history/folk culture in Yongchun county, Quanzhou
Yongchun has beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery. The Daiyun Mountain Range, the second largest mountain range in Fujian Province, extends from Dehua south to Benxian county and stretches all over the country. The terrain in the territory is inclined from northwest to southeast, bounded by penghu horse jumping, which can be roughly divided into two parts. The mountains in the northwest are stacked, the valleys are high, the springs are clear and the trees are green; The southeast hills are undulating, and the basins are alternating, like beads scattered. Zhu Xi, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, once visited Yongchun several times, and he couldn't help praising that "thousands of waterfalls fly like practice, and a crowd of people like drawing pictures". Dongguan Bridge
Yongchun has simple folk customs, sufficient labor force and good quality. The county's labor force is 216,111, accounting for 39.2% of the total population. There are 586 people with university education per 111,111 population, ranking second in Quanzhou. There are 1 normal schools, 1 technical schools, 1 adult technical secondary schools, 4 vocational secondary schools and 36 ordinary secondary schools in the county. In 1995, the county began to implement nine-year compulsory education.
Yongchun county is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian province and the main ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao, with a long history of overseas Chinese. As early as the fifth year of Ming De Xuan (AD 1431), people lived in Nanyang Islands. In Southeast Asia, there is still a saying that "nothing will never open". At present, there are 1.13 million overseas Chinese, Chinese-Americans and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering more than 41 countries and regions in the world. Together with the local people, they worked hard and created brilliant achievements in their places of residence. They love the motherland, care about the construction of their hometown and make positive contributions to the development of Yongchun. The World Yongchun Association (referred to as "Shiyonglian" for short), which was established in October, 1993, has not only played a great role in strengthening the horizontal ties of overseas villagers, strengthening their friendship and cooperation and exchanges, but also in developing overseas Chinese affairs in this county, accelerating the social and economic development of Yongchun and promoting the great cause of the reunification of the motherland. In recent years, Yongchun has given full play to the advantages of the hometown of overseas Chinese and actively developed the export-oriented economy. The scale of the project is expanding day by day, and the investment field is constantly expanding.
Yongchun White Crane Boxing
Boxing, also known as national martial arts, is also called "fist-punching" by Minnan people, also known as Kung Fu martial arts. Among overseas Chinese in southern Fujian, Xingma and Indonesia, when it comes to punching, they often praise it vividly: "Yongchun White Crane Boxing, without burning, can also pull LUN." "Ralun without burning" is a Minnan dialect, which means that the water is not hot, but also slightly hot. This is used to describe the power of Yongchun White Crane Boxing.
Yongchun Baihe Boxing, as the youngest of the five boxing styles in South Shaolin, is one of the greatest, the second ancestor, the three walkers (monkey boxing), the four arhats, the five white cranes and the five major boxing styles. The reason why it can flourish and last for a long time has its historical origin, fitness function and martial arts value. It is popular in the world with a long history, unique style, simple and rich connotation and dialectical and philosophical techniques. The study of Yongchun White Crane takes the crane as the shape, the shape as the fist, the image as the name, the crown as the elegant name, the implication, which is easy to remember, understand and practice.
Its routines are dynamic and static, with clear distinction between reality and reality, alternating fast and slow, orderly ups and downs, well-connected, fluent in air, seemingly rigid and not rigid, seemingly soft and not soft, with both form and spirit, light and dexterous, chic and elegant, full of flexibility and varied skills.
it stresses "integration of inside and outside", meaning and qi, qi and force, defending the abdomen with intention, drawing air with intention, reaching the qi with intention, pushing the force with qi, creating prestige by exhaling, paying equal attention to both attack and defense, being flexible in handling hands, paying attention to "meridian virtual reality, ups and downs, being firm and flexible, being the first to arrive later", and boxing.
Yongchun Baihe Boxing has been established, spread and developed, evolved and transformed, and even formed a complete technical and theoretical system. It has been more than 311 years since then, and it has created brilliance despite several vicissitudes. Now the branches are distributed and the flowers are flourishing. Although each branch has its own tradition, it has a complex ancestral family. Over the past 21 years of reform and opening up, crane friends at home and abroad, or groups or individuals, have come to Yongchun to visit their ancestors and exchange skills. As a treasure of Chinese martial arts, Yongchun Baihequan has a long way to go to inherit and develop. However, we firmly believe that with a glorious history of more than 311 years, Yongchun Baihe Boxing will be further developed with the benefits of heaven, land and people.
