Cangzhou Wushu (Mengcun Baji boxing)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Cangzhou Wushu (Mengcun Baji boxing)

Applicant: Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

Item No.: 292

Project No.: VI - 10

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics

Region: Hebei Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

Protection unit: Mengcun county open door Baji boxing Research Association

Introduction to Cangzhou Wushu (Mengcun Baji boxing)

Applicant: Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

Bajiquan, known as "Kaimen Bajiquan", has been popular in Mengcun Town, Mengcun Hui Autonomous County, Hebei Province for 300 years. At present, it has been passed on for 14 generations, spread all over the country, and spread to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Baji boxing mainly includes Baji frame, Baji boxing, liudakai, badajiao, silangkuan boxing, liujiutou, Taizong boxing, Taizu boxing, HuaQuan, Feihu boxing, Chunqiu Dao, tiliu Dao, Liuhe Daguan, Liuhe Huagun, Xingzhe stick, baguantou, Chunyang Jiugong sword, etc. Boxing can be practiced individually or in pairs. Baji boxing takes six major openings and eight major moves as its technical core. Its routines include Baji Xiaojia, Baji Boxing (also known as "Baji docking"), liujiutou, Ganggong Baji, Baji Xinjia, Baji shuangruan, etc. The main instruments are Luhe gun and duzha Luhe gun. The strength of the weapon is to collapse, shake, burst, hit, get, poke, squeeze, lean, hit, tie and so on. It is characterized by succinct movement, long and short, fast power, striking and falling, overlapping elbow method and stable footwall.

Bajiquan is easy to learn because it is not limited by site, equipment, age, gender and other factors. Long term practice can not only strengthen the body, but also achieve the purpose of cultivating both inside and outside and purifying the mind. Bajiquan integrates mechanics, medicine, physiological science and philosophy, and combines Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Islamic culture. It vividly demonstrates the reality of human beings' struggle for survival in nature and shows the spirit of optimism.

Nowadays, many boxing scores, techniques and skills are on the verge of being lost because of Xie Shizheng, an old boxer, who is in urgent need of strengthening protection.