When it comes to Chinese martial arts, many people will think of Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee is known as the pioneer of the world's martial arts reform, it is through him that foreign talents can see how strong Chinese martial arts are, how deep and broad the spirit of Chinese martial arts is. However, with the different times, the essence of martial arts has changed, its initial practical combat has gradually faded, followed by more art appreciation, and this change is not without reason, it has a very large relationship with several prohibitions in the history of our country.
The earliest prohibition of weapons in china's history occurred during the Qin Dynasty, when the way of fighting between countries was mainly through cold weapons, so after Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, in order to avoid anyone revolting or rebelling, he confiscated all the weapons of the whole country, melted them all and cast them into 12 bronze people, placed in Xianyang City, hoping to show his authority, but unfortunately, it is said that these 12 bronze people were burned together when Xiang Yu later burned the Afang Palace.
Because the Qin Dynasty's ban on martial arts was too far away from the present, and there were no achievements in Chinese martial arts at that time, the impact of this ban on martial arts was very small.
The second ban on martial arts occurred in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and light weapons, which is largely influenced by the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, because Zhao Kuangyin himself was born as a military general, and through the Chen Qiao Mutiny, he won the world in one fell swoop, and the yellow robe was added, so he was most jealous of the military general after ascending the throne, and the "cup of wine to release the military power" is the best proof.
Immediately after this, he issued a ban on martial arts, and even forbade people to learn martial arts privately. It was also from the Song Dynasty that military attaches became less and less valued, coupled with the gradual rise of the imperial examination system, military generals would often be ridiculed by civilian officials, and sometimes ridiculed as "rough people", which had a very far-reaching impact on the military ministers at that time, and the destructive power of martial arts was also very large.
The third time occurred in the Yuan Dynasty, compared with the large number of Han People, the number of Mongols is particularly small, in order to eliminate the use of civil force and prevent the Han rebellion, the Yuan Rulers implemented a ban on knives, and all iron products were listed as prohibited, and even kitchen knives for cooking needed to be handed over.
This policy was especially aimed at those who practiced martial arts, because in the eyes of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, the sense of resistance of those who practiced martial arts would be stronger. At that time, the relevant situation of the knife required real-name registration, and many people often shared one with 3 families, not only that, the Yuan Dynasty also imposed the death penalty on those who hid swords privately. If the knife is only regarded as the root cause of rebellion or uprising, then the way the Yuan Dynasty governed the country was obviously very problematic, and this way of governing the country was also inseparable from the overthrow of its dynasty.
The fourth ban on martial arts occurred during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, when martial arts were regarded as an extremely dangerous killing technique, so the decree issued by Yongzheng became quite strict. Ordinary people not only can not have any weapons, in this period of time the people can not even compete, once there is a fight to death, will be executed, and this period is not allowed to carry any knives on the street, violators will be severely punished in accordance with the law, so we see on TV some of the Qing Dynasty period competitions to recruit relatives or set up a ring to compete and other scenes, in the real history is absolutely impossible to appear.
Today, with the continuous development of science and technology, hot weapons have become the mainstream trend, the actual combat of martial arts has gradually weakened, has gradually evolved into a way of training people to cultivate their health and enhance their physique, and martial arts have also developed more and more towards the trend of art, but people who have deeply understood Chinese martial arts know that Chinese martial arts have never been a flower frame, it is in various historical backgrounds, gradually evolved into martial arts performances.