Baihe Boxing, together with the boxing of Taizu, Luohan, Dazun and Walker, will be called Shaolin Five Ancestors Boxing. It is a relatively young boxing school in Fujian Nanquan, and it is a bright and beautiful flower in the garden of Nanquan in the motherland. This boxing school was first popular in Yongchun County, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian Province, and later spread to Dehua, Datian, Yong 'an, Fuzhou, Fuqing, Quanzhou, Tong 'an, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and even Taiwan Province, so it is also called "Yongchun White Crane Boxing". Recently, in Nan 'an, Fujian, there has been a self-contained [Hequan Road].
Wonderful legend
As the name implies, White Crane Boxing is related to white cranes. In Yongchun folk, there is still a story that Baihexian teaches boxing. The year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1662-1722), Funing Prefecture, Fujian Province (now Fu 'an and Ningde areas; On the other hand, outside the north gate of Lishui County, the state capital of Zhejiang Province, there was a man named Fang Zhonggong, whose wife died early and his only daughter, Bo Mingqi Niang. Fang Qiniang was smart since childhood, studious in martial arts and pretty. Fang Zhonggong spent the last year in the flower armor, and Fang Qiniang was just sixteen years old. Young people from far and near came to the door one after another and proposed to Qi Niang. Qi Niang vowed not to marry in order to support her father. Unexpectedly, a wealthy family looked at Yin's children and raced into Fang's house, trying to flirt with Qi Niang.
One day, Qiniang was burying her head in flying shuttle weaving cloth. Suddenly, a white crane flew in and stood by the crane, refusing to leave for a long time. Seven Niang grabbed the shuttle box and threw it. But I saw the crane spread its wings gently and bounced the shuttle box back. Seven Niang raised another bamboo branch and hit the crane. The crane's foot shook gently, but Bamboo Grant was bounced out of the hall. All this made Fang Qiqiang feel strange. At night, the white crane does not walk between the beams. In her sleep, Qi Niang dreamed that an old man came and said to her, "I'm a fairy with a white crane. I think you'll be smeared with charcoal, and Temi will help you." I have the teachings of my mother's family, which seems to be rigid but not rigid, and it seems to be soft and not soft. It is called Hequan. If you like, I will teach you everything. " Seven Niang was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down and worshipped Crane Dian as her teacher. Since then, Baihexian has been teaching Fang Qiniang boxing skills day and night. A few months later, Fang Qiniang became a famous and unique boxer. Those dudes who are infatuated with her are all frightened. One day, the white crane fairy said to Qi Niang, "You have learned art, and you only have one thing to tell me today. If a stranger comes to your house to take shelter from the rain at noon on a certain day, you should keep him. This man is your husband. " Fang qiniang looks forward to waiting for the evening. Months passed, and she added another year, but she didn't even see anyone. When a woman gets married, she is also anxious. He called Qiniang and said, "Let's choose a satisfactory one in the village!" Qi Niang refused to say anything. The father and the daughter sat speechless. Just then, dark clouds rolled in the sky, the wind roared outside, and suddenly, the rain poured down. Soon, there was a knock at the door. Qi Niang opened the door with surprise and joy. But I saw a young man with a stick on his shoulder and a cloth bag hanging from one end. The young man said shyly, "It's raining too hard. Borrow a place to stay, avoid it and leave." Qi Niang let him in, and Fang Zhonggong saw that he was handsome and dignified, and happily asked him where he came from. The young man politely replied, "My surname is Zeng, my first name is A Si, and I am from Yongchun. Only because of poor family circumstances did I come to your place to fight boxing sticks and sell plasters to make a living. " Fang Zhonggong left Zeng Asi at the request of the fairy crane. At night, under Fang Zhonggong's repeated urging, Ah Si had no choice but to swing his stick and punch. Unexpectedly, Fang Qiniang swept it gently with her finger, and she was awesome. Zeng Asi immediately bowed down to Qi Niang as his teacher. Since then, Tseng Ah-si has become the son-in-law of Fang. Qiniang taught all the techniques and routines of White Crane Boxing to Chi. The husband and wife are kind and loving. A few years passed in a flash. They had two boys, but Fang Zhonggong died unfortunately.
One day, Zhizhou sent his minions, and went from village to village to extort money. Seeing Fang Qiniang's extraordinary beauty, the officials' claws gave birth to evil thoughts and went forward to tease her. Seven Niang stepped on a partial step and waved her hands. One of the collectors' paws flew about with brains. The year immediately sent someone to punish Qi Niang. That night, Tseng Ah-si had absconded with Qi Niang's mother and son. After many twists and turns, they returned to Yongchun County. Then, in the Guanyin Pavilion in the foothills of Jin Feng, Wuli Street, Yongchun, 28 handsome men with surnames of Zheng, Wang, Wu, Lin, Li, Cai, Yan and Le were taught white crane boxing skills. In this way, white crane boxing began to take root and multiply in Yongchun Mountain area, and became a martial art that villagers generally liked to learn.
