Especially the eunuch who followed the emperor, wherever the emperor went, the eunuch would sweep the stool where the emperor wanted to sit with dust before letting the emperor sit. However, this dust stroke later became a symbol of the power of some big eunuchs.
Since ancient times, dusting is a kind of handicraft with miraculous effects, such as keeping healthy and improving intelligence, eliminating diseases and strengthening the body, strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil spirits. Eunuchs have a sense of leisure in their hands, so Buddhists, Taoists and Confucians in the past dynasties generally used dust removal.
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Dust blowing is also a famous weapon of Taoism.
There are many strange weapons in Wu Tangmen's martial arts, and blowing dust is one of them. As the saying goes, "the dust blown on your hands is not mortal." Blowing dust in the door means blowing away dust, which is what people carry with them when they travel. In the Taoist system, blowing dust is an instrument in the Dojo, and then it is transformed into a weapon by Taoist priests, which belongs to soft weapons and the like.
People are familiar with the old gentleman in Tai Shang, the real man in Tai Yi, and Lv Dongbin among the Eight Immortals, all of which are powerful in sweeping away dust and their immortal spirit arises spontaneously. It has added endless cultural charm to China Taoist historical documents.
The drill of blowing dust has a unique style, distinctive techniques, both hard and soft, and compact opening and closing; Dance is free and unrestrained, free and elegant, flashing and jumping, flexible and changeable.
The action of blowing dust is mainly chopping, winding, pulling, shaking and sweeping, which has the action characteristics of knives, swords, whips, darts and other instruments. When practicing blowing dust, it is required to be harmonious in form and spirit, and the use is required to be natural, smooth, continuous and in one go. It has a good self-defense effect and is deeply loved by people.
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