Meihuaquan
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Meihua Quan is a very common name in kung fu:
There are many Meihuaquan that have same origins: Ganzhi Wushi Meihuazhuang, Baijiazhi Meihuaquan, Luodi Meihuaquan, Wuzi Meihuaquan, Leijia Meihuaquan, etc. About the foundation of this style there are different tradition and there are a said that Meihuaquan has no single founder.
Starting to the eighth generation master Zhang Congfu create a new kind of practise and the new way toke the name Xiaojia (Little Frame) in opposition to old manners that became known as Dajia (Big Frame).
Meihuazhuang are divided into two sections: Wenchang (Civil Field) that work about theory; Wuchang (Martial Field) that work about martial tecnics, like Jiazi (frame), Shoutao (sparring exercise that train combat skills), Chengquan (combat choreography), Yingquan (combat), Gongquan, Ningquan (moving in war).
Jiazi is characterized by five static positions (Wushi, 五式 five pattern or 五势 five postures) intermixed with dynamic motion (Xingbu , 行步) consisting of light rapid footwork and large flowing movements. With a simple expansive posture and built-in poise, Meihuaquan releases and strengthens the flow of energy to expand concentration of the mind The basic training methods of Meihuaquan are simple and strong yet relaxed and highly adaptable.
Province. It is founded by Bai Jindou (白金斗, Pai Chin-tou in Wade-Giles
) a Nine Generation master of Plum Blossom Boxing. In Taiwan this school take the name Beipai Shaolin Meihuaquan 北派少林梅花拳 (Plum Blossom Boxing of Shaolin Northern Faction) or Meihuamen 梅花门(Plum Blossom School).
Jiazi of this school are named Meihuaquan Laojia (Old Frame of Plum Blossom Boxing). After studying this set, disciples train many exercises in pair: Duida (hit in pair) and Duilian (train in pair) with and without weapons. In Basic Level Duida are only for two opponents and two kind: for hands and kiks tecnics or for falling tecnics. In itermediate, disciples study combat against 2,3,4,5 peoples. In Hight level, maybe study war and Plum Blossom's Arrays (梅花陣攻防, Meihua Zhen Gong Fang).
Disciples of this school think that the founder is Sun Zi, also know Sun Wuzi.
Famous master of this branch is Kou Yunxing (寇运兴).
This is sets of Wuzi Meihuaquan:
Shilu Tantui (十二路弹腿); Da Meihuaquan er lu e san lu (大梅花拳二、三路); Xiao Meihuaquan er lu (小梅花拳二路); Meihuadao (梅花刀); Meihua longxingjian (梅花龙形剑); Meihua qiang (梅花枪).
or Beishaolin. Han Qingtang learned this Meihuaquan in Jimo
from Sun Maolin (孫茂林) and Jiang Benhe (姜本河), two masters originally of Liangshan.This Meihua boxing is made up of three forms: Maifuquan (埋伏拳); Shizitang (十字趟); Taizu Changquan (太祖长拳). Also is teaching a Duilian named Xiaowushou 小五手.
in a famous interview there is also the Meihuaquan that it indicates also with the name of Wushizhuang (五式桩, Five figures pole) and asserts that to the age he was diffused in Henan
and Sichuan
. The more meaningful contact with this style, Wang Xiangzhai had it in the within of its travel of search through China: in 1928 it knows and alloy in friendship with master Liu Pixian, twelfth generation of Meihuaquan, with which it exchanges methods and acquaintances.After this experience Liu Pixian created a new style to which it gave the name of Shaomoquan (少摩拳).
Training in Meihuaquan includes eighteen types of traditional weapons (that is the same to said that Meihuaquan use much kind of weapons), some of which are rarely seen weapons. Masters of Meihuaquan have a relaxed physical look and are free from rigidity in both thought and body postures. The practice of Meihuaquan can bring several benefits: good health, self-defense skills, enhanced prevention and recovery from illness, and improved mental ability. This is the list of Weapons in Baijiazhi Meihuaquan in Taiwan
: dandao (單刀), Qimeigun (齊眉棍)， qiang
(槍, spear)， shuangdao (雙刀, double sabre)， Xiao shao gun (小哨棍)， jian
(劍)，Da shao gun (大哨棍)， jiujie gangbian (九節鋼鞭, , see jiujiebian)，liuxingchui (流星錘, meteor hammer), sanjiegun (三節棍)， Meihua Guai (梅花拐)， Bishou (匕手,)， dadao
(大刀, alebard).
