Text: Ruan Zutang Cendis Zhou Cixi
Based on the relevant literature and history materials, the records of Foshan Museum and the oral history of Ruan Qishan and Cenneng, a Brief History of Wing Chun Boxing is compiled with Ruan Qishan-Cenneng-Guangzhou Wing Chun Boxing system as the main line, for the reference of those who study the development history of Wing Chun Boxing.
The ancestors of Wing Chun Boxing School were five nuns. According to legend, Master Wu Da became a monk in Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province in his early years. He often traveled between mountains and rivers and sometimes witnessed cranes and snakes fighting, so he knew that Huashan had a set of boxing skills that were good at fighting. This is a rumor that can be traced back more than 200 years.
This boxing was created by women, and its external style seems graceful and demure, but in essence it is a set of martial arts boxing that pays great attention to fighting efficiency and fierce killing.
Because of the female physical characteristics of Master Wu, the founder of boxing, in order to win a powerful attack in a very short time, we must combine strength, strength, wrestling distance, touching method, waist and horse changes and ingenious attack and defense angles. So this kind of boxing is very different from other boxing methods and theories.
Teacher Wu Mei once lived in seclusion for a long time in Ningyin Temple, Henan Province, Guangzhou, practicing martial arts in her spare time and taking a nun as a disciple.
One of the early descendants of the five great masters was Xie Fa, a butcher in Erlong Street, Henan, Guangzhou, also known as Xie Yufa. He once studied this martial art and was called "Five Fists" by the early disciples of the five great masters. Later, Xie Fa taught five kinds of boxing to his five sons, and the locals called them "Xie Jia Wuhu".
At that time, I got five teachers' clothes, one of which was Miao Shun's. Miao Shun has a high understanding of these five boxing methods, and he will innovate boxing methods and teach them to Yan Er in the future.
Yaner once practiced Hongquan. This anti-Qing righteous man is the "red stick" of Hong Men branch in Quanzhou, Fujian (the position in charge of the armed forces in Hong Men organization). Others, such as "Bai Fan (military adviser)" and "sandals (traffic information)", were wanted by the government because of the exposure of the incident. Yan Er's family moved from Fujian to Liancheng, Guangdong (now Lianzhou, northern Guangdong). Selling tofu for a living in the suburbs of Liancheng County. Later, Yan Er was lucky enough to knit Miao Shun, so he got the way of five fists.
Yan Yongchun, the eldest daughter of Yan Er, is commonly known as Yan Sanniang, and her talent is detached. I have been practicing martial arts with my father since I was a child, and I have achieved five true stories.
At this time, Liang (Jiangxi), another righteous man who fought against the Qing Dynasty and regained his sight, was also taken in by Yan 'er for avoiding the court's pursuit of Liancheng County, which had fallen. Later, Liang Bo was adopted by his son-in-law in Yan's family and married to Sanniang Yongchun. After Yaner's death, Yan Yongchun and her husband Liang moved to Nanxiong County, northern Guangdong Province, and gave Liang five punches. After Yan Yongchun died, Liang established a museum in Nanxiong County to teach boxing. In order to remember the kindness of his beloved wife, Liang Bo renamed Wuquan "Wing Chun Quan". In other words, Wing Chun Quan was created in five stages, and its naming began with Liang.
At this time, the techniques of boxing, stick, knife and stake in Wing Chun Kung Fu series have been perfected.
In Qionghua Society of Cantonese Opera "Red Boat", several disciples of Liyuan, Huang Huabao, Jin Lu and Gao Laozhong performed with the Red Boat Troupe in Nanxiong. Liang Bonuo, who loves Cantonese opera, always joins the troupe. Starring Huang Huabao, Zhang Fei, who is loyal to the liver and brave, plays a military commander, and Liu Bei, who is a big face, and Liu Bei, who used to be in the United States, are loyal to Gao Laozhong, moving the audience to make friends with three people and getting familiar with them several times at a time. Then after a favorite game, Liang Bo and Huang Huabao, with a big face, hit it off with Gao Laozhong. Liang Boyi, childless, went south with the Red Boat Troupe and settled in Guangzhou. Later, Liang accepted Huang Huabao, Hua Mianjin and Gao Laozhong as disciples.
In the future, Huang Huabao will teach Wing Chun skills to Liang Erdi, a good friend of the troupe. Liang Erdi passed the boxing to Liang Zan, a native of Gulao Township, Heshan County. On the occasion of Huang Huabao's 50th birthday, Liang Erdi and his apprentice Liang Zan went to celebrate his birthday, so Liang Zan met Huang Huabao. Huang Huabao appreciates Liang Zan; He even accepted Liang Zan as a closed disciple.
