology of the village the martial art tradition of Bajing Cun began in the Ming dynasty when two brothers, Lei Juan and Lei Anliang, moved with their families from the ancestral lands of the She people in eastern Guangdong to Luoyuan county in Fuzhou, settling on the site of present day Eight Well Village.
Both brothers were known as skilled martial artists and stories are told of their battles with neighboring villages over water and land rights.
(some versions of the story have the brothers studying at the mythical Southern Shaolin temple or studying with a monk from the temple, sometimes one of the Iron Five Ancestors who features in local myths and legends and the oral myths of many martial arts across Fujian including a number of other systems practiced by various groups of She people.
The area of Luoyuan bay has very saline soil and in many areas the groundwater is too salty to use.
Because of this good soil and fresh water are very precious comodities in the area and early settlers in eight well village saw many fights with neighbors over these resources.
In an attempt to obtain a dependable source of fresh water for the village a number of wells were dug around the area, all of which turned up only salty water. Finally the 8th well dug by the community was found to contain pure fresh water.
Eight Well boxing is known for it's use of acupoint striking in accordance with the Eight Well medical system developed by Lei Qianzhen, an early master of Eight Well boxing.
The Eight Well system of medicine is known for it's practice of using the appearance of the eyeballs and the fingernails at different points in the twelve period cycle as the main methods of diagnosis.
The medical system contains it's own methods of acupuncture and acupressure and this knowledge was incorporated into their system of boxing.
fuzhou fujian china dogboxing
fuzhou fujian china dogboxing
Wuzuquan - Unidentified form and practitioner (1)
Fuzhou Monkey Boxing
Yongfu Hou Fa Yongfu area Monkey Method
(Yongtai County Monkey Boxing)
Monkey boxing methods are practiced throughout Fujian and have influenced many systems. Besides the pure monkey boxing systems which can be found in both the Minbei and Minnan regions, monkey boxing techniques can also be found in Quanzhou Wuzu Quan, several of the Fujian crane lineages as well as some Taizu styles.
The Yongtai area Kung Fu systems of Hou Fa (Monkey Method), Niu Fa (Ox Method), and sometimes She Fa (Snake Method) are considered to be among the oldest systems in the region and according to local tradition they both come from the teachings of Song dynasty Taoist master Zhang Ciguan.
Him and his sworn brothers Xiao Faming and Lian Zongqiang are among the more popular Taoist deities among the Min and Hakka people in Fujian Taiwan and eastern Guangdong.
In local Yongtai folk traditions Xiao Faming and Lian Zhongqiang are also considered to be the founders of both the Lion and sometimes the Dog Boxing traditions of Fujian.
Together the three of them had studied at Fang Hu (Square Pot) Cliff, where the Fang Hu temple, known to the local people as Xiao Lian temple, was later built.
The people of Fuzhou consider this to be the birthplace of the Fujian southern Kung Fu tradition.
Zhang Ci Guan was born in the Yongfu (old name for Yongtai) region and trained in both Taoism and martial arts from a young age. He began his studies with various masters in the mountains of Fuzhou.
There he met Xiao Faming (AKA Xiao Langrui) and Lian Zongqiang (AKA Zhang langqing), who like Zhang were highly skilled in martial arts and had been studying Taoism in the mountains for several years.
The three men became sworn brothers and traveled to Jiangsu province to study on Lu Shan mountain (today's Long Hu Shan), home of the Celestial Master head of the Zheng Yi Tao school.
After several years of study the three had become ordained priests and mastered the Zheng Yi Tao techniques of Taoist magic.
The three of them then spent years wandering through the mountains of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian.
There are many legends about their heroic exploits found in various areas they passed through on their travels.
In the various legends hey fought demons and bandits, built bridges, stairs, and dams, dug wells and irrigation canals, healed the sick, and taught medicine, martial arts, and magic to help the people.
Today Zhang Ci Guan is deified under a variety of names, the most common being Fa Zhu Gong.
He is considered to be the founder of the black hat branch of Lu Shan sect, Zheng Yi Tao school of Taoism which is known for it's magic and specializes in exorcisms, burial rights, and locating and assisting the souls of the dead.