The first book about Rarely seen weapons is Genyuan (根源), that
Other sources claim origin before Han Dynasty
, but also in Shaolinquan:
Some Meihuaquan disciples believe that there are 100 generations of masters before the 20 after Ming Dynasty
.
During Qing Dynasty
people who practiced this style were involved in various uprisings, like Wang Lun in 1774, Feng Keshan in 1813 and Zhao Sanduo in 1900 Boxer Uprising. (Meihuaquan was particularly linked with the early phases of the Boxer Uprising.) Another disciple, Yang Bing, was an Imperial Palace guard:
Now we know that Yang Bing is a master of fifth generation and He born in Neihuangxian, not in Huaxian.
About Feng Keshan and Meihuaquan:
Unfortunately there aren't other sources who confirm that the style was attributed to Wu Mei.
Feng Keshan is a Eighth Generation. The legend of Wu Mei came from another style named Wumeihuaquan or Wumeipai and are founding also in some tale of Yongchunquan, a field completely distant to Feng Keshan history and Meihuaquan.
in Meishan
county of Hunan
. It has 77 sets.
during the period of Guanxu (光绪, 1875–1908), by the master Wan Fuzi (万福子), who learned it in Sichuan
.
.
(德昂族) of the Yunnan
and the area south of the Sichuan
a Meihuaquan is practiced since to the age of the Ming dynasty
.Between 1795 and the 1804 a revolt in Sichuan
, Shaanxi
, Henan
and Hubei
taken place, dictates Chuanchu Bailianjiao Qi Yi (川楚白莲教起义, Rebellion of shism of the White Lotus in Sichuan and Hubei)or Chuanchu Jiao Luan (川楚教乱, Chaotic Schism of the Sichuan and the Hubei) that it carried this Plum Flower Boxing, to put itself in defiladed position.
, door the palm blows as the Baguazhang
and possesses of the figures, like Yunu Chuansuo (玉女穿梭) and Danbian (单鞭),identical to the Taijiquan.It possesses 5 Basics Figures (Wushi): Pi (劈), Tiao (挑), Shan (闪), Chong (冲),Xie (斜). It uses three plans (High, Medium, low) like method for l' agility. The complete form is made up of 48 figures, comprised the start and the end positions, and is characterized from 12 ritmate formulas (十二字诀, Shier zi jue).
(五梅). For other traditions Wu Mei was Taoist nun (Daogu 道姑).This nun transmitted it to Huang Baoshan (黄宝善, also known like Huang Baolin, 黄宝林) in the city of Lufengxiang (庐丰乡) in the district of Shanghangxian (上杭) of the Fujian
, which handed on in its turn it to Gong Rongguang (龚荣煌) of Lanxixiang (兰溪乡) always in Fujian.Gradually the school has spread in the Fujian and the Guangdong
.The “annals of the County of Shanghang” (上杭县志, Shanghang Xianzhi) tell that Wumeiquan (五梅拳), the Orthodox Shaolin Boxing , at the end of the age of the Qing dynasty
were diffused in the districts of Lanxi
(蓝溪), Huangtan (黄潭), Taiba (太拔) and of the same Shanghang.These are some sequences by hand knot taught to New York: Tianguangzhang (天光掌); Wuxingquan (五行拳); Shier Dizhi (十二地支); etc. It must but to specify that in this style they often come practiced “free forms” and gives wide space to the free application of the movements.
These are the weapons used in the school of the area of Shanghang Sanchiba (三齿耙); gou lian qiang (钩镰枪); qinglongdao (青龙刀); mupa (木耙); dandao (单刀); shuangdao (双刀); jian (剑); it was (斧); shuang tongchui (双铜锤); tiechi (铁尺); hutoupai (虎头牌); bandeng (板凳); etc.
, Songshan
Shaolinquan, Hongjiaquan, ecc.
Is said that this sets are created by Jinnaluo Wang (紧那罗王).
exists a Taolu that calls Meihuaquan and that it is Seventh Way of the Chaquan 七路查拳.
.
