The oldest of the seven major boxing styles in fujian

The oldest of the seven major styles of Fujian is: Wuzuquan.

Central Five Ancestors' Fist is the fist with the longest history and the widest geographical spread among the seven major fists of Fujian. Five Ancestral Fist has more than two hundred sets of routines, empty fists, long and short weapons to form their own system, the small set of very sophisticated, only ten steps, the large set is complex to one hundred and fifty-sixty skill hands.

The practice of Wuzuquan consists of piling, combat drills and sectarian kung fu. Stakework is a basic internal martial art practice that requires a stable standing posture and a relaxed body in order to cultivate inner strength and a sense of balance.

Practical drills emphasize precision and speed of movement, as well as coping strategies for different situations. Sect Kung Fu includes a variety of wrestling, carrying, kicking and punching maneuvers, requiring players to have profound physical fitness and movement skills. Five Ancestors' Kung Fu has an important position in Chinese martial arts culture, which is not only a part of Chinese traditional culture, but also can improve the physical quality and self-defense ability of the players.

The seven major styles of Fujian are:

1. Wuzuquan

Wuzuquan, one of the southern styles of traditional Chinese boxing.

2, Yongchun White Crane Fist

Yongchun White Crane Fist is one of the ancient Chinese boxing arts, belonging to the Southern Fist. Bionic elephant-shaped white crane feet, crane dance in the sky show hero. It has a great efficacy in practicing martial arts and fitness, a high value in attack and defense; it is simple and rich in connotation, and its theory is dialectical and subtle. With the crane as the shape, with the shape as the fist, taking the image in the name, the title to the elegant.

3, Fuzhou Crane Boxing

South Shaolin Zonghequan, Fuqing City, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, traditional martial arts, Fujian Province, one of the provincial intangible cultural heritage.

4, geomancy boxing

Geomancy boxing is one of the rare traditional boxing in southern China, also known as "geomancy dog method", "ground dragon boxing" or "ground lying boxing", commonly known as "dog boxing". Folk commonly known as "dog fist", belongs to the martial arts skills, a long history. Because the fist originated in the temple, so belong to the sectarian system, but also because of the region in Minzhong, in the south of the Yangtze River, but also belongs to the southern boxing system.

Again, the geomancy boxing system imitates the evolution of the dog's fighting style, so it has the characteristics of bionic elephant boxing. The unique characteristics of geomancy boxing ground techniques, bondage techniques, is the soul of geomancy boxing, its companion, making it different from other boxing soul based on where.

May 23, 2011, the State Council approved the inclusion of geomancy boxing in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project list.

5. Dragon Pile Boxing

Dragon Pile Boxing is one of the southern styles of traditional boxing, and belongs to the Longzun Boxing set.

Dragon Pile Boxing was defined as one of the seven major styles of boxing in Fujian in 1984.

6, Tiger Boxing

Tiger Boxing is a traditional boxing in Fujian Province, belonging to the category of Nanquan, which is also a kind of hieroglyphic boxing. It is widely spread in Fuzhou, Minhou, Changle, Nanping, Sanming, Xianyou and Putian. In the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, it was created by Li Yuanzhu of Bikou Village, Yongtai County. Imitating the shape of the tiger, taking the tiger's skills, and melting them into boxing, he created the Tiger Respect Boxing (i.e., the mother fist, referring to the first way of boxing).

7, Liancheng Boxing

Liancheng Boxing, Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, the local traditional boxing, Fujian Province, one of the provincial intangible cultural heritage.