Tips on intangible cultural heritage: Which traditional boxing method in my country was created by imitating the long arms of apes? Tongbei Quan and Wing Chun

Tongbei Quan was created to imitate the long arms of apes.

Tongbei Quan, also known as Tongjiquan, is a unique force among traditional Chinese martial arts and contains profound cultural heritage and technical essence. This boxing uses Sanshou alone as a training method to hone the practical skills of exquisite and changeable techniques and agile and fast body movements. On the basis of imitating the long arms of apes, Tongbei Quan has formed its own unique boxing system.

It not only absorbs the essence of various martial arts schools, but also innovates in martial arts concepts and practical applications. The origin of Tongbei Quan can be traced back to ancient times and has a development history of thousands of years. Today, it has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list and has become an important treasure of Chinese culture.

Many martial arts enthusiasts and professionals are committed to the research and inheritance of Tongbei Quan, and have made unremitting efforts to promote it and its long-lasting history.

Tongbei Quan is widely used in actual combat, whether it is in the streets or on the battlefield, you can see it. During the practice, Tongbei Quan emphasizes both internal and external training. It not only focuses on the training of basic skills such as boxing, palm skills, and leg skills, but also emphasizes the coordination and unity of Qi, mind, spirit, and form. Only by fully mastering and integrating these techniques can the true power of Tongbei Quan be exerted in actual combat.

The origin of martial arts

1. Martial arts originated from the productive labor of our ancient ancestors. In primitive societies where social productivity was extremely low, humans mainly relied on primitive production activities such as hunting for a living, and learned how to beat wild beasts with bare hands or using sticks, stones and other instruments. Most of these methods are based on instinctive, spontaneous and random body movements.

2. Human beings entered the late Paleolithic Age, and production tools such as stone tools have developed greatly; entering the Neolithic Age, people have widely used bows and arrows for hunting. Due to the continuous innovation of production and hunting tools, people have initially accumulated experience in chopping, chopping, striking, stabbing and other techniques.

3. In the clan commune period, tribal wars promoted the formation and development of fighting skills. People summarized the fighting methods that were more successful in war, imitated them repeatedly, practiced them, and taught them to the next generation. These technical methods began to become an important part of military training.