Zhang along with his sworn brothers are worshiped throughout Fujian, Jiangsu, southern Zhejiang, eastern Guangdong and Taiwan.
He is one of the most popular Taoist gods among the speakers of the various Min dialects as well as the Hakka.
As Fa Zhu Gong he is believed to have been put in charge of making monthly reports to the Jade Emperor on the activities of the people of earth.
Martial Traditions of Fuzhou's Yongtai County
Yǒngtài county in the Fúzhōu prefecture of Fújiàn province has long been know for it's martial arts.
Yongtai county is in a rugged mountainous area of Fujian, in the mountains there are many remote villages. The villagers there make a living by farming the mountain slopes and valleys.
Hidden in these villages are a number of rare martial arts which today are often called Southern Shaolin. However according to local myth the Fujian southern boxing traditions were actually founded by Zhang Ciguan and his two companions. These three men are considered the founders of the Black Hat sect of Lu Shan Boxing. There are other myths from the area which also relate the founding of the Fujian Southern Boxing tradition to the founder of the Red Hat sect of Lu Shan Taoism.
We know that several major styles were practiced in or originated from the two oldest temples of Lu Shan Black Hat sect, Xiaolian Si and Fangguang Yan Si which are located in Yongtai. Several local Yongtai styles now claim to have come from the mythical Southern Shaolin temple.
At least a couple of these such as Dog Boxing and Anhai Method have actually been able to be traced back to to the two Taoist temples previously mentioned. The Iron Monks of local Fujian five ancestor myths also make appearances in some Yongtai styles (in oral tradition Anhai was said to have studied under Iron Bead)
Boxing has long been popular in Yongtai with martial arts originating from both it's villages and it's mountain monasteries.
Some of the better known Yongtai arts featured in this video are De Shù Quán Ground Method Boxing A.K.A. Gǒu Quán (Dog Boxing), Hǔ Zūn Quán (Tiger Respect Boxing), Jī Fǎ (Rooster Method), Zǒuláng Quán (Corridor Boxing), and Ānhǎi Quán (Peaceful Sea Boxing). Also practiced are many family styles and animal forms unknown outside of this area, some of which are shown here.
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Rattan Shield Troop arts of Fuzhou's Haitan island
Haitan Tengpai Cao AKA Pingtan Tengpai Cao
Haitan / Pingtan island Rattan Shield Troops*
This tradition comes from Haitan island located in Pingtan county** of Fuzhou province.
The oral traditions of Pingtan seeks to place the beginnings of the Tengpai Cao tradition with Qi Jiguang and later with Zheng Chenggong (AKA Koxinga).
From 1562-1564 Qi Jiguang's troops spent much of their time fighting battles around Fuqing Bay. No sooner would they defeat the pirates and leave to fight other pirate groups in central Fujian or Zhejiang than the Fuqing Bay pirates would reoccupy the local villages and Qi's troops would be forced to return.
As part of his strategy for dealing with the local pirates, Qi and his men helped train local militias around Fuqing in his small unit battle array tactics such as the famous mandarin duck formation.
Qi's battles against the Fuqing bay pirates culminated in mid 1564 with his defeat of the last remaining group of 200 pirates in their stronghold on Haitan island.
Later during the Ming-Qing transition period Haitan was used as a base on various occasions by the troops of Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng used the island as a place to train and a staging point for his invasion of Taiwan. Zheng's army was noted for it's disciplined and highly skilled rattan shield troops.
What lasting influences, if any, that either of these events had on the practice of Rattan shield arrays on Haitan in following centuries is impossible to say.
However Qi's methods were adopted into village level martial battle array practices in many parts of China and many of these traditions retain methods such as the mandarin duck arrays, although generally in a somewhat different form than originally taught by Qi.
During the late 17th century the Kangxi emperor moved the base of the Fuzhou navy to Haitan island where it remained until after the end of the Qing dynasty.
During the mid 18th Zhang Dianzhuo a general from Pingtan was put in charge of overseeing the naval bases in Wenzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang province.