- 1)a style of kung fu that originated in the northern provinces of China centuries ago. Meihuaquan is also known as Meihuazhuang 梅花桩.
- 2)other styles, with this name, like Meishanquan from southern China;
- 3) many Sets inside other styles, like Da and Xiao Meihuaquan in SongshanSongshanSongshan District is a district of Taipei. The name of the district is historically spelled Sungshan. The Songshan Domestic Airport and the Taipei Arena are located here.-History:...
Shaolinquan.
Meihuaquan and Hits Branches
Ganzhi Wushi Meihuazhuang
Ganzhi wushi meihuazhuang 干支五式梅花桩 (can are translate Plum Blossom Piles of stems and branches) is a branch of Meihuaquan, that can are shorten in Meihuazhuang (Plum Blossom Piles). Ganzhi is a contraction of Tiangan Dizhi, then the name can are Tiangan Dizhi Wushi Meihuazhuang.Starting to the eighth generation master Zhang Congfu create a new kind of practise and the new way toke the name Xiaojia (Little Frame) in opposition to old manners that became known as Dajia (Big Frame).
Meihuazhuang are divided into two sections: Wenchang (Civil Field) that work about theory; Wuchang (Martial Field) that work about martial tecnics, like Jiazi (frame), Shoutao (sparring exercise that train combat skills), Chengquan (combat choreography), Yingquan (combat), Gongquan, Ningquan (moving in war).
Jiazi is characterized by five static positions (Wushi, 五式 five pattern or 五势 five postures) intermixed with dynamic motion (Xingbu , 行步) consisting of light rapid footwork and large flowing movements. With a simple expansive posture and built-in poise, Meihuaquan releases and strengthens the flow of energy to expand concentration of the mind The basic training methods of Meihuaquan are simple and strong yet relaxed and highly adaptable.
Baijiazhi Meihuaquan
Baijiazhi Meihuaquan 白家支梅花拳(Plum Blossom Boxing Branch of Bai Family) is a Meihuaquan that are practised in South West part of ShandongShandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
Province. It is founded by Bai Jindou (白金斗, Pai Chin-tou in Wade-Giles
Wade-Giles
Wade–Giles , sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century , and was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892.Wade–Giles was the most...
) a Nine Generation master of Plum Blossom Boxing. In Taiwan this school take the name Beipai Shaolin Meihuaquan 北派少林梅花拳 (Plum Blossom Boxing of Shaolin Northern Faction) or Meihuamen 梅花门(Plum Blossom School).
Jiazi of this school are named Meihuaquan Laojia (Old Frame of Plum Blossom Boxing). After studying this set, disciples train many exercises in pair: Duida (hit in pair) and Duilian (train in pair) with and without weapons. In Basic Level Duida are only for two opponents and two kind: for hands and kiks tecnics or for falling tecnics. In itermediate, disciples study combat against 2,3,4,5 peoples. In Hight level, maybe study war and Plum Blossom's Arrays (梅花陣攻防, Meihua Zhen Gong Fang).
Leijia Meihuaquan
Leijia Meihuaquan (雷家梅花拳)is a branch of the Meihuaquan. This school derives its name from the fact that gives the fifth generation has been practiced near the Leijiacun village in order then to diffuse itself in the surrounding areas.This branch is referred clearly to the Ganzhi Wushi Meihuazhuang, as it identifies in own lineage Zhang Sansheng (also considered second generation here), but called Zhang Zhenshu (张朕书);This type of Meihuaquan differs from the Ganzhi Wushi Meihuazhuang and the Baijiazhi because it possesses 4 posture rather than to the five usuals that are: dashi, aoshi, xiaoshi and baishi. Dashi is roughly identical to the shunshi of the other branches. Attitude of the hands during the basic structure (Jiazi) is that of the Palm.Wuzi Meihuaquan
Wuzi Meihuaquan (武子梅花拳) is a name shorten from Sun Wuzi Chuanxin Meihuaquan (孙武子穿心梅花拳, Plum Blossom Boxing Piercing the Heart of Sun Wuzi ), but is also named Sun Wuzi Meihuaquan (孙武子梅花拳) or Chuanxin Meihuaquan (穿心梅花拳), or Zhongxin Meihuaquan (中心梅花拳).Disciples of this school think that the founder is Sun Zi, also know Sun Wuzi.
