What are the five major sects in China?

The five major schools in China are Wudang, Shaolin, Kongdong, Emei and Kunlun.

1, Shaolin is the widest range of Chinese martial arts, the longest history, the most varieties of martial arts, out of the Shaolin Temple in Mt. Shaolin martial arts fame in the world, began at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, thirteen Shaolin monks were invited by King Li Shimin to take part in the battle to pacify Wang Shichong. With their superior skills, they captured Wang Shichong's nephew, Wang Renze, alive and forced Wang Shichong to surrender. After the victory of the reward, in addition to Tuanzong a person was awarded the general, the remaining twelve people do not want to be awarded, return to Shaolin, but were given the purple robe, and a large number of fields, silver, Shaolin Temple, since then Shaolin Temple is famous for martial arts;

2, Wudang school, founded in Hubei Province, Wudang Mountain, for the internal sect, starting in the Song and the rise in the Ming. According to Huang Zongxi's "Epitaph for Wang Zhengnan" in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Wudang School was created by Zhang Sanfeng of the Song Dynasty. Its gong method is characterized by strong muscles and bones, luck work. Emphasis on internal cultivation, pay attention to the static brake, to soften the hard, to shorten the long, to slow down the fast, with the intention of luck, with the gas to transport the body, favoring the feminine, the main breathing, with a short hand, the Wudang Gongfu is not the main attack, but also can not be easily violated;

3, Emei School of the name of the ancient cultivation of immortality and learning the Taoist holy land of Emei Mountain and the beginning of, it is different from the Hongmen of the Tiandi Association of "Emei Mountain", Hongmen's "Emei Mountain" is different, Hongmen's "Emei Mountain" is different, the "Emei" is different. "It is different from the Hongmen's "Emei Mountain", which is a fictionalized version of the mountain, and the Emei School's "Emei" is a place name, which is a real reference. Emei school and Shaolin, Wudang *** for the Middle Kingdom martial arts of the three great sects, but also a very wide range of sects;

4, Kongdong school is one of the traditional Chinese martial arts schools, Kongdong martial arts earlier than Shaolin, Emei, Wudang founded in the Kongdong Mountain, is an integral part of Taoist culture. The first generation of masters of the school in the Tang Dynasty, Gansu, Fei Hong Zi absorbed the dances of Gua Zhou (now Dunhuang) and other places at that time, forming the Kongdong School of important and profound martial arts, "Flower Frames Gate". Kongdong school of martial arts to take the strengths of all, in its approach, routines, techniques and kung fu become one, pay attention to the actual fight, the actual take, in order to combat to strengthen the body and increase the power for the purpose of;

5, Kunlun school is also the late Ming Dynasty, the emergence of the Taoist branch, which is located in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, the Kunlun Mountains. The Kunlun Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, and the mountains are so beautiful that Taoist priests went there one after another to practice. The Kunlun Sect was named after the mountains and established itself as a sect. In Jin Yong's martial arts novels, the Kunlun Sect is one of the eight major sects, of which He Zudao is the representative.