So the full name is "five-style plum blossom trunk pile" There are five piles, planted in plum blossom shape. The basic technique is the static exercise of five pile steps. The routine is irregular, changeable, lively and not chaotic. Just like running water. Common pile arrangement modes are: Beidou pile, Samsung pile, star pile, Tiangang pile, Bagua pile, Wuxing pile and Jiugong pile. Lao She's Four Generations under One Family 18: "When I was a teenager, I kicked plum blossoms, threw stones, locked stones, practiced Xingyiquan, and never studied."
Plum blossom pile, also known as plum blossom boxing, is a kind of boxing standing on the pile and is often used as a basic practice. Plum blossom piles originated in the late Ming Dynasty and first spread among the people in the form of family heirlooms, and only spread to the outside world during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In modern times, Han Qichang in Luanxian County, Hebei Province was the most popular successor.