In the long ancient history of the Chinese nation, there have been many heroes who have been recorded by historical records and praised by modern people, especially those military generals who fought on the battlefield for the country and the nation, which are particularly respected by the world.
People familiar with the history of the two Song Dynasties may not be unfamiliar with the three words "Yang Jiajian". In the years of that period of stormy meetings, the Yang family killed all the men in one of the doors, but after the men died in battle, the seventy-year-old lady of "She Taijun" carried the banner of the Yang family general, led the women and children and women in the family, and also threw themselves into the battle to defend the family and the country, achieving the ancient reputation of "full of loyal martyrs".
After the time entered the modern era, the story of Yang Jiajian during the Song Dynasty was also adapted into operas, novels, performing arts, and even film and television dramas on the screen. And their good name is also known to more modern people.
The story of the Yang family general at that time was very tragic and very admirable, but perhaps many people do not know that in fact, the Yang family general during the Song Dynasty was not "the whole family died in battle", but "most of them died in battle", and the "Yang family incense" has gradually continued with the development of history, and has continued for 37 generations now. And there is still a family tradition of learning martial arts, and the representative figure among them is the old man Yang Kaihua. So what is the current situation of the life of the 37th generation of Yang Family heirs living in modern society, that is, the old man Yang Kaihua, and what kind of story has happened to him?
The Yang family will make a name for themselves on the battlefield, during the Song Dynasty. At that time, several strong ethnic minority tribes rose in the northern steppes, because of cultural differences and the reasons for integration, so the Great Song and those nomadic peoples engaged in a protracted war. In several battles, the Yang family generals have had famous people with great military achievements, such as the famous Yang Liulang. Ordinary people pass on the story of the Yang family general, in addition to their spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice for the country and being willing to dedicate, in fact, more important is the yang family's unique ancestral "gun method".
Those famous generals from the Yang family have almost practiced a unique marksmanship of the Yang family's ancestors since they were young, and there are generally thirty-six routines, and on this basis, they can evolve a lot of flexible and diverse marksmanship moves that adapt to various fights. Moreover, in the context of that era, the Song Dynasty army faced the brave and good warrior northern nomadic cavalry, often losing more than winning. The generals of the Yang family, often using the Yang family's unique marksmanship, were able to win victories on the battlefield, thus boosting morale and inspiring the spirit of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, in that era, the Yang family would often exist in the hearts of the people like the spiritual pillar of "invincibility" in the Great Song army.
But sometimes the cruel trend of history will not change because of the good hopes in people's hearts. Although the Yang family will be very powerful, the people also admire the Yang family. When the mighty Mongols in the north rose and established a cavalry-dominated, military strength was stronger than that of the Song Dynasty. In this historical context, the Yang family alone will not be able to change the direction of history at all. Therefore, the demise of the Song Dynasty is also a historical necessity.
As the saying goes: under the nest, there will be no eggs. The fall of the Great Song Dynasty meant that the Yang family would also be attacked by the brave and warlike Mongol cavalry, and the situation at that time was indeed the case. When the Mongol cavalry went south to pacify the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yang family general could not resist, and because the Yang family general fought with the Mongolian cavalry for many years, the other side was also well aware of the strength of the Yang family general, so it also paid special attention to the military attack of the Yang family general. In this situation, the Yang family in order to continue the incense, to save the family descendants. So the whole clan discussed it and decided to divide the troops into four ways and move to different directions to break through, so as to preserve the family incense and serve the country in the future. These four Yang family generals have gradually lost contact since then. Later, after the change of dynasties and the evolution of history, only one of them came to Mianyang, Sichuan, escaped the pursuit and killing of the Mongol cavalry, and lived a stable life. And he also holds the "Yang surname", and also follows the Yang family's consistent martial arts style. The traditional 36-way Yang family gun method has also been passed down from generation to generation in the Yang family in Sichuan, until the 37th generation of Yang family gun passed down to the elderly Yang Kaihua.
Although the Yang family has undergone more than 800 years of historical changes, it has always adhered to the Yang family style and has never changed. Xi Wu, upholding justice and dedicating himself to the country and the people will always be the tradition of the Yang family. Although yang kaihua lives in modern times, he has practiced a lifetime of good martial arts since he was a child, and the Yang family's marksmanship has also mastered the essence.
