Pingshan Mountain

Wushan Hill in Fuzhou

Three Hills and Two Towers are the landmark of Fuzhou. The three hills are Yushan Hill, Pingshan Hill and Wushan Hill, among which Wushan is the highest. The hill stands 86 meters, covering tour area of 25 hectares.There are many pavilions sits around the hill; on rocks you may see the inscription of celebrities' and officer's writing. It is famous for Taoism because Taoism Temple is situated there. Memorial Hall of General Qi and General Yu was built there for the 2 generals are known for their resisting Japanese invasion in the Ming Dynasty.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Wushan has been being tourist's rendezvous. Zheng Gong, the famous scholar of the Song Dynasty, wrote on Daoshan Pavilion, an essay mentioning the hill. On the hill, luxuriant trees gave welcome shade to tourists; winding path leads to hills; vines creep everywhere. As the hill is close to the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, after touring the hill, you may have a rest in the lanes and alleys.

Monkey King Temples of Fujian, China | Monkey God E3

In this episode of 'Legend of a Monkey God', we explore the beautiful province of Fujian 福建省 in China. We travel through Fuzhou 福州市, Nanjing 南京市, Pingshan 坪山区 in search of Monasteries dedicated to the hero of 'Xi You Ji' 西游记 (Journey to the west), the Monkey King, Qi Tian Da Sheng 齐天大圣 Sun Wukong 孙悟空

We also explore His alternate names and titles, including His like to Hanuman, the hero of the Ramayana.

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In Fuzhou/China - 29.07.2017 (18.30 Uhr Ortszeit)

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

KWONGSAI MANTIS - RATTAN SHIELD vs. SPEAR 2004 PINGSHAN TOWN

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Rattan, when processed, is especially light, supple and durable. In China's ancient times, the rattan shield was used by infantry soldiers against the calvary. The soldier would curl up in the shield and roll on the ground quickly to reach the horse and then with the broadsword chop the horse's legs from underneath the shield.

Later on, this developed into a special ground fighting technique among the common people. In modern times, China's police forces have employed the shield along with their baton.

This traditional technique is often found in Kwongsai Mantis schools...

Lai Wei Keung, Sifu, aged 78, was the first instructor at Wong Yook Gong's Shang Mo Tong (Highest Martial Hall) in Pingshan, 1948. He started training Chu Gar Tanglang, at the age of 10, under the tutelage of Mr. Yang Sao at the Guanyin Temple, Bok Lo in Huiyang (Wai Yearn). Yang Sao trained at the same time with Lao Sui under Wong Fook Go...

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本溪一分钟（1 Min of Benxi）

Benxi (Chinese: 本溪; pinyin: Běnxī) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, south-southeast of the provincial capital Shenyang. Its population was 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 1,011,377 lived in the built-up area made of 3 urban districts (Pingshan, Xihu and Mingshan). It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915. Benxi Iron and Steel Company (Bengang) is the largest employer in the city, and used to be the fourth-largest steel company in China. The second-largest industry in Benxi is coal mining. Benxi has pollution problems due to steel production and coal mining.
本溪市是中华人民共和国辽宁省下辖的地级市，位于辽宁省东部，是国务院批准的具有地方立法权的较大的市。本溪位于东经123°34′和125°46′以及北纬40°49′和41°35′之间，面积8411.31平方公里。向东为吉林省通化市，向南为丹东，向西为辽阳和鞍山，向北为沈阳和抚顺。境内多山，市内面积的74%为林地。[1]

本溪全境呈亚铃形分布，自然地貌为“八山一水半分田，半分道路和庄园”。北靠沈阳、抚顺（距沈阳77公里，距抚顺79公里），南接丹东（距丹东198公里），西邻辽阳（距辽阳46公里）、鞍山，东傍吉林（距通化150公里）。 本溪是辽宁中部城市群的中心城市，是中国著名的重工业基地，是国务院确定的特大城市，是中国优秀旅游城市、全国民族团结先进市、全国依法治市先进市、全国双拥模范城。