Preface
The stick is one of the ancient cold weapons and is regarded as the "ancestor of a hundred soldiers".
After thousands of years of development, there have been many schools of stick fighting, forming their own different styles of technical characteristics.
All martial arts schools are inseparable from the rich heritage of regional culture, and behind their splendor, they all carry a deep imprint of regional culture, and the same is true of Nan'an stick art!
The origin of stick art and "anti-Japanese".
During the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaders often harassed the coastal areas of the mainland, and Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, who were super strong in military and martial arts, led the officers and soldiers to repel the invasion of the Japanese invaders many times, and they were called "Yu Long Qi Hu".
Later, Yu Daxian summarized his more than 50 years of horse fighting career and practice experience, and wrote a martial arts monograph "Sword Sutra" with stick skills as the research object.
This work is the actual combat accumulation of Yu Dayou's transfer to the southeast coast based in Fujian, and it is the first monograph on stick art in the history of Chinese martial arts. Historically, Nan'an was once the political, economic and cultural center of southern Fujian, and the martial arts culture has a long history.
The stick method described in the "Sword Sutra" currently has the most complete, oldest and most traditional preservation and inheritance in Nan'an. Commissioned by the Nan'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports, Professor Ma Wenyou's new work "Research on Nan'an Stick Technique" (People's Sports Publishing House, February 2019 edition) aims to promote the protection of traditional culture and martial arts intangible cultural heritage.
The information is detailed and illustrated, which truly reproduces the origin and grandeur of the development of Nan'an stick art, which not only fills the blank space of the technical and theoretical research of Nan'an stick art and southern Fujian martial arts since modern times, but also explains the contemporary social value and future development trend of Nan'an stick art from the perspective of sociology and aesthetics, and creates a new paradigm for the study of regional martial arts culture.
Let's trace back to the origin of the "flowing river" of traditional martial arts, explore the Nan'an stick technique that condenses the distinctive regional cultural characteristics, and see the past and present life of the classic stick method such as the Yu family stick.
The cultural connotation of Nan'an stick
In addition to having the same stick method, stick posture and stick road composition as other schools of stick technique, the technical system of Nan'an stick has maintained the nature of both military and soldier sticks since the Ming Dynasty, and has the characteristics of folk stick art.
This kind of inclusive characteristics makes Nan'an stick unique and unique.
On the other hand, although Nan'an stick art has a long history and cultural origins, it has never been systematically sorted out and studied, and there are few written materials that can be used for reference.
A lot of basic research and research work has been done in the book "Research on Nan'an Stick Technique", which sorts out the historical evolution of Nan'an stick art, sorts out the technical system of Nan'an stick art, and culturally fills the lack of theoretical research on Nan'an stick art for a long time.
The book pays attention to the stick technique as a whole, and through in-depth and meticulous selection, combing and analysis, it presents the cultural characteristics and development context of the historical evolution process of Nan'an stick art in a multi-dimensional time and space.
From the external manifestation of the existing stick art phenomenon to the height of rational thinking, the historical and cultural heritage of Nan'an stick art is deeply excavated.
Traditional stick art is of great aesthetic value
Different from the general study of regional martial arts, "Nan'an Stick Technique" does not stop at the usual paradigm of regional martial arts research, combing the cultural content of a certain regional martial arts, or conducting a case study of a typical type of martial arts, but explains the sociological value of Nan'an stick art from the perspective of martial arts aesthetics.
This is Professor Ma Wenyou's practical observation after the theoretical debate of his previous work "Chinese Martial Arts Aesthetic Culture", which provides more possibilities for the research content of traditional martial arts culture: regional martial arts can not only be used as research objects, but also as the origin of research, extending to more cultural horizons.
Nan'an stick art is very practical, even in the routine, there are few flowers, all for the purpose of technical attack, fully embodies the military stick tradition of Nan'an stick art, but also reflects the pursuit of practicality is beauty.
Nan'an stick art can be passed down for hundreds of years, become the precious cultural heritage of the descendants of southern Fujian, and become a national traditional sports that the folk like to see, relying not only on excellent technology, but also on the more important virtue of noble virtue, to advocate martial arts for the beauty. Traditional Chinese aesthetic culture advocates "unity of beauty and goodness", and martial arts aesthetics also emphasize "goodness as beauty".
From the practice of Nan'an stick arts, exchanges, inheritance, etc., it can be seen that this "unity of beauty and goodness" is ubiquitous and runs throughout, most of the villagers in Nan'an Shuitou Town, Guanqiao Town, Xiamei Town, Puli Village, Taoyuan Village and other places practice martial arts for free, Nan'an Wushu Association and local caring entrepreneurs sponsor clothing and equipment and provide a place for exchanges and performances, and sometimes Shuitou Town Puli Central Primary School will also participate, passing on the torch from generation to generation, using martial arts as a medium, building a harmonious rural culture.
