I believe that every Chinese has a martial arts dream in their hearts, especially when they see the heroes who can fly around in the TV series, they are even more envious, this ability to fly the eaves and walk the wall, we call it light skill.
For example, Duan Yu's skills in "Dragon Babu" are not covered, and his "Ling Bo Weibu" shocked everyone, as if it was a petal fluttering in the wind, no one can compare with it.
But everyone knows that the light skills in the TV series are all done by special effects or actor Hang Weiya, which is not true, so are the heroes who can do light skills in martial arts novels real?
Today, let's talk about this series of questions, let's take a look.
Picture: Duan Yu Lingbo micro-step stills
In fact, light power not only appears in TV series and martial arts novels, but can also be found in ancient history, but ancient light power is not as exaggerated as film and television dramas, it is impossible to absorb enough true qi to make yourself stand on the surface of a lake like a piece of paper, nor can you "soar through the clouds" and fly wherever you want.
In ancient times, light power was mainly based on the basic structure of the human body, and it was relatively pragmatic to break through the limits of human beings as much as possible. There is a record in the "Northern History" that the rope of a temple is broken, and at this time, a person suddenly takes off from the ground and takes off to the top of the temple, ties the rope, and then jumps down, squatting on the ground with the palm of his hand. It is said that this person is known as the "Meat Flying Fairy", and his series of actions of "Sighing" are the light skills that the world often talks about.
We all know that light power has many characteristics, for example, it can run quickly, it takes 12 seconds for a normal person to run 100 meters, but it may only take 5-6 seconds for someone who is good at light power;
You can also dodge quickly, there are many sects in ancient rivers and lakes, and they often cause a lot of big battles in order to compete for status, attacking is one thing, if you don't have the superb ability to dodge, you will be beaten up in minutes.
It is said that as long as the light skill is cultivated to a certain level, you can be lucky at will, and then give the qi to a small object, stand it in the air, and the wind will not fall when it blows, because the qi is maintained.
Image: Stills from the water light work
According to historical records, many people in ancient times were good at light skills, but why is there no one who is good at light skills now? Why can't there be any signs of this martial art in modern times?
According to historical records, the youngest son of Lu Chuanlin, the minister of the Qing Dynasty's military aircraft department, wanted to learn Xi horseback riding, so he invited a master to teach him.
Seeing this, the master immediately rushed to catch up, shuttled between the jungles, jumped lightly on the horse, grabbed the little boy's shoulder and pulled it off the horse, and then held the little boy and flew to the ground, the whole process was like a dragonfly in the water, leaving no trace, the onlookers said that it was wonderful, and the applause was like thunder.
Therefore, light gong is really a kung fu, and it is also an important part of traditional Chinese martial arts, which has been respected from generation to generation.
The above record is still the Qing Dynasty closest to us, and it is not long ago, but why has light gong completely disappeared in just over a hundred years, and why can't modern people learn light gong?
Image: Stills from the master's light work
In fact, if you think about it, you know that this lightning-fast light skill can be practiced overnight, but it is not impossible to practice, it is necessary to spend time, energy, and patience, and it will take ten years of hard training.
In addition, practicing Xi light exercises is far less fun than most people see, and most of the time it is boring, because a movement may need to be repeated thousands of times for the body's muscles to remember. Moreover, the tools and equipment needed to practice light Xi are also very simple, nothing more than jumping platforms, wooden stakes, iron shoes and the like, but the exercises are still relatively cumbersome.
Although it is true that practicing light martial arts can make people's bodies lighter and faster, it is not like written in martial arts novels, which can make people weigh very light, floating around on the water or floating directly in the air, which is contrary to scientific common sense.
However, people often say that "light power water floating" is not impossible, just to prepare a few floating boards on the water surface, and then gently jump on the floating board, quickly run on these floating boards, run the farthest distance, in fact, it is a bit similar to playing water floating, but in fact, if you run for a short time, you have to practice more Xi if you want to extend the time.
Image: Stills from light power water rafting
In addition, if you want to practice light skills, you not only need to have a certain talent, but also need to have a good physical foundation. First of all, if you have a congenital disease in your body, or if you have been in poor health and often have a minor illness or disaster, you can't practice light exercises.
The second is that obese people can't practice, because it's very difficult to get lucky, and moreover, light gong needs to be practiced from an early age, which is what we often call children's gong, with the foundation laid when you were a child, you will have achievements if you persist in learning.
Therefore, the threshold for learning light skills is not low, but why can so many ancients enter the threshold, but modern people cannot?
Image: Stills from the light work
Some experts have explained this problem, because the ancients did not have as many ways of life and entertainment as modern people, they usually worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, and usually farmed and worked at home, year after year, they would also feel very boring, so in addition to labor, they would also cultivate some hobbies.
For example, some ancients would spend a fixed amount of time every day practicing Xi light exercises, and they were able to stick to it all year round. In fact, the quality of life of the ancients was not high, most people were hovering near the food and clothing line, if the grain harvest was not good, handed over to the landlord, they would not have much left to eat.
Although sometimes they don't have enough to eat, light work can help them strengthen their bodies, and to a certain extent, light work can help them resist the feeling of hunger.
On the contrary, the lifestyle of modern people is diverse, first of all, the problem of food and clothing has long been solved, the average young person, in addition to working from 9 to 5 every day, is to go to dinner and drink with friends, or participate in some entertainment activities, some do not even have time to sleep, the pace of life is very fast, so most people do not have time to practice Xi light skills this kind of project that requires patience.
In addition, most people are actually in a sub-healthy state, as mentioned earlier, light work has quite high requirements for the physical fitness of Xi learners, and most modern people can't even cross the threshold of light work, so until now, light power has gradually begun to disappear.
Image: Stills of the ancients farming and working at home
In fact, modern people don't like light work much, the main reason is that the gap between the ideal and reality is too big, the light work in film and television dramas can be strolling, flying eaves and walking walls, but the light power in reality is not so exaggerated, although you can also fly around, but it takes several years of hard practice and practice, and you also need strong willpower.
Some people think they can do it and try it, but they find that after persevering for a year and a half, there is still no result, so they resolutely choose to give up, so fewer and fewer people practice light gong.
In addition, in the current high-tech society, many things can be achieved with tools, such as if you want to quickly get from one location to another, you only need to drive or take a car, and the effect of light functions is only to strengthen the body, and in the process of Xi, you have to endure countless pains and suffering, so few people can stick to it.
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In short, practicing Xi light skills is not only a high threshold, but also very hard, in today's fast food era, few people are willing to endure the unnecessary torture to learn Xi light skills, especially contemporary students, even reading and writing homework are bitter, how can they be willing to learn Xi light skills since childhood?