Plum blossom boxing, which is widely spread in rural areas of Hebei, Shandong and Henan, was called Plum Blossom Pile in ancient times. It is named after training on 65,438+000 piles. It is a long history, simple and mysterious boxing school, which was openly taught and flourished in the peasant uprising war in the late Ming Dynasty. As early as 1988, China historians found from literature and historical legends that Meihua Boxing was the initiator and main force of the anti-imperialist struggle of the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty. This view immediately attracted the attention of historians at home and abroad, but it was not until 1988 that we really understood the mystery of plum blossom boxing. Professor Lu Yao, a famous historian, cooperated with Professor Yan Zijie, a disciple of Meihua Boxing, and conducted many in-depth investigations in Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas where the Boxer Rebellion was fierce or the peasant uprising was active. A large number of facts have proved that boxer is plum blossom boxing. The disciples of this boxing school and many famous boxers are rebels of feudal dynasty or leaders of peasant rebels. It is no accident that this school of boxing can play such an important role in history. Plum blossom boxing can be divided into literary field and martial field. On respecting ancestors and practicing boxing in literary field. They combine the theories of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Zhouyi, and are rich in cultural classics handed down from generation to generation, which can be called literary achievements. Teacher Wenchang leads all the activities of the Boxing School and is responsible for educating the disciples in the school. Martial arts field mainly practices martial arts, with rich and colorful contents, unique training methods and styles, and everything is completely different from the popular martial arts routines. Not only has obvious fitness function, but also has strong combat capability. The purpose of their martial arts practice is to improve their physique and spirit, from the outside to the inside, from the inside to the outside, to achieve internal and external integration, and finally to achieve literary and artistic achievements. In the investigation, we saw with our own eyes that many plum blossom boxers all over the country are not only skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in arts and sciences, making good use of Yin and Yang gossip and being able to practice medicine and treat diseases. Although they are all elderly people over 70 or 80 years old, they are healthy, energetic, quick-thinking, able to assess the situation and have certain human special functions. Plum Blossom Boxing is well-organized, firm in faith, United internally and has many excellent traditions. Such as: do not seek hegemony and bully others; No boxing, no acting, no showing off. Although I respect my ancestors, I advocate equality and mutual respect. People with skills should be teachers, and I often exchange arts, science and boxing. For the above reasons, plum blossom boxing naturally became the core tool and main force of the rebel army in the struggle of farmers against feudal dynasties in previous dynasties. The results of the above-mentioned social and historical investigation are called "breakthroughs in the study of modern history", which has attracted the close attention of many people in China's history, philosophy, medicine, martial arts and other fields. Some of the research results have been written into monographs and disclosed in the "International Academic Conference of the Boxer Movement" held in June 1990. The Secret Score of Meiquan is another important document about Meiquan's martial arts, Kangxi 17 12, after the preface to martial arts written by Wu, the fifth founder of Meiquan. Its leading thought and spirit come down in one continuous line with the preface to martial arts. According to the secret spectrum, plum blossom boxing martial arts must start from perfection, including spirit, qi and form, which requires the integration of form and qi, qi and spirit, and both internal and external cultivation. The boxing equipment of plum blossom pile should pay attention to the change of yin and yang and the mutual restraint of the five elements. The gait of plum blossom pile is the essence of its martial arts. No matter whether its boxing equipment has changed in eight directions, it is necessary to train people to change their minds and gossip. The inner alchemy mentioned in the secret spectrum is actually the literary merit of plum blossom boxing. Regarding the relationship between plum blossom boxing and martial arts, the cheats say: "Inner Dan is immortal, while outer Dan is martial arts. However, there is no internal Dan made without borrowing external Dan. Cover the roots, warm up, and use fertility. " It can be seen that martial arts is