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The Origin of Wudang Wushu

Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, is located in the hinterland of China, Hubei Province, Shiyan City, Danjiangkou City, east of the Three Kingdoms ruins of the ancient city of Xiangyang Longzhong, west of the modern city of Shiyan, the South according to the pristine forests of the Shennongjia, north of the South-to-North Water Transfer of the water source Danjiang reservoir area, which is located in the magical area of the east longitude of 110 degrees, the north latitude of 30 degrees between the area can be said to be in the center of the whole of China in the view of Taoist thinking, Wudang Mountain In Taoist thought, Wudang Mountain, this unique geographical position, not only on the induction of the sky, can be connected to the ground, at the same time, east, west, south, north and south of the four different directions of the yin and yang of the qi, if you can reconcile and unify in this central position, you can achieve all things born, the world is peaceful. This highest state of harmony of all things, Taoism called Taihe.

As early as 800 million years ago, Wudang Mountain rose from the ancient ocean, forming a lotus-shaped mountain, the surrounding peaks naturally toward the 1612-meter Tianzhu Peak, like the stars arching over the moon, a spectacle known as the "seventy-two peaks toward the big top". According to the five elements of Taoism, "the south is fire", the shape of the peak of Mount Wudang, like a blazing fire, water on fire in the world that is, only the northern water god Zhenwu sitting on the fire-shaped mountain, in order to achieve "smooth winds and rains, the country and the people," so there is the Therefore, there is a "non-Zhenwu insufficient when the" said. This may be the name of Wudang, the fundamental meaning of the meaning of peace.

Chinese martial arts has a long history, Wudang Wushu is a big name of Chinese martial arts, a long history, it is y rooted in thousands of years of Chinese culture in the fertile soil, contains a profound Chinese tradition of philosophical wonders, the ancient Chinese tai chi, yin and yang, the five elements, eight trigrams, and other philosophical theories, used in boxing theory, boxing techniques, practicing the principle of martial arts and combat strategy, which is essentially the exploration of the laws of life activities, is the Wudang Taoism, the light produced in the exploration of life. It is a glorious crystallization produced in the exploration of life.