Famous master of this branch is Kou Yunxing (寇运兴).
This is sets of Wuzi Meihuaquan:
Shilu Tantui (十二路弹腿); Da Meihuaquan er lu e san lu (大梅花拳二、三路); Xiao Meihuaquan er lu (小梅花拳二路); Meihuadao (梅花刀); Meihua longxingjian (梅花龙形剑); Meihua qiang (梅花枪).
Luodi Meihuaquan
Luodi Meihuaquan (落地梅花拳, Plum Blossom Boxing on ground) is a generic name of Meihuaquan, but can indicate a branch that was teaching by Li Zhenting (李振亭) in Peixian. The core of this system is Luodi Meihuaquan Bajiao (落地梅花拳八角, Eight Angles of Plum Blossom Boxing on Ground).Meihua Changquan
Meihua Changquan 梅花长拳 is the name given to Taiwan to a branch of Meihuaquan taught on the island from Han Qingtang, inside of a wider system that included also other boxings of the north of China,for which its students who continue to transmit its instruction call it or ChangquanChangquan
Chángquán refers to a family of external martial arts styles from northern China.The forms of the Long Fist style emphasize fully extended kicks and striking techniques, and by appearance would be considered a long-range fighting system...
or Beishaolin. Han Qingtang learned this Meihuaquan in Jimo
Jimo
Jimo or JIMO may refer to:* Jimo, county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, China* Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter , a formerly proposed NASA probe to Jupiter and Europa* Java-based Instant Messenger One* Joint Institute for Marine Observations...
from Sun Maolin (孫茂林) and Jiang Benhe (姜本河), two masters originally of Liangshan.This Meihua boxing is made up of three forms: Maifuquan (埋伏拳); Shizitang (十字趟); Taizu Changquan (太祖长拳). Also is teaching a Duilian named Xiaowushou 小五手.
Shangsheng Meihuaquan
Shangcheng Meihuaquan 上乘梅花拳 (plum Blossom Boxing of optimal quality ) is a branch of Meihuaquan taught in the Fujian from Wang Jincheng (王金城) to the son Wang Ding (王鼎, 1882–1985).Shaomoquan - Wang Xiangzhai and Meihuaquan
Between the several styles analyzed by Wang XiangzhaiWang Xiangzhai
Wang Xiangzhai ) , also known as Nibao, Zhenghe, Yuseng, was a Chinese xingyiquan master, responsible for founding the martial art of Yiquan.-Biography:...
in a famous interview there is also the Meihuaquan that it indicates also with the name of Wushizhuang (五式桩, Five figures pole) and asserts that to the age he was diffused in Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
and Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
. The more meaningful contact with this style, Wang Xiangzhai had it in the within of its travel of search through China: in 1928 it knows and alloy in friendship with master Liu Pixian, twelfth generation of Meihuaquan, with which it exchanges methods and acquaintances.After this experience Liu Pixian created a new style to which it gave the name of Shaomoquan (少摩拳).
Weapons
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
: dandao (單刀), Qimeigun (齊眉棍)， qiang
Qiang
The Qiang people are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern part of Sichuan province....
(槍, spear)， shuangdao (雙刀, double sabre)， Xiao shao gun (小哨棍)， jian
Jian
The jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE during the Spring and Autumn Period; one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.Historical one-handed versions have blades...
(劍)，Da shao gun (大哨棍)， jiujie gangbian (九節鋼鞭, , see jiujiebian)，liuxingchui (流星錘, meteor hammer), sanjiegun (三節棍)， Meihua Guai (梅花拐)， Bishou (匕手,)， dadao
Dadao
The dadao one of the varieties of dao or Chinese saber, is also known as the Chinese great sword. Based on agricultural knives, dadao have broad blades generally between two and three feet long, long hilts meant for "hand and a half" or two-handed use, and generally a weight-forward balance...
(大刀, alebard).
The first book about Rarely seen weapons is Genyuan (根源), that
Origins of Meihuaquan
Origins of this style are lost in legend. It is said that, when Zhang Sansheng teach in public, there are 100 generations of teachers before.Other sources claim origin before Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...
, but also in Shaolinquan:
Meihuaquan and History
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
.
During Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
people who practiced this style were involved in various uprisings, like Wang Lun in 1774, Feng Keshan in 1813 and Zhao Sanduo in 1900 Boxer Uprising. (Meihuaquan was particularly linked with the early phases of the Boxer Uprising.) Another disciple, Yang Bing, was an Imperial Palace guard:
Now we know that Yang Bing is a master of fifth generation and He born in Neihuangxian, not in Huaxian.
About Feng Keshan and Meihuaquan:
Unfortunately there aren't other sources who confirm that the style was attributed to Wu Mei.
Feng Keshan is a Eighth Generation. The legend of Wu Mei came from another style named Wumeihuaquan or Wumeipai and are founding also in some tale of Yongchunquan, a field completely distant to Feng Keshan history and Meihuaquan.
Meishanquan
Meishanquan 梅山拳 (Plum Mountain Boxing) also known as Meihuaquan is a style created during the Song DynastySong Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
in Meishan
Meishan
Meishan , formerly known as Meizhou or Qingzhou , is a prefecture-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin....
county of Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
. It has 77 sets.
Hunan Meihuaquan
A style named Meihuaquan was spread in HunanHunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
during the period of Guanxu (光绪, 1875–1908), by the master Wan Fuzi (万福子), who learned it in Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
.
Emei Meihuaquan
Informations on the Emei Meihuaquan (峨嵋梅花拳, Plum Flower boxing of the Emei mountain) are much insufficient: Zhou Beitao (周北涛) told that has created a set with this name, than it is made up of beyond 100 figures, after a long meditation of forehead to the plants of Meihua. The book “Zhongguo Wushu Renmin Cidian 中国武术人名辞典” instead allegates that Zhou would have learned the Meihuaquan and the Taijiquan from Zhang Yimin (张镒民), in 1930.They exist then varied forms Meihuaquan calls inside of styles from SichuanSichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
.
De'ang Meihuaquan
Between the members of etnia the De'angDe'ang
The Palaung are a Mon–Khmer ethnic minority found in Shan State of Burma, Yunnan province of China and northern Thailand. They live mainly in the northern parts of Shan State in the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone, with the capital at Namhsan. There are three main subgroups of Palaung: the Palé,...
(德昂族) of the Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
and the area south of the Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
a Meihuaquan is practiced since to the age of the Ming dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
.Between 1795 and the 1804 a revolt in Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
, Shaanxi
Shaanxi
' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...
, Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
and Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
taken place, dictates Chuanchu Bailianjiao Qi Yi (川楚白莲教起义, Rebellion of shism of the White Lotus in Sichuan and Hubei)or Chuanchu Jiao Luan (川楚教乱, Chaotic Schism of the Sichuan and the Hubei) that it carried this Plum Flower Boxing, to put itself in defiladed position.
Meihua Jiequan
Meihua Jie Quan 梅花捷拳 (Plum Blossom Fast Boxing) is a style of Chinese martial arts considered inner, although tasks are a ramification of the Shaolin School.Han Kuisheng (韩愧生), a man of the Shandong, practiced this boxing he transmitted and it to Fu Xiushan (傅秀山) from Yucheng (禹城). Fu has written and given to the press a book from the title it Jiequan Tushuo (捷拳图说)where it speaks about the style. Meihua Jie Quan emits the fists like the XingyiquanXingyiquan
Xingyiquan is one of the major "internal" or Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts. The word translates approximately to "Form/Intention Boxing", or "Shape/Will Boxing", and is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power...
, door the palm blows as the Baguazhang
Baguazhang
Bāguàzhǎng is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice...
and possesses of the figures, like Yunu Chuansuo (玉女穿梭) and Danbian (单鞭),identical to the Taijiquan.It possesses 5 Basics Figures (Wushi): Pi (劈), Tiao (挑), Shan (闪), Chong (冲),Xie (斜). It uses three plans (High, Medium, low) like method for l' agility. The complete form is made up of 48 figures, comprised the start and the end positions, and is characterized from 12 ritmate formulas (十二字诀, Shier zi jue).
