Tai Ji Chuan has been handed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years, with many famous artists and schools (including Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu and Sun). Tracing back to its source, it originated in Chenjiagou, wen county, Henan. Chenjiagou, located in Dongqingfengling, wen county, Henan Province, was Changyang Village 600 years ago. In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1372), Chen Bu, a native of Zezhou (now Jincheng) in Shanxi Province, led his troops to move from Hongtong County, Shanxi Province to the north of Wenxian County and set up Chen Buzhuang Village. Two years later, because of the low terrain, he moved to Changyang. Later, due to the reproduction of Chen people, the martial arts handed down from the family were very prestigious nearby, and there was a big ditch running through the north and south in the village. Over time, it was changed to the old name of Changyang Chenjiagou. Chen summed up many boxing routines. There are five sets of fists, five sets of hammers, fifteen red guns, fifteen cannons, red gun hammers, one hundred single eight-style long fists, double pushers and other unique drill methods. According to this principle, Wushu equipment routines such as knife, gun, sword, stick, mace and double gun were created. These boxing routines are based on Tai Chi theory, from infinity to Tai Chi, from non-physical to physical, from static to vivid, and each move is divided into yin and yang (i.e. virtual, real, soft, rigid, static and dynamic). ), formed the prototype of Tai Ji Chuan machinery, passed down from generation to generation in the Chen family, and formed the Chen Tai Ji Chuan. Chen Changxing, the 14th Chen, built another milestone on the basis of his ancestral Tai Ji Chuan. He refined and summarized Chen's Taiji Biography from Bo to Wu, and creatively formed a complete set of routines, which became the first and second road of Chen's Taiji Biography, and was later called "Old Frame". He also boldly broke the rules of the door, carried on the family line, and took Yang Fukui (Lu Chan) from Guangping Prefecture (now Yongnian County) in Hebei Province as an apprentice. After returning to his hometown, Yang Fukui taught boxing in Beijing. Because of the need to teach boxing, he gradually abandoned the difficult moves in the old Tai Ji Chuan, which were modified and stereotyped by later generations, and became the popular Tai Ji Chuan in Yang Tai. Hou Quan-you and Yang Fukui, the son of Qing Dynasty, learned from Yang Xiao Tai Ji Chuan and passed it on to his son. He practiced martial arts in Shanghai and modified Tai Ji Chuan into another family. After that, Han named him Wu, so he was called Wu.
1. Source
There are three sources of Tai Ji Chuan: ① Comprehensive absorption of Ming boxing masters. Wushu was very popular in the Ming Dynasty, and many famous artists, monographs and new boxing styles appeared. Taiji Chuan learned the advantages of various boxing methods at that time, especially Qi Jiguang's 32-potential long fist. (2) breathe in combination with ancient guidance. Tai Ji Chuan is known as one of the "family-handed boxing methods" because he pays attention to guiding the spirit into the abdomen, relaxing the mind and strengthening the body. ③ China's ancient theory of Yin and Yang and the theory of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine were applied. "Chen Shi Taiji Zhuan" requires spiral winding of meridians, purposefully activating qi, connecting Ren and Du meridians, and practicing chong pulse. Various traditional Tai Ji Chuan also used the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to summarize and explain various contradictions and changes in boxing.
2. Development
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tai Ji Chuan developed rapidly, and people who beat Tai Ji Chuan spread all over the country. At present, there are hundreds of Tai Ji Chuan tutoring stations in Beijing's parks, streets and stadiums alone, attracting a large number of fans. The health, education and sports departments have listed Tai Ji Chuan as an important project, and have published millions of Tai Ji Chuan books and wall charts. Tai Ji Chuan is also very popular abroad. Tai Ji Chuan activities are held in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Japan and other countries and regions. According to incomplete statistics, the United States alone has published more than 30 kinds of Tai Ji Chuan books, and many countries have established organizations such as the Tai Ji Chuan Association to actively carry out exchange activities with China. Tai Ji Chuan, as a unique national sports event in China, has aroused the interests and hobbies of many international friends.
Tai Ji Chuan is the perfect combination of dialectical theoretical thinking of the Chinese nation and the guidance of Wushu, art and Qigong, and it is the advanced culture of human beings. His boxing theory comes from the classic works of China, such as Yijing, Huangdi Neijing, Huangting Jing and Ji Xiao Shu Xin. In the long-term development process, Tai Ji Chuan has absorbed the reasonable contents of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and other cultures, so it is called "the quintessence of China".
Tai Ji Chuan's movement is characterized by moderation, lightness, flexibility, fluency, orderly opening and closing, combining rigidity with softness, and moving like "flowing water, continuous". This kind of movement is natural and elegant, and you can experience the rhythm of music, the connotation of philosophy, the beautiful shape and the artistic conception of poetry. In the advanced enjoyment, let the disease disappear and make the body and mind healthy.
At present, many scientific research departments are studying Tai Ji Chuan. Through the research of medicine, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, psychology, mechanics and other disciplines, it is proved that Tai Ji Chuan has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of senile wrestling, hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, hepatitis, arthropathy, gastrointestinal diseases, neurasthenia and other chronic diseases.
Tai Ji Chuan is a martial art. Its characteristics are: "there is rigidity in softness, waiting for action, straightness in circle, strength in small, and strength in weak".