Through the perceptual technical tempering and rational moral education infiltration, it promotes the moral purification and personality education of martial artists. In addition, martial artists have gained endless charm and emotional agitation in the personality imagery, and the national heroes Zheng Chenggong and Yu Dayou, who are highly admired by people, have imperceptibly stimulated the patriotic enthusiasm of the people of the world and the idea of protecting the family and defending the country, reflecting the powerful educational role of aesthetics.
The inheritance of stick art must be valued
"Traditional martial arts have become our largest and most precious endangered intangible cultural heritage"
There are still a large number of practitioners in Nan'an stick art until modern times, but with the deepening of social development and market economy, Nan'an stick art has gradually appeared on the verge of inheritance in terms of inheritance, and the current situation is worrying.
It can be seen from the inheritors and practitioners presented in the book "Research on Nan'an Stick Arts" that most of the inheritors who have mastered the essence of Nan'an stick art are the older generation of inheritors, and it is difficult to reconcile the contradiction between their conservative thinking and the lack of enthusiasm for martial arts among the people, and even in some areas there has been an embarrassing situation of "no one wants to learn".
In view of this, the "Research on Nan'an Stick Technique" puts forward suggestions for the innovation and development of Nan'an stick art from three aspects: value publicity platform, spiritual and cultural level, and ecological aesthetic awareness.
It is necessary to change the current traditional communication method of word of mouth, and strive to build a publicity platform for Nan'an stick art through the "deep integration" of traditional media and new media, so as to enhance the cultural communication ability of Nan'an stick art, and then improve the cultural credibility and influence of Nan'an stick art.
The core elements such as the unique strong national spirit in the Nan'an stick art culture are integrated and condensed, so that it is suitable for the needs of economic and social development, and at the same time suitable for the aesthetic value orientation of young people, so as to feel the style of "love to fight and dare to win" in the "integrity and innovation", and transform the rich and powerful spiritual connotation of Nan'an stick art into social productivity.
Promote the combination of Nan'an stick art and consumer culture, based on the local area of Nan'an, learn from the achievements of other regions, realize the optimal combination of tradition and modernity, local and foreign, coordinate the material and cultural ecology of Nan'an stick art, and meet the growing personalized and differentiated cultural needs of consumers.
The remarkable local characteristics and good traditions of Nan'an stick art are preserved, "providing a common historical memory and a sense of intimacy for the majority of martial arts enthusiasts, and is an important medium for communication, which can enhance the sense of identity and national cohesion of compatriots, and has a strong cultural exchange significance."
Through the subtle edification and infection of a body culture, martial arts enable people to get the inspiration of life from it, which is the uniqueness of martial arts that is different from other martial arts, and it is also a major embodiment of the international competitiveness of martial arts.
As far as Nan'an stick art is concerned, its historical figures and excellent works are the characteristic business cards of Nan'an stick art.
It is worth mentioning that Nan'an stick art has a good market and influence overseas (Quanzhou, as the first hometown of overseas Chinese in China, has more than 8 million overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia), and they have a sense of closeness to the martial arts (stick art).
It can be seen that the cultural significance of Nan'an stick art to foreign countries should not be underestimated, and the advantages of international cultural communication are also very obvious.
In the context of an increasingly modern society, Nan'an stick art has always retained the essence of the fine tradition of martial arts to the greatest extent, which is particularly worthy of reference for Chinese martial arts.
Since ancient times, martial arts has a good mass foundation in Fujian, especially in southern Fujian, and many private entrepreneurs love martial arts and are keen to give back to the township.
Regularly hold public welfare martial arts activities or competitions, while expanding the influence of martial arts, the public welfare image of private enterprises is quietly improved, and win-win cooperation is achieved.
Nan'an Wushu Association is rich in activities, undertakes all kinds of martial arts competitions every year, gives full play to its advantages of a large number of martial arts practitioners, many martial arts halls and schools, and many martial arts brand events, and does a good job in the event with the strength of the whole city, which promotes the development of Nan'an martial arts industry and local economy and society.
The vision of Nan'an Wushu Competition to build a brand event is being actively planned, and the event has attracted sponsorship from many people, attracted the attention of more people, and strived to drive the development of the regional economy.
epilogue
Wushu, also known as national martial arts, is a traditional national sport with mainland characteristics, a cultural treasure of Chinese martial arts, and is gradually loved by people all over the world.
The development of traditional martial arts is facing embarrassing difficulties, especially the social attention caused by the "fight" incident between traditional martial arts and modern fighting, and the Internet celebrity "martial arts master" has made Chinese martial arts a laughing stock for a time, causing the reputation of traditional martial arts to suffer a heavy blow. Voices of ridicule, questioning and even denial of traditional martial arts are rampant, and traditional martial arts have encountered a crisis of confidence.
"Nan'an Stick Technique Research" is a masterpiece that truly shows the development of traditional martial arts in southern Fujian, from which we can get a glimpse of the vicissitudes of traditional martial arts, witness the legendary life of the big waves and sands, and feel the silent perseverance behind those prosperity.