Shunshimen and Meihuaquan
Shunshimen (顺式门) appears as a style composite and a part of it are defined Meihuaquan. Queste le forme appartenenti alla parte del Meihuaquan: Meihuaquan (梅花拳), Chuanlinzhang (穿林掌), Bafangzhang (八方掌), Meihua Sanshou Ershi Shi (梅花散手二十式), Meihuaqiang (梅花枪), Wuhu qunyang gun (五虎群羊棍).Wumeiquan or Wumeipai
Wumeiquan (五枚拳, boxing of Wumei) or Wumeipai (School of Wumei) is a style of Chinese martial arts maybe put in Nanquan class. In some witnesses we find Wumeiquan (五梅拳, boxing of “5 plums”) with other ideograms. In cantonese it is Ng Mui Kuen. In the “Wumeiquan Quanpu” (五梅拳拳谱) it is narrated that the style has been handed on from a buddhist nun (尼姑) whose religious name was Wu MeiWu Mei
Wu Mei is the pinyin romanization of:* Wǔ Méi , the legendary kung fu nun.* Wǔ Mèi , the given name of the Empress Wu....
(五梅). For other traditions Wu Mei was Taoist nun (Daogu 道姑).This nun transmitted it to Huang Baoshan (黄宝善, also known like Huang Baolin, 黄宝林) in the city of Lufengxiang (庐丰乡) in the district of Shanghangxian (上杭) of the Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
, which handed on in its turn it to Gong Rongguang (龚荣煌) of Lanxixiang (兰溪乡) always in Fujian.Gradually the school has spread in the Fujian and the Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
.The “annals of the County of Shanghang” (上杭县志, Shanghang Xianzhi) tell that Wumeiquan (五梅拳), the Orthodox Shaolin Boxing , at the end of the age of the Qing dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
were diffused in the districts of Lanxi
Lanxi
Lanxi may refer to the following locations in China:*Lanxi, Zhejiang , county-level city of Jinhua, Zhejiang*Lanxi County , of Suihua, Heilongjiang**Lanxi Town , town in and county seat of Lanxi County...
(蓝溪), Huangtan (黄潭), Taiba (太拔) and of the same Shanghang.These are some sequences by hand knot taught to New York: Tianguangzhang (天光掌); Wuxingquan (五行拳); Shier Dizhi (十二地支); etc. It must but to specify that in this style they often come practiced “free forms” and gives wide space to the free application of the movements.
These are the weapons used in the school of the area of Shanghang Sanchiba (三齿耙); gou lian qiang (钩镰枪); qinglongdao (青龙刀); mupa (木耙); dandao (单刀); shuangdao (双刀); jian (剑); it was (斧); shuang tongchui (双铜锤); tiechi (铁尺); hutoupai (虎头牌); bandeng (板凳); etc.
Many Sets
Many styles have inside their programs sets named Plum Blossom Boxing. For example in Cailifo, Tanglangquan, Hongdong TongbeiquanTongbeiquan
Tongbeiquan is a school of martial arts popular in northern China. Tongbeiquan's basic precepts are Taoist in nature and many of the training methods in Tongbeiquan are similar to those of the internal styles...
, Songshan
Songshan
Songshan District is a district of Taipei. The name of the district is historically spelled Sungshan. The Songshan Domestic Airport and the Taipei Arena are located here.-History:...
Shaolinquan, Hongjiaquan, ecc.
Shaolin Meihuaquan
There are two sets named Shaolin meihuaquan 少林梅花拳 in Songshan Shaolinquan: Xiao Meihuaquan (Little Plum Blossom Fist) and Da Meihuaquan (Big Plum Blossom Fist). Xiao Meihuaquan is also known as Shaolin Ditang Meihuaquan.Is said that this sets are created by Jinnaluo Wang (紧那罗王).
Cailifo Xiao Meihuaquan
Cailifo 蔡李佛 (Choyleefut) little Plum Blossom Boxing (小梅花拳) is a famous set with this name.Hongjia Meihuaquan (Hunggar Mui Fa Kuen)
Hongjia Meihuaquan (洪家梅花拳, Plum Blossom Fist of Hong Family) is a set of Hongjiaquan. Better known as Mui Fa Kuen, in Cantonese. Complete name is Shizi Meihuaquan (十字梅花拳, Crossing Plum Blossom Fist, in Cantonese Sap Ji Mui Fa Kuen).Meihuaquan and Tanglangquan
Tanglangquan has varied connections with the Meihuaquan name. One of the main branches of the style is called Meihua Tanglangquan and another Taiji Meihua Tanglangquan.some forms are said Meihua and in particular one is called Meihuaquan. Others are Meihualu (梅花路) e Meihuashou (梅花手). This 3 sets together “3 bloomed hands” are said; Jiang Hualong (姜化龙), founder of the branch Babu Tanglangquan, would have practiced Meihuaquan before beginning to study the boxing of Praying Mantis.Qilu Chaquan Meihuaquan
In ChaquanChaquán
Chāquán is a Chinese martial art that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers.Chāquán also includes a large range of weapons....
