What is the allusion of eight worships and nine knocks?

Many Wulin people are concerned that the controversy is so great, so what is "three worships and nine knocks"? Lu Tai, the lecturer of Jilin Sinology Lecture Hall, told the reporter that "three worships and nine knocks" is the highest solemn etiquette that originated in ancient China. It is mainly used for offering sacrifices to ancestral temples, emperors, and other important occasions, especially in martial arts. "Worship" means standing with your hands folded on your chest, your knees slowly touching the ground, and finally crawling on your upper body. "Knock" means knocking on the ground with your head when your body can't climb.

According to records, "three worships and nine knocks" began to be widely used in religion in the Han Dynasty. In Taoism, "worship" symbolizes sacrifice to heaven and earth, "knocking" symbolizes bow and respect, and "three worships and nine knocks" symbolizes balancing yin and yang, adjusting seven emotions and eliminating six desires.

"The times need the return of traditional culture, but why is' three worships and nine knocks' abused in national fitness occasions? Because many people confuse the concepts of apprentice and student now, "Li Tingkui, an associate professor at the School of Physical Education of Jilin University, pointed out that taking Jilin Province as an example, similar situations mainly appeared in Tai Ji Chuan, Xingyiquan and Bagua Palm. "At present, a martial artist can have two or three disciples and thousands of students, but it is obviously unrealistic to say that he has thousands of disciples."

Throughout the world, many martial arts are inherited from etiquette culture, such as Taekwondo, Muay Thai and Karate. In the match between China Kung Fu and Muay Thai a few years ago, when the organizer of China asked if the pre-match etiquette of Muay Thai players could be shortened because it was too long, the other party gave the answer: "We can shorten the game, but we can't shorten the pre-match etiquette." The organic integration of ceremony and martial arts can be seen.

Li Tingkui said: "China's traditional Wushu pays attention to respecting teachers and paying homage to teachers. There is no problem, but the core of Wushu is to shape people, not just a simple form of worship. Therefore, while stripping off the cultural core, it is meaningless to pursue the traditional etiquette form as fashion, and it is not worth advocating. Especially in the field of national fitness, not only students always give teachers a' three worships and nine kowtows' ceremony, but many fitness instructors with limited knowledge of martial arts routines dare to accept this gift easily, which is very inappropriate. "