When Song Wu went to Jingyanggang to shoot tigers, he held a "sentry stick" in his hand. What kind of weapon is this?

The "whistle stick" used by Song Wu to kill tigers in Jingyanggang is what we call a wooden stick and a wooden stick.

First of all, the weapon of attack-stick

Cudgel is a kind of fighting weapon in China Wushu, also known as "cudgel".

In primitive society, people used sticks to hunt for self-defense. According to historical records, the peasants "cut firewood for soldiers" during the uprising, that is, they used sticks as weapons during the uprising. In the Song Dynasty, sticks became popular among the army and the people. In the story of "Song Wu killed the tiger", when Song Wu went to Jingyanggang, the "sentry stick" in his hand was what we called a wooden stick.

It was recorded in the Tang Dynasty that some people beat tigers with sticks. According to Ji, "There are many tigers in Hailing, and the walker knows the great stick". It seems that sticks may be an excellent weapon against tigers.

Sticks are not only self-defense tools that are convenient to carry around, but also used in martial arts performances. Among the martial arts societies in Lin 'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, there are not only "Jiao Jiao Society" and "Sumo Society", but also "Yingluo Society" which makes sticks. This shows that in the Southern Song Dynasty, cudgel has appeared as a form of performance.

Second, the development history of stick art When it comes to stick art, we have to mention the famous Shaolin stick art. ..

Shaolin cudgel was famous as early as the Tang Dynasty. There is a legend in the history of Shaolin Temple that "thirteen stick monks saved the Tang King". Shaolin stick technique has been spread to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is still a very important part of Shaolin Wushu. Wang Shizhen once said in the Ming Dynasty: "Today, the monks of Shaolin Temple still stand in the world." . The so-called "Bai Mudan" is a kind of wooden stick, which is generally made of hard and elastic wood, such as dates and grey poles.

By the Ming Dynasty, Shaolin Temple people were still respected all over the world for their stick skills. Jing Richang, a scholar in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, also said in his book Shuo Song that "the monks in this temple are still illusory", which means that cudgeling today is still the glory of Shaolin monks.

Yu Yu, a famous anti-Japanese warrior in the Ming Dynasty, wrote the Sword Sutra. He thinks cudgeling is like reading four books and learning everything about knives and guns. If you practice your stick, you will be able to use all kinds of other weapons easily.

According to legend, during a visit to Songshan Shaolin Temple, I saw monks practicing stick skills. After reading it, Jade found that Shaolin stick technique had been lost because of its long history, so she chose two monks from them to learn stick technique with him.