According to the surrounding neighbors, Yang Kaihua, the elderly, has had a sense of justice since he was a child. There is a way to see uneven, drawing a sword to help the hero style. At that time, there were several hooligans in the township who oppressed the common people, and at that time, the young Yang Kaihua old man went home and took the Yang family gun and beat them up, and from then on those people no longer dared to harass the people.
Another time, several fugitives ran to Yang Kaihua's hometown in Sichuan to commit crimes, and at that time, the townspeople were very afraid, and many people avoided them in the face of the murderous gangsters. But the old man Yang Kaihua was not afraid, and still relied on his super martial arts to clean up a few gangsters and then hand them over to the public security organs. Since then, Yang Kaihua's prestige of "Yang Jiajun" has also begun to circulate in the local area, and the righteous spirit on his body is even more admirable.
The old man Yang Kaihua has been practicing martial arts all his life, and has inherited the countless essences of the Yang family, but helpless time urges people to grow old. With the increase of age, the elderly Yang Kaihua also gradually began to be troubled by the Yang family's martial arts heritage. Why?
It turned out that the Yang family ancestors had family training, and the Yang family's thirty-six ancestral marksmanship could only be passed on to the descendants of the Yang family, and could not be passed on to outsiders. And yang kaihua old man, in fact, also has a son. But his son did not like the Yang family martial arts, but wanted to go out to work to earn money to support his family. This made the old man Yang Kaihua very distressed.
On the one hand, his own gradually increasing age, on the other hand, he does not want to continue to learn the Yang family gun, and the martial arts, especially the classic martial arts of the Yang family gun, are not forced to learn, and they must rely on years of accumulation to practice. For this reason, the old man often felt distressed, and even sometimes felt that if the Yang family gun was lost in his hands, then he would have no words to face the ancestors.
Later, Yang Kaihua also agreed to teach people with foreign surnames, but although many parents are willing to let their children learn, the purpose is only to strengthen their bodies, and there is no goal of passing on the marksmanship. Practicing marksmanship is too hard and tiring, and many parents are reluctant to let their children suffer like this.
The Yang family gun on Yang Kaihua's body is indeed the essence of traditional martial arts. But in the face of the rapidly evolving information society, it seems that this traditional thing is becoming less and less valued. On weekdays, you may also often see some primary and secondary school students "martial arts classes". But this martial art is fundamentally different from Yang Kaihua's Yang Jia Gun martial art.
The former parents let the children learn martial arts, mainly as a hobby, and the purpose is also to strengthen the body. The Yang family gun could not use this "quick" way at all. This classic traditional martial art must be cultivated from an early age, suffering for many years, paying a lot of sweat will have few achievements, and it is difficult to realize and support the family after learning.
Therefore, modern people rarely learn this traditional martial art, but like to learn some "flower frame" kung fu to strengthen the body. Even his son, who had heard about it since childhood, was reluctant to learn ancestral marksmanship with Yang Kaihua, and said that this kind of kung fu would be useless in the future.
The Yang family gun, which has been passed down for more than 800 years, has encountered an unprecedented dilemma in the generation of yang kaihua's elderly, which is inevitably emotional. In the face of the background of the times, perhaps this traditional intangible cultural heritage is really in danger of being lost.
There is no doubt that the Yang family's marksmanship is a product of the era of ancient Chinese cold weapons. Therefore, it is inherently rich in the color of the times. For example, the most important and one of the rules that hinders the spread of the Yang family's gun is that "it can only be passed on to the Yang family." This kind of ancestral training was very popular in China's feudal society, and many people's unique skills could only be taught to their families. And because of the reasons of the times, in the past eight hundred years, someone in the Yang family will always come out to inherit the classic Yang family gun.
But the times never stop moving forward, especially in modern society, many traditional rules, to gradually can not adapt to the trend of the times to develop, therefore, Yang Kaihua elderly encountered difficulties, in fact, with the background of the times, as well as the trend of social development has an inseparable relationship. And the Yang family marksmanship that has been passed down for 37 generations may really be lost.
Nowadays, the country has gradually realized the preciousness of intangible cultural heritage and has begun to vigorously protect intangible cultural heritage. However, through the dilemma encountered by the elderly Yang Kaihua, it may also make people realize that in addition to protecting intangible cultural heritage, it also faces difficulties in how to effectively pass it on. This is even more important for the development of intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, it is enough to cause people to think more deeply. Perhaps only when the intangible cultural heritage is well and effectively passed on can the greatest value of China's intangible cultural heritage be truly reflected.