After completing his skills under Huang Huabao, Liang Zan opened Zansheng Hall (later renamed Xingjitang) in Chopsticks Street, Foshan Town, Guangdong Province, selling medicine and practicing medicine, and taught students Wing Chun boxing skills in Yiguang of Zansheng Hall. Liang Zan's disciples are (Find), Gui Lu (Pig), (Rogue Qi) and his son Liang Bi.
There are many disciples now, including Lei Ruji, He Xiangjian, Wu Shaolu, He Hanlv, Wu and his son Chen Rumian. Chen Rumian passed on his boxing skills to his two sons. Wu Chuanzi, pass on the disciples' candles. Chen Huashun died of a stroke.
In addition, Dahua Mianjin (Jin Lu), who studied Wing Chun with Huang Huabao in Guangzhou at that time, stayed in Guangzhou after her success. In the future, Dahua Mianjin has created a martial arts hero with great achievements and a generation of famous catchers Feng and Wing Chun techniques. At that time, it had entered the era of Ganjia in the late Qing Dynasty.
Feng, a native of Shunde, Guangdong Province, is famous for his martial arts and chivalrous spirit. He once served as a military attache in yamen of Dushi County (now Zhongshan City) in Guangdong Province and the government of Taiwan Province. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), he followed Luo, a famous Hunan minister in the Qing Dynasty, as a military attache. An important aide of Zeng Guofan's political group. He used to be a provincial judge in Hubei, a political history in Guizhou, and a loyal servant in Yunnan. In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, Luo served as the governor of Sichuan and Feng as the public security of Sichuan. In the post of chief arresting officer in the provincial capital (the provincial judicial organ is in charge of public security and criminal prisons), he fought bloody battles with all kinds of powerful warriors and soldiers, shedding blood. Write down the most colorful and sonorous legend in his life. From 1858 to 1867, Luo died in Sichuan, and Feng's nine-year career under Luo left a legacy for Wing Chun Boxing.
In addition, Ruan Chongming, a wealthy businessman in Foshan Town, married a wife and two concubines. His two sons, Ruan Jiyun and Ruan Qishan, are naturally addicted to martial arts. Since childhood, I have practiced Wing Chun with the famous wing Chun teacher Huo Baoquan for many years, and my kung fu attainments are extraordinary. Chinese workers living in Annan (now Vietnam) were often bullied and blackmailed by local gangs. In order to protect the safety of family members, the local Chinese group "Nanfanshun Hometown Association" paid Ruan Jiyun to teach martial arts in Annan. Ruan Jiyun, who was addicted to martial arts, gave up the comfortable life of a rich family and happily went to the lead-zinc mine in the northern mountainous area of Guangning, Annan, to teach China miners Wing Chun skills. Later, in a vicious conflict between China laborers and local gangsters, both sides were caught red-handed by Annan public security organs for violating the criminal law. Ruan Jiyun beat many gangsters even though his hands were handcuffed. Ruan Jiyun's battle has become a thousand-year-old story. Later, Ruan Jiyun obeyed the exchange conditions offered by the police and stayed in Hanoi for four years, teaching Wing Chun to a group of senior police officers to offset his merits and demerits in the case. Later, Ruan Jiyun spread martial arts in several cities such as Haiphong, and later settled in Saigon. Today, there are still descendants from Vietnam, Southeast Asian countries and China and Guangxi who continue the inheritance of Wing Chun Boxing.
Let's talk about Ruan Chongming later At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the family was prominent. In addition to running many factories and businesses in Foshan and the provincial capital, Ruan Chongming, including the drugstore "Ruan's Harmony Hall" which was tried in Foshan Street at that time, was also awarded the Doctor's Degree by the court, acting as an agent for education, culture, religion and postal services in Zhili and Fengtian (now Hebei and Liaoning) provinces. Ruan Chongming donated his official position. At that time, there was a system of buying officials to fill vacancies The official position donated is actually appointed, and the official buyer must be handsome and talented.
Out of the intersection and pity of officialdom, Ruan Chongming betrothed his daughter (that is, Ruan Qishan's half-sister) to Luo Tianqi, Luo's second son. Because of the in-laws between Luo and Ruan, the Ruan brothers have long known Feng, a big official arrested in Sichuan, who beat the strong thieves and robbers in Xiangchuan beyond recognition.
Sichuan has always been an eventful place and the hardest hit area for bandits. Feng followed Luo for nine years. In Sichuan, he was sentenced and punished according to the general manager of the investigation department. He fought against the ethnic tribes who rebelled against the imperial court, fought hand-to-hand with the villains who robbed and robbed, suppressed bandits, and tortured them severely, such as the end of the year and branding. Punishing officials and bandits with an iron fist is as bad as officialdom. Feng's iron and blood policy has improved the severe public security situation in Sichuan, but at the same time it has offended and offended the vested interests of the ruling and opposition parties. It is responding to a truth: "When a person finally stands on the commanding heights of victory, he may have been scarred." The injury referred to is not only the injury of flesh and blood, but also the slander of rape rumors.
