Preface
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region was called "the land of Yanzhao" in ancient times, and it was close to each other due to its geographical proximity, personal affinity, and cultural connection. Yan and Zhao were the capitals of many dynasties in ancient China, and they were also the political, cultural, and financial centers at that time.
Since ancient times, there have been famous deeds of "generous and tragic songs, heroic and handsome" in the Yanzhao region, which is unique to Yanzhao. The Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi, Baji and many other martial arts bred in the Yanzhao region also have a pivotal position at that time and even now, to some extent, the Yanzhao regional martial arts are also the epitome of Chinese martial arts.
Today, the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is a major national strategy implemented by the mainland. With its unique regional advantages, as well as rich and excellent martial arts, and it is also a national key development area, the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei also provides opportunities for the inheritance and development of martial arts in the Yanzhao region.
Yan Zhao martial arts originated from the battlefield
"Closed martial arts, expounding the literary order" comes from the "Zhaoming Anthology" compiled by Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, which is the earliest documented appearance of the word "martial arts".
Martial arts originated from hunting and warfare in ancient times, and human beings gradually mastered offensive and defensive techniques and the manufacture and use of weapons and equipment in order to survive in the long-term struggle between tribes and countries, and continued to practice and improve them, and finally formed the prototype of martial arts.
In ancient times, "martial arts" generally referred to military force, and in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the term "martial arts" began to be widely used as a special term for self-defense and self-strengthening, and it is still used today.
In ancient times, the three ancestors of the Chinese nation, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huangdi and Chi You, cultivated, fought and integrated in Zhuolu (now Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province), and created the "dragon" totem recognized by the Chinese nation, creating a history of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years and realizing the great integration of the Chinese nation. The Yanzhao region is located in the north and is harassed by nomads all year round.
The frequent occurrence of wars in successive years has undoubtedly put forward higher requirements for combat methods, the use of weapons, the physical fitness of soldiers and the manufacture of equipment, and the soldiers in the Yanzhao region have become more and more strong in learning martial arts and martial arts, and they must learn the use of weapons while being proficient in martial arts. Due to the war, many soldiers who had passed the age of sixtieth and were disabled had to take off their military uniforms and return to their hometowns, and at the same time pass on the martial arts they had learned in the army to the people.
As a result, military martial arts began to flow to the people, and they prospered and developed among the people.
As the center of political, economic and cultural exchanges in the north in history, the Yanzhao region has absorbed the essence of the excellent culture of the Central Plains and the grassland by virtue of the advantages of the Central Plains and the grassland, and maintained its own inherent characteristic culture. Yanzhao region has a mild climate, fertile soil and abundant products, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.
Through the accumulation and evolution of history, the distinctive Yanzhao regional martial arts culture has been formed. For example, Cangzhou, which is known as the "hometown of martial arts". Yongnian, known as the "Tai Chi Holy Land", is inseparable from the relationship between its geography and the prosperity of martial arts.
The martial and fierce folk customs are the foundation of martial arts
As the old saying goes, "Yan Zhao has been a hero since ancient times".
In ancient times, heroes robbed the rich and helped the poor, and when they saw injustice, they drew swords to help. The generous and tragic Yanzhao culture is rooted in the folk and has formed a unique folk customs, which has influenced the folk martial arts and martial arts.
There are many types of martial arts in Yan Zhao, and a large number of martial arts wizards have emerged throughout the ages. Such as Zhao Yun and Gongsun Chan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zu Ti in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are countless martial artists in the Yanzhao region who have won many awards in various ethnic sports meetings and martial arts performances.
Yan Zhao martial arts on the basis of absorbing the strengths of others continue to develop and evolve, becoming more and more mature, forming a unique school and boxing, during this period of continuous dissemination and exchange with the outside world, has a great influence on foreign and even foreign countries.
For example, the establishment of the "Nanjing Guoshu Museum" in 1928, gathered a lot of national martial arts masters, trained a group of outstanding students, the director Zhang Zhijiang, deputy director Li Jinglin are Yanzhao regional people, in the museum to teach the Yanzhao martial arts including the Yanzhao regional boxing with strong characteristics.
Does Yan Zhao martial art still exist today?
The answer is yes, but the situation is worrying!
With the end of the era of cold weapons, Western sports and cultural trends were introduced into China, which had a subtle impact on Yanzhao martial arts, which had a long history. With the rapid development of economy and society, people's quality of life has improved, and they are no longer willing to let their children suffer.