Unique style
The content of Yongchun Baihe Boxing is rich and colorful, including unarmed boxing, manipulation of instruments and acupuncturing techniques. Unarmed boxing has five skills of hands, legs and head, 118 techniques and ten routines. Every movement has a name, such as crane crown, crane mouth, crane wing, crane foot, bow, arrow and so on. Various techniques are also known as "crane independence", "crane spreading its wings" and "crane stepping on snow". Routines also have their own unique names. Beginners should first practice "three lines", "shaking skills", "luck" and "shaking knots". Instruments include 18 kinds of martial arts such as knives, guns, swords and halberds, and each has its own techniques and routines. Yongchun White Crane Boxing also has the technique of breaking tendons and veins with "crane skill" according to different meridians, acupoints and time. In addition, it also includes a set of methods and prescriptions for massage, massage, bone setting, prevention and treatment, and knowledge of making Dan Gao Yao San. Therefore, the master of Baihequan is also a famous doctor in orthopedics.
as the folk saying goes, "If a crane can generate electricity, it will drop three feet when it loses.". Its martial arts will sound, one finger and one section, one stroke and one style, like lightning speed, sharp and unstoppable. However, the movements of the White Crane Boxing are similar to the posture of a crane, combining rigidity with softness, dexterity, agility, elegance and variety, all of which are marked by "the crane sends its feet". White crane boxing is good at using palm and leg techniques. Boxing is mainly based on force saving and finger force, with force saving in prevention and finger force in attack. From the arm to the palm, it is necessary to swallow the shoulder in the upper section and the tail in the middle section like a tiger catching a pig. From the inside out, it is necessary to make the inner section as iron, the outer section as cotton, and the tail section as mud. When attacking, the hand should be like a wheelbarrow, the elbow should be turned as an auxiliary, the hand should be like a bull's tongue, and the hand should be like a cloven foot, so that it can take the lead. Its leg method, standing shape, should be "neither ding nor eight", and the legs should be divided into "the first three and the last seven". The left and right feet, depending on the situation, are mainly one foot and rotate flexibly. The foot and leg stand method is divided into flat horse and rein in horse, and together with the posture, it is divided into three sets: upper, middle and lower. Leg techniques mainly include kicking, sweeping, hooking and so on. Yongchun White Crane Boxing pays attention to waiting for action and pushing with air. Prospecting should be done by sinking the waist and binding the feet, falling into the big vertebra, starting from the single field, lifting the intestines and contracting the gas, and pushing it with the tail clamped. Therefore, we must practice qigong and basic skills hard to achieve both internal and external skills. Only in this way can we "breathe in and out, and the meridian is clear." The pulse can be connected and the air is smooth. Meaning and form follow each other. Internal and external integration. Combine rigidity and softness, and live in harmony. "
Widely spread
Yongchun is located in the mountainous area of southern Fujian. In the long leisure society, tigers and wolves haunt, soldiers and bandits nest in chaos, landlords extort money, bureaucrats oppress, and rural people struggle in dire straits. All this has forced many people to have "two-spectrum kung fu". Those who have left their homes and traveled across oceans to make a living should have a "two-step seven" attitude towards boxing. Therefore, when Qi Niang and A Si brought Baihe Boxing to Yongchun Mountain, boxing gymnasiums were set up everywhere from the county seat, Wuli Street, Dapu and Penghu to Xiushan, Taiping and Huyang, and men and women competed to learn skills. "Yongchun County Records" contains: "Zheng Li, a feather man in the breeze, is good at boxing. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, ..... Li Ming, the father of the ceremony, tasted the role of Qi Nian, and lost, and he was ill and would die. His last words ordered the teacher Qi Nian. " "Li and Lin Zhui, Yao Hu, etc. and Qi Niang learned Baihe Boxing, and they were diligent and diligent, so they became famous for their skills." At that time, Zheng Li had the highest skill. After becoming famous all over southern Fujian, he traveled to Fujian and Jiangxi to compete with boxers from all over the country and learn from them. Thus, Yongchun Baihe Boxing was developed. His disciples are all over the land of Bamin. After that, for more than 211 years, as the "Yongchun County Records" said: "Those who are famous for their fists forever are also taught by those who are generous." At the same time, Yongchun White Crane Boxing also spread to all parts of Southeast Asia with people who went abroad to make a living. In particular, in Malaya, which claims that "no one will never open a mound", there are Yongchun boxers in almost every major town to teach boxing.