Things change and history falls. After six years of Tongzhi (1867), Luo died of illness and became the governor of Sichuan. Feng lost the backing of his official position, and his brilliant Jianghu career ended. A year later, Feng, who had been struggling for a foothold in the officialdom, resigned from his official position and went to replace Wu Tang, the governor of Sichuan who did not trust Luo Hou and did not reuse him. He faded out of his once ambitious official career and left Myanmar with a group of cronies and subordinates who lost their official career to make a living in a foreign country.
Feng has been wandering abroad for many years. When he returned to his hometown, he was 74 years old and never got married. If you go back to China to die, you will only be lonely for life. Feng's return from Myanmar to settle in Foshan is also a combination of providence and opportunity. Just because Feng is a lover in love, his first stop on his return from Myanmar is to go to Foshan, and also to visit Luo's survivors (Luo was born in Huaxian, but his grandfather's uncle moved to Foshan from Huaxian during the Qianlong period, and Luo moved to Foshan to live with his father Luo shortly after his birth. Luo's descendants also took root in Foshan. It was because of the relationship between Ruan Jia and Luo Jia that he had an association with Feng. It happened that Ruan Chongming deeply loved the martial arts talent of his fifth son Ruan Qishan, and when he learned that Feng had returned to China, he helped him find talents in his later years. He spared no expense to hire Feng to learn Ruan Qishan's Wing Chun in Sangyuan (now Fuxian Road, Foshan City) (at that time, his fourth son Ruan Jiyun had gone to Annan). In the meantime, Ma Zhongru, a well-known person in Foshan Town, the son of the medical tycoon Ma, Zhao Jianqing, the boss of Qianshantang Shaodong, Luo Houpu, the boss of Yingju Tea House, Qu Shi, the owner of Chopsticks Street butcher's shop, and people from Shaobian Township in Nanhai also worshipped Feng as a teacher to learn Wing Chun martial arts. Feng died in Foshan at the age of 78.
Ruan Qishan was the owner of many factories and companies in Shaodong, and also the owner of local government during the Republic of China. Ruan Qishan, known as "the old Ruan Jian of Foshan" by Guangdong Wushu circles and folks, will become one of the leading figures of Wing Chun Boxing School in Foshan in the future. His skills helped the boxers who were famous for their leg skills in northern Wulin to compete with Wanshou Palace, and made the northern fierce monk, the ancestor of a stick, submit to his "6: 30 stick method". Ruan Qishan, as a master of Wing Chun Boxing, is also the theoretical founder of Wing Chun Boxing School and is famous in the history of Wulin.
History has turned a page of vicissitudes, and an outstanding figure in the modern history of Wing Chun Quan was born.
Ceneng 1926 was born in Peru. Cenneng, a mixed-race mother of Peruvian descent and father of China descent, returned to his hometown of Renhe Village, Shencun Town, Nanhai, Guangdong at the age of 5. Unfortunately, the Pacific War blocked the navigation between China and overseas, and Cenneng became an orphan who lost his parents and was penniless overnight. /kloc-at the age of 0/2, in order to make a living, Cen Neng was introduced to work as a handyman in Tianhai Teahouse in Foshan Town. This docile teahouse boy is always bullied in an evil society. Sheng Zaicen is diligent and talented, and is deeply loved by Zhang Bao, a dim sum master in teahouse. Zhang Bao is a master of Wing Chun Boxing. In order to let Cen protect himself and strengthen himself, he accepted Cen Neng as a disciple and taught him Wing Chun boxing. Cen Can practiced martial arts hard and had a high understanding. Later, I studied traumatology with Wei Yusheng, another famous Wing Chun teacher. Cenneng's martial arts talent was appreciated by Zhang Bao's close friend Ruan Qishan. On the recommendation of Zhang Bao, Ruan Qishan accepted Cenneng as a disciple and spread all his martial arts. At that time, Cenneng was only 18 years old, but he was already skilled in martial arts and famous in Guangfo area. From 65438 to 0948, Cenneng earned his own living in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and opened a medical martial arts school in Dade Road, Guangzhou. And has been employed by blacksmith's union, catering union, hardware union and other organizations, giving boxing practice.
In the following decades, Cen was able to devote his life to the development of Wing Chun Quan, and his disciples spread all over dozens of countries and regions in the world, becoming a contemporary master of Wing Chun Quan.