Another reason is that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has vigorously developed and promoted modern martial arts, and foreign sports have been squeezed like beasts, which is bound to hinder the development of Yanzhao martial arts, which has thousands of years of history and culture.
How to promote Yan Zhao martial arts in contemporary times?
Yanzhao regional martial arts should take advantage of the national policy to take the opportunity of the integrated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, with the study of traditional Chinese culture as the cornerstone, fully excavate and sort out the Yanzhao regional martial arts schools and boxing types, find out the boxing types that are facing loss to protect, and put forward promotion policies.
In the practice of protection and inheritance, exchange and cooperation, it is necessary to form a joint awareness and coordination mechanism in the practice of Yanzhao regional martial arts. Specifically, it is to carry out all-round collaborative cooperation in regional communication, talent flow, academic integration, and martial arts inheritance and development.
First of all, it is necessary to strengthen the linkage communication of martial arts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and realize the strong alliance through joint performances and joint exchanges, so as to form a holistic and normalized and multi-channel communication path.
Secondly, conditions should be created and platforms should be built to promote mutual exchanges and learning between martial arts and inheritors in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and deepen the cultural identity and integration between them.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region should set up academic salons on martial arts to increase communication and exchange opportunities, and at the same time, it is also necessary to provide opportunities for cooperation in cultural research for universities and scientific research institutions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei schools should jointly provide theoretical and technical courses related to the protection and inheritance of martial arts in an appropriate manner, and assume the responsibility of publicizing and cultivating martial arts inheritors.
The reason why martial arts have endured for thousands of years is that education plays an immeasurable role in it. Education is the fundamental plan for the inheritance of martial arts, such as self-cultivation and advocating martial virtues. In the current period of social transformation and the development of the times, wushu objectively has to change the education method of master-apprentice inheritance, enter the modern campus, with the help of modern education, get rid of the dilemma of the lack of successors of wushu, and reserve talent resources for the sustainable development of wushu.
The school is the cradle of talent training, and students are the future hope of the motherland and the inheritors of the national culture. The development of martial arts should seize the opportunity, change the way of inheritance, enter the campus, take students as the main inheritance object, and spread the martial arts culture with the help of the position of primary and secondary schools.
Therefore, as long as the inheritance of martial arts culture grasps the field of primary and secondary schools and grasps the group of primary and secondary school students, it can be said that it also grasps the hope of the inheritance and development of martial arts culture. Bringing martial arts to campus is an important way for martial arts to spread.
For inheritance and development, martial arts can play a role in multiplying the result with half the effort, which can not only enrich the cultural life of the campus, but also realize the inheritance of martial arts in a large range in a relatively efficient and convenient way, and achieve the durability of martial arts protection.
As far as the inheritance and development of martial arts are concerned, they all play a promoting role. Therefore, the introduction of martial arts into the campus has injected new vitality into the protection and inheritance of martial arts in Yanzhao region, and provided a broad living space, which is conducive to the sustainable development of martial arts.
Accelerate the implementation of martial arts-related protection work
"There is a law to follow, and protection according to law" is the legal basis for the protection of martial arts. Legal protection is the primary premise and basis for promoting the protection of martial arts and their inheritors, so the measures and methods for the protection of martial arts should be positioned within the framework of the law.
At present, the protection policies related to martial arts in mainland China are generally in the stage of late start, lack of experience and lack of awareness. Compared with other countries, the relative lag of the national sports and cultural protection system in the mainland has resulted in most martial arts not being able to obtain due legal protection, thus facing loss and extinction, and the inheritance and development of martial arts are facing difficulties. In the process of promoting the protection and inheritance of martial arts in the Yanzhao region, legislation is an indispensable guarantee link.
epilogue
The implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated development strategy has ushered in an unprecedented opportunity for the development of Yanzhao regional martial arts. From a historical perspective, the inheritance and development of martial arts in the Yanzhao region have been interdependent and mutually reinforcing since ancient times. Yanzhao martial arts have many types, rich connotations and profound heritage, so the protection and inheritance are also the important tasks and requirements of the times entrusted to it by history.
The inheritance and development of Yanzhao martial arts need to adapt to the changes of the times, adhere to the concept of integrated development, and strengthen martial arts exchanges and cooperation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Only through coordinated development and exchange can Yanzhao martial arts flourish, and there will be successors, and the flowers of martial arts will bloom more colorful in the land of Yanzhao.