International Online Liaoning Channel News: In June this year, the State Council announced the fifth batch of 185 items in the list of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage and 140 items in the expanded list of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage. Among them, Shenyang Beishi Wrestling was selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects. What does North Market wrestling look like? Let's find out.
Shenyang North City wrestling scene reproduction Courtesy of Guan Guilin
Guan Guilin is one of the representative figures of wrestling in Shenyang Beishi and the inheritor of this national intangible cultural heritage, and has been engaged in wrestling for 60 years. Although he is 80 years old this year, when Guan Guilin puts on the wrestling "pants" and walks on the wrestling mat, he will be mentally like a young guy.
"褡裢" is the name of the North City wrestling suit top. In addition, the North Market wrestling suit includes a wrestling belt, wrestling pants and wrestling boots. When wrestling, the wrestler's line can not be less.
The head of the North City Wrestling Line Courtesy of Guan Guilin
North City Wrestling Wrestling Boots Courtesy photo Guan Guilin
For many old Shenyang people, the North Market represents a way of life and a city atmosphere. Wrestling that goes to the city to perform is commonly known as "picking the ground". The rules of North Market wrestling are particularly simple, as long as one party knocks the other down on the wrestling table in a reasonable way is the winner.
Wrestlers usually have to work hard and hard, they need to practice the strength of the wrists, arms, shoulders, waist, crotch, knees and legs, and be good at integrating these forces to easily knock down the opponent. This requires intensive training with equipment, the main ones being big sticks, overlord bricks and leather strips.
Big stick courtesy of Guan Guilin
Overlord Brick Courtesy of Guan Guilin
In the North City wrestling, one side knocks the other side down Courtesy of Guan Guilin
North Market wrestling is not simply a wrestling, but also includes talking. Wrestlers recite words and introduce moves on the field as they walk before wrestling, and the referee also uses witty and humorous language to adjust the atmosphere of the scene. Therefore, Kitaichi wrestling is also jokingly called "martial arts", which is a sport with a certain entertainment atmosphere, both performance and actual combat.
Beishi wrestling belongs to the martial arts wrestling, with a history of more than 100 years, it originated from the bodyguard camp of the Emperor Ouchi of the Qing Dynasty. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, these wrestling masters went into exile and set up wrestling rings to teach and compete. At that time, the scene of the Old North City was like what was seen in the TV series, "the rich hold a money field, and the moneyless hold a personal field." Shenyang North Market is famous, and many foreign wrestlers come to "kick the field", which is what we now call a challenge.
Reproduction of the old north market scene Courtesy of Guan Guilin
This year, as an intangible cultural heritage, Beishi wrestling was exhibited in the Imperial Palace of Shenyang and the Temple Fair of the North Market, and also entered the Shengjing Grand Theater, which became a scene in the song and dance drama "Shenyang Imprint", and the scene of the old North City was reproduced. (Wen Chen Mo)