With the success of Bruce Lee, Chinese Kung Fu began to become a household name throughout the world. As one of my country's traditional culture, Chinese Kung Fu has not developed very well, especially light work, which has almost reached the point of "lost".
In countless film and television dramas in our country, Qinggong has a very important role. Unique stunts such as iron palm floating on the water also left a deep impression on everyone. But why is such a powerful Qinggong hard to see today. There are many reasons for this.
The Truth of Qinggong
As a kungfu that almost violates the theorem of science, Qinggong has long been "demonized" by major film and television dramas. In the impression of many people, Qinggong can "fly" directly. Equal sign, In some folk records, light work is almost omnipotent. Flying over the wall is just a basic operation, and it can even fly directly in the sky without the help of any objects.
It is precisely because light gong has been "demonized" that everyone has a deep misunderstanding of light gong, so that when they see the real light gong, they deny it, so how can we have a correct understanding of light gong? Do you know?
In fact, Qinggong is not only real, but also has historical records. Two historical records about Qinggong come from " Northern History " and " Sui Shu ".
There is a record in "Northern History" that a man named Shen Guang mastered a special skill, he can directly climb on a bamboo without any support, and on it Toss and turns can also maintain stability, quite a feeling of flying through the clouds.
In Sui Shu, it is recorded that Shen Guang had another skill. One day, when he came to a temple, he suddenly discovered that the rope used to fix the flag face was broken on the flag pole of the temple. No one can fix this situation.
At that time, there were only two ways to repair the situation. One was to put down the flag pole and erect the rope after repairing it, but this was too much trouble and it was a very large project. The other way was by The man climbed up to tie the rope again.
This method is light and handy, but the actual operation is very difficult. No one in the whole temple dared to climb up. Knowing this, Shen Guang bit the rope with his mouth and held the pole with both hands. He climbed up, as dexterous as an ape.
After tying the ropes, Shen Guang did not return the same way, but jumped down directly. According to the height of the flag pole, Shen Guang jumped down at least four stories high, but Shen Guang jumped down but nothing happened. Not at all, and won the title of "Fei Fei Xian".
From these two records, it can be seen that the ancient light work does exist, but it is essentially different from the "flying sky" in the film and television drama. He is not a kind of "magic", but A kind of Kung Fu, Kung Fu cannot be separated from the laws of nature.
In real life, the real "light work" has not been lost. For example, some acrobats can jump directly on the egg and stand firmly, but the egg is not broken. Some folk masters can Climbing up to the second floor with bare hands in one breathing time, these are also part of the light work.
But unfortunately, although Qinggong in modern society is not completely lost, it is close to disappearing, and the reason for his disappearance is also worth reflecting on later generations.
The "lost" of Qinggong
There are many reasons why Qinggong has gradually become lonely and even disappeared from everyone's vision in the countless development of today.
The main reason for the small number of practitioners is that the development of each martial art is inseparable from the number of participants, just like foreign martial arts types: boxing, taekwondo, etc., there are a large number of them all over the world The number of participants, but Qinggong is completely different. Modern people have almost no demand for him.
Except for the few folk masters, the only known light exercise practitioners today are the Daoist of Wudang and some monks of Shaolin Temple. Almost no one is practicing, even if they have reached a very high level. , It is also difficult to promote the light gong, and over time, the light gong will naturally slowly be lost.
The loss of light kung fu has a lot to do with the "rules" of ancient martial arts in my country. In our ancient martial arts, the selection of apprentices is very strict. Even if there are hundreds of disciples behind some kung fu masters, they can get the truth. Maybe there are only two or three people.
Compared with these fist techniques, the standard of accepting disciples is stricter. Sometimes a master only accepts one disciple in his life. The final result of this method of teaching is that it is extremely easy to be lost. The most typical This is the Yanzi Li San during the Republic of China.
As the most famous thieves in the Republic of China, Yanzi Li San has a fame stunt, that is, he can change his weight at will. He can instantly be as light as a feather, walk on paper without leaving footprints, or he can be as heavy as a rock. , Several big guys can't hold him together.
At that time, and Yanzi Lisan came to a restaurant for dinner, ordered the famous roast duck in the store, and ate three roast ducks in one go. One roast duck weighs nine kilograms, plus toppings and other toppings. It has a weight of almost thirty catties.
However, at the checkout, Swallow Li San claimed that he only ate a catty of roast duck. This time, the public said that the public is reasonable, and the mother said that the mother is reasonable, and no one is willing to give up half a step. Li San proposed a solution, which is to weigh him.
As a result, when weighing the weight, everyone found that Yanzi Li San was not enough for 30 catties, so that the owner of that restaurant could only eat huanglian dumb, which saved Yanzi Li San’s meal. From then on, Yanzi Li Sanyi Zhan became famous, and his light work became well-known.
Yanzi Li San’s light work was unacceptable during the Republic of China, and many people had been apprentices. However, Yanzi Li San never accepted disciples, and finally had the idea of accepting disciples before he died. What was taught was only formulas and could not be demonstrated. In the end, Yanzi Li San's light work was regrettably lost.
But in the final analysis, there is another main reason for the disappearance of light work, which is "lost its function." In the early days, there were two main functions of light work. One was to hurry and the other was to Can be more dexterous in the process of confronting the enemy.
With the development of the times, human transportation has developed from early horses to airplanes, motor cars, etc. No one needs to use light work to hurry, even if there are few people walking, naturally they will not spend a lot of time. Come to practice this martial arts.
In terms of confrontation with the enemy, the people of our country have long banned civil arenas, and there are also large space restrictions on professional arenas, and light gong can not be used at all, so fewer and fewer people practice light gong.
Perhaps many years ago, Qinggong could really fly on the ground, but modern society has no such demand. exists and is reasonable. The disappearance of Qinggong shows that his need is gradually reduce.
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