Why does the traditional Wushu Bagua Palm keep turning in circles?

The Eight Diagrams Movement originated from the Eight Diagrams Palm in China traditional martial arts. The founder of Baguazhang is generally considered to be Dong Haichuan of the Qing Dynasty. His great apprentice Cheng began to learn martial arts from Dong Haichuan at the age of 10. At that time, the content he studied was not complicated, but basically a change. Cheng, who is less than 20 years old, has made his mark in the martial arts field in Beijing and is known as "the wonder of the world".

Because "Yanjing City" had become a leader in the Wulin at that time, many people in the Wulin looked for him to compete, but he never lost. The doyen who practiced Xingyiquan in Beijing once recalled that Shang Yunxiang, a famous Xingyiquan, tried his hand with Cheng Yi. It is said that the reason was that he was still a teacher. "Shang's is a short bloke with a big belly. He went home to pay a New Year call to Cheng, sat behind the square table and arched his stomach very darkly. Shang Shi's strength had just driven the table, when Cheng's hand patted it on the table, and then they went to the yard to have a try. Some people say that Cheng Kaiming admires Cheng's agility. "

Cheng is the second generation leader of Bagua Palm, and is considered as one of the best leaders in Bagua Palm. Cheng jiao's eight diagrams palm is very simple, just walk around. Nowadays, many routines in the Bagua Palm are mostly created by later generations according to their own understanding. Baguazhang inherits the Taoist tradition and culture of Baguazhang, continues the needs of contemporary people's physical and mental health, restores the true colors of the road to simplicity, and contains a variety of mental methods in one formula. From simple to complex, from complex to nothing, thus forming the unique connotation of advanced kung fu and the cultivation of physical and mental life.

Dong Haichuan, the founder of Bagua Palm, once traveled to Bashu and other places in wuyue, where Taoist Qiu Changchun, one of the seven truths of the Northern School, preached and preached the Dharma. According to the Record of Seven Real People's Words and Actions, seven real people in the north became monks, but only Qiu Changchun had no choice, so he helped people of all colors to cross the river to sharpen their minds. Every time I doze off, I get up and turn around, relax and stretch my muscles. In this way, the practice method of Taoist esoteric biography-turning to Buddha was formed. Now some Taoist temples have begun to resume the religious ceremony of turning to Buddha. In the eight diagrams palm kung fu, a mysterious method of turning the sky is formed, and there is a formula: "If you want to be supreme, you will turn the sky."

Similar to the eight diagrams palm, there are natural gate short step, Hubei sky gas, boy picking lotus step, wolf diving step and so on. At the same time, it incorporates the connotations of Taiji, Yin and Yang and Eight Diagrams in China culture, and becomes a unique kungfu exercise.