When his father was young, he was a martial arts instructor in Feng Yuxiang's army. After his father came back from disarmament, he served as street chairman in the county seat. Zhang Jinshan was deeply influenced by his childhood and loved boxing. At the age of 7, he studied red boxing, little red boxing and monkey boxing with his father. Zhang Jinshan, who is extremely clever, keeps practicing with tenacious perseverance under the careful guidance of his father.

During the Cultural Revolution, because of breaking the "four old" and establishing "four new", the old culture was broken, and the ancient boxing was also the object of being broken. Even in such an environment, Zhang Jinshan persisted and practiced hard. 1983, the state excavated and sorted out martial arts, and Zhang Jinshan was sent to Luyi County Sports Commission to excavate and sort out martial arts and popularize it.