Historically, Yongchun Baihe Boxing has played a great role in resisting the beasts in the deep mountains, feudal oppression and bandits. One year, several overseas Chinese who returned to visit relatives in Yongchun stayed in Quanzhou for a long time for fear of being robbed by bandits when passing through a mountain in Nan 'an. When Zheng Li, a famous boxer, heard about the contest in Quanzhou, he went to an overseas Chinese relative and said, "Come back with me, and you will be safe." When I came to the mountains, several robbers jumped out of the jungle and were murderous. Robbery with a knife Zheng Li pretended to be the representative of all the people, and went forward to hand over the treasure. He used a "single branch" to acupuncture a gangster, sold it empty, seized the gangster's broadsword and killed him. The bandits had to kneel down and beg for mercy. Overseas Chinese relatives then arrived in their hometown safely. In the third year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1853), Lin Jun's army in Yongchun, which was in response to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising and the great prestige of Bamin, was strong in martial arts, skillful in fighting and invincible, and successively conquered 18 counties such as Yongchun, Dehua, Datian, Yong 'an, Youxi and Xianyou. Lin Jun, the leader, is a famous white crane boxing master.
As Baihe Boxing is the youngest boxing type among the five ancestors of Shaolin, it is good at absorbing the strengths of other boxing types and developing itself. In addition, Yongchun Baihe Boxing was widely spread among the people, which made Yongchun Baihe Boxing once famous at home and abroad. In August 1928, the puppet national government held the first national martial arts examination and competition in Nanjing. Yongchun selected ten participants, all of whom met the standard. One of them took part in the contest and won a gold medal. On his return, he was invited by Chen Jiageng, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and led by Li Wanyue to perform in Xingma and other places in August, 1 929, which lasted for more than eight months and was well received by overseas Chinese and local people. Chen Jiageng also met with Yongchun Baihe boxer for many times and gave him financial support. Due to the urgent demands of overseas Chinese, there are many boxers in Yongchun Baihe, and they still stay and set up museums to spread their skills in various ports in Southeast Asia. In the winter of 1931, Yongchun County opened a martial arts museum at Wenggong Temple in Wuli Street, with Lin Baoshan, Pan Shizhen and Pan Xiaode as curators successively, who taught Baihequan systematically.
After liberation, with the attention of the * * * Party and the people's government, Yongchun Baihe Boxing was further developed. Excavate, collect and sort out the routines and techniques of Baihe Boxing, which spread among the people. Elected representatives for many times and participated in martial arts performances and competitions held at all levels. Among them, Zheng Wencun, a descendant of Zheng Li boxer, a member of the Provincial Wushu Association, who won the first prize of the provincial Wushu performance and competition twice, sorted out the manuscript of "Yongchun Baihequan" and made a relatively complete summary of its origin, characteristics, techniques and gloves. Wencun Boxer is 81 years old, still hale and hearty, and continues to teach Baihe Boxing all over southern Fujian. In Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and other places, books such as "Gandeyuan White Crane Boxing Manual" and "White Crane Boxing Secret" written by Li Zailuan have also been published. Not long ago, the State Sports Commission and the provincial sports team sent people to Yongchun to visit the famous Baihequan teachers and excavate and sort out Yongchun Baihequan. This unique style of boxing in Yongchun County will be further improved and developed. The flowers in this boxing garden will surely bloom more brilliantly in the beautiful spring of the motherland.
Yongchun specialty
Litchi in Yongchun Xiushan, sugarcane in Dapu, coal mine in Xiayang, fragrant tea in Yudou Kengzikou, citrus in Huyang, paper-woven paintings in the county, and turtles on the farm; Niumulin in Xiayang, Baizhang Rock in Penghu, Daishan Rock in Yidu, Kuixing Rock in Shigu, Wanchun Village in Wuli Street, Beixi Village in Xiushan and Wujiyan in Jindou are all the pride of Yongchun people.
"Yongchun bergamot, fragrant and delicious!"
"Yongchun bergamot is fragrant and sweet, and it sells well all over the country and makes a lot of money!"
Yongchun's bergamot went to the national competition three times and won a championship every time, so there is another sentence: "Yongchun's bergamot is the first in the country!" "
Fengyuan Beverage Factory in Wulijie Town, Yongchun County and Hongshi Cement in Xiayang Town sell well all over the country, with low price and high quality.
Yongchun vinegar is one of the four famous vinegars in China.