After arriving he began training the troops in Zhejiang using the battle array and small group fighting methods practiced by the Fuzhou navy on Haitan island.
Zhang was known for his strong martial skills and is noted in records as being exceptionally skilled in horseback archery.
While in Zhejiang he studied the local military skills and martial arts and further developed the fighting and battle array training of his soldiers.
In return he helped transfer his refined methods back to the local Haitan island naval troops in Fuzhou
The lineages of modern Haitan Tengpai Cao can be traced back to the last decade of the Qing dynasty.
At this time Haitan island had been facing an epidemic of infectious diseases.
Retired Qing military general Chen Dajin returned to his hometown of Daluding village on Haitan island and began training the local people in martial arts in order to strengthen their bodies and increase their health. As part of his teaching he trained them in the battle array drills and small unit fighting methods he had taught in the Qing military.
His teachings contained practical skills in empty hand and weapons combat as well as military methods of fighting in coordinated groups.
His students also performed these methods publicly in village festivals and rituals acting as soldiers in the parade tours of the gods to exorcise demons and disease spirits.
During the Republican era almost everyone in the villages around Daluding practiced the shield array and associated boxing and weapon arts.
But by the end of the cultural revolution only 7 men in Daluding village still knew the methods of the shield arrays. It is estimated that as much as 2/3rds of the boxing and weapons forms and battle arrays practiced during the Republican era were lost from the village
However today the remaining inheritors have created the Haitan Tengpai Cao association and in 2017 they were awarded recognition as a provincial level intangible cultural heritage.
Currently a few groups are being trained in around Da Luding village in the methods of the rattan shield arrays.
*Tengpai Cao literally translates as Rattan Shield Grasping or Rattan Shield Wielding. This term was traditionally used across much of China to refer to group practice of battle arrays in which the shield and saber were the main (but not only) weapons used by the troops.
The other common generic name for traditionally used for this practice is Tengpai Zhen Rattan Shield Formation Zhen being the Chinese term for troop formations / battle arrays.
** Pingtan county is composed of 126 islands located in the Taiwan straight directly off the coast of Fuqing county Fuzhou. The largest of these is Haitan island, which today is often simply called Pingtan island
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llegar en la mañana. Mañana subir una colina. Ir de compras en el centro de la ciudad. de fideos para el almuerzo
outdoor concert in Fuzhou
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Copy of Fuzhou Fish Boxing
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Bajing Quan, Fuzhou's Eight Well Boxing
Ba Jing Quan Eight Well Boxing of the She people of Bajing Cun Eight Well Village in Luoyuan county, Fuzhou prefecture, Fujian.
According to the oral mythology of the village the martial art tradition of Bajing Cun began in the Ming dynasty when two brothers, Lei Juan and Lei Anliang, moved with their families from the ancestral lands of the She people in eastern Guangdong to Luoyuan county in Fuzhou, settling on the site of present day Eight Well Village.
Both brothers were known as skilled martial artists and stories are told of their battles with neighboring villages over water and land rights.
(some versions of the story have the brothers studying at the mythical Southern Shaolin temple or studying with a monk from the temple, sometimes one of the Iron Five Ancestors who features in local myths and legends and the oral myths of many martial arts across Fujian including a number of other systems practiced by various groups of She people.
The area of Luoyuan bay has very saline soil and in many areas the groundwater is too salty to use.
Because of this good soil and fresh water are very precious comodities in the area and early settlers in eight well village saw many fights with neighbors over these resources.
In an attempt to obtain a dependable source of fresh water for the village a number of wells were dug around the area, all of which turned up only salty water. Finally the 8th well dug by the community was found to contain pure fresh water.
Eight Well boxing is known for it's use of acupoint striking in accordance with the Eight Well medical system developed by Lei Qianzhen, an early master of Eight Well boxing.
The Eight Well system of medicine is known for it's practice of using the appearance of the eyeballs and the fingernails at different points in the twelve period cycle as the main methods of diagnosis.
The medical system contains it's own methods of acupuncture and acupressure and this knowledge was incorporated into their system of boxing.
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