the foundation of literary achievements. The purpose of practicing martial arts is to "practice the shape to fit the outside, practice the spirit to be solid inside, and the inside and outside are as solid as iron, forming an indestructible body, then you can climb to the top, and if you take the cloud as your enemy, you will be insignificant." Therefore, Wushu training is mainly to cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's nature, and to lay a solid foundation first. The Secret Spectrum discusses the relationship between fitness and technical attack, as well as the relationship between harmony and war. "The Secret Spectrum" said: "The essence of Qi and the spirit of Qi stop at Dante and meet with Huang Ting. It is unpredictable and brave, which is the treasure of Inner Dan and the foundation of strength." He also said: "Qi is invisible to Yang, and it turns into spirit, while blood is qualitative to Yin and turns into essence. Because of the deficiency of God, the aura changes endlessly, and the essence is full of hard enemies. God will follow the essence, and the essence will be attached to God, and the spirit will be integrated. " The arts and sciences extracted from Meihua Boxing Gate on the basis of martial arts training are called the knowledge of cultivating "general" talents. Plum blossom boxing disciples often say, "Only arts and sciences can reach the sky." The Secret Spectrum holds that "the way of heaven and earth is nothing more than yin and yang, and the change of yin and yang comes from nature." It is a small world for people to live by grasping the Qi of Yin and Yang, and one of the boxing potentials, Yin and Yang, has been handed down without violating the nature of Yin and Yang, so it can last forever. Plum blossom boxing is based on the principle of yin and yang, and the power of Tai Chi is divided by movement and combined by quietness. If there is no fault, it will stretch with the music, run through in one breath, combine rigidity with softness, and the dance steps will change with you. Qi will be released at will, strength will be like opening a bow, strength will be like archery, knowing the width and narrowness, following the height to the end, quiet as a mountain, yin and yang infinite as heaven and earth, full as Taicang. The plum blossom pile moves in all directions, jumps with arrows, leans, hits horizontally and vertically, and turns left and right. Sweep back and forth, flexible and all-encompassing, just as the cheats say: "Walk like the wind, stand like a nail, climb high, lean deep, advance long, retreat fast, follow things, ring left and right, know yourself and know yourself, and fight every battle." "The fist mentioned above is the same, so is the law and the art of war. How can such exercise not enlighten people's deep thinking and develop their wisdom? Although the Secret Score of Mei Quan is a folk calligraphy, it is a brilliant work. It is not only exquisite in writing, but also profound in meaning. It can be seen that the author is not only superb in martial arts, but also proficient in plum blossom piles. Otherwise, it is impossible to have such extraordinary intelligence and magnanimous mind. Although the Secret Spectrum of Mei Boxing is mainly about Qi, its theoretical depth in its main chapters, such as the theory of mixed elements, the theory of gathering Qi and the theory of concentrated force, has already exceeded the level of Qi theory based on Taiji theory, and has become the theoretical basis for guiding practitioners to make boxing enter the realm of deification today. In the article "Receiving Meat and Changing Color" in Meiquan Secret Spectrum, it said: "Receiving meat was originally used to swallow meat. Recently, I asked my fellow villagers that Mr. Yunfen suddenly became thinner after inhaling, so he called it swallowing meat. "As you can know, this secret score was written by a fellow countryman of the famous martial artist Zhou in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. According to the textual research of modern historians, plum blossom piles have spread to the fifth and eighth generations during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and their disciples and influences spread all over the vast rural areas of Hebei, Shandong and Henan. Therefore, Chi Naizhou's Chi Jiaquan is also one of the plum blossom pile martial arts venues. Because there is no literary field, I gradually don't understand Mei Quan. Plum blossom boxing has been suppressed by feudal rulers in the Qing Dynasty, so this school of boxing has been circulated in private, which is also an important reason why the theory of plum blossom boxing has not been able to meet the world. The Secret Spectrum of Meihuazhuan is an important document of Meihuazhuang Wushu. We are studying it, studying it. We hope that the disciples of Meihua Boxing will try their best to cherish this precious wealth left by our predecessors.