exists a Taolu that calls Meihuaquan and that it is Seventh Way of the Chaquan 七路查拳.
Gu Ruzhang Bei Shaolin Meihuaquan
Another Seventh Way (Qilu, 七路) is a Meihuaquan of Bei Shaolin of Gu Ruzhang, form and style probably derived from the ChaquanChaquán
Chāquán is a Chinese martial art that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers.Chāquán also includes a large range of weapons....
.
Qianhou Meihuaquan
Qianhou Meihuaquan, 前后梅花拳, is the name of a sequence of the Liuhequan.Qimen and Meihuaquan
Qi School (亓门, qímén) contains a form dictates Meihuaquan that is a method of preparation boxing all' income in the school.Further reading
- Yang Yanming 杨彦明, Wu Tanhua Yang Bing yu "Xiwuxu" 武探花杨炳与"习武序" (Yang Bing, grado militare Tanhua, ed l' "ordine in cui ci si esercita militarmente"), Zhongguo Wenshi Chubanshe, Pechino, 2004 ISBN 7-5034-1405-7 /G
- Kou Fengxian 冠凤仙 ed altri, Wuzi Meihuaquan 武子梅花拳, Renmin Tiyu Chuabanshe, 1991, ISBN 9787500906865
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Meihuazhuang 梅花桩, Guangzhou kepu Chubanshe , 1987
- Yan Zijie 燕子杰 , Zhongguo Meihuazhuang wen wu dafa 中国梅花桩文武大法,
- Yan Zijie 燕子杰 , Zhongguo Meihuazhuang Xunlian Dafa中国梅花桩训练大法,
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Wushi meihuazhuang shiyong ji ji shu五势梅花桩实用技击术, Bei Yu Chubanshe
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Shiyong qinna fa实用擒拿法, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Shiyong Hu Shen Jiji实用护身技击术, Beijing Tiyu Chubanshe
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Shen zhao ke di 神招克敌, Beijing Tiyu Chubanshe,1996, ISBN 9787810039208
- Han Jianzhong 韩建中, Qin di zhi sheng ba shi ba fa 擒敌制胜八十八法, Beijing Tiyu Chubanshe
- Yan Zijie 燕子杰 , Zhongguo Meihuazhuang Chengquan da fa 中国梅花桩成拳大法,
- Yan Zijie 燕子杰 , Zhongguo Meihuazhuang Qixie de Lianfa 中国梅花桩器械的练法,
- Yan Zijie 燕子杰 , Zhongguo Meihuazhuang Jiji dafa 中国梅花桩技大法,
- Wang Zhizong , Han Jianzhong e Yan Zijie, Cinq series d’exercise du Meihuazhuang, Editions Haifeng (versione in Cinese-Francese)
- Wang Zhizong , Han Jianzhong e Yan Zijie, Five Ganzhi Meihuazhuang Techniques, Haifeng, (versione Cinese-Inglese)
- Lu Gongli 卢恭礼, Meihuazhuang Quanshu 梅花桩拳术, Zhongguo Gongren Chubanshe
- Yin Wei 尹伟, Meihuazhuang Ji fa Jing Cui 梅花桩技法精粹, Gong'an Daxue Chubanshe
- Han Xue 韩雪, Zhongzhou Wushu Wenhua Yanjiu 中州武术文化研究, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe, Beijing, 2006, ISBN 7-5009-3032-1
- Cao Guangchao曹广超, Shuo Fo gui Dao meihuaquan 说佛归道梅花拳, article originally publishing on number 6 of Jingwu Magazine on 2007
- Huang Dashou, Zhongguo quanshu jieshao - Meihuaquan, article originally publishing on number 9 of December 1999 of Xing yu Ming magazine