Study On The Fist Of Ships In Regions South Of The Yangtze River

The Fist of Ships in Jiangnan is one of the major epidemic culture in Taihu lake basin in China. Itis a typical representative of "Wu Yue" sports culture around Taihu lake.The Fist of Ships has a broaddeep folk culture. To a large extent, the Fist of Ships reflects the people’s politics, culture, economy,religion, customs and psychological and cultural characteristics around Taihu lake.The Fist of Shipsmeans practicing in the ship,including unarmed routines,instrument routines and techniques practice,etc..Restricted by continuous flow and the limit area of the hull, not only for the Fist of Ships exercisesincreased the difficulty but also put forward higher physical and psychological quality requirements.The Fist of Ships is unique in Chinese martial arts garden and it is also a kind of dazzling pearl culturetreasure of “WuYue” culture.This article put the study of Jiangnan ship boxing culture as the research object, mainly throughthe literature material method, field survey method, method of oral history and the research methodssuch as case study method, with longitudinal historical development process of Jiangnan ship boxing ascontext, to Jiangnan ship boxing developing horizontal social cultural ties as the path, the Jiangnan shipboxing culture to carry on the multiple levels and multiple points of view. The main conclusion is:1. Suzhou is the original palace of Jiangnan Ship fist. About the related issue origin of JiangnanShip fist, despite Zhejiang Wuxing saying, Shanghai Songjiang saying, even in Zhejiang Zhoushansaying and so on, but our research thinks Suzhou is the origin place. This is because Suzhou has fourimportant conditions generated by the ship boxing. First, Suzhou area water accounts for half of theentire region,it is worthy of the name "Oriental Water City", long-term water boat life become the basicconditions leading to Jiangnan Ship boxing generated. Second, Suzhou has a tradition of practicingmartial arts, swordfish story Zhuanzhu thorn Wu Wang reflects Taihu coast people more about themartial arts tradition and the ancient shipbuilding industry developed the particular social and culturalbackground became an important factor resulting in Jiangnan Ship boxing generated. Third, There iswidely popular "Su Lake cooked, the world is full of" Proverbs since Southern Song Dynasty, showedthat Suzhou has a rich level of social and economic development which is an important basis leading toJiangnan Ship boxing generated. Fourth, Wu people self-defense and defense foreign aims is the shipboxing formed inside drive force which is the most direct stress factors resulting in Jiangnan Shipboxing.2. Fist of Jiangnan Ship was born in two Song dynasties. Though Fist of Jiangnan ship was born inSuzhou, it can be traced back to the pre Qin period. Despite of Wu Yue saying of hegemonyenvironment and navy exercise influence in the history of the Tang Dynasty, or may have a ship boxingactivities of the shadow, but as an mature sports activity we think it appears in the two Song Dynasties, especially in the Southern Song dynasty. This is because the the content of Jiangnan Ship boxing hasformed a relatively complete system then. It included form refined ship boxing from the boatman longlife such as cast steel fork and bench boxing,transformation of ancient military Wu Yi techniques suchas ship boxing in single operation Qi Jiguang, Yue Jiaqiang etc; absorption and transformation of thenorthern boxing culture such as ship boxing in "small arhat, five tiger, Shaolin plum blossom boxing"and so on. After Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan Ship boxing came into a popular stage widely and appearedthe emergence of the function of generalization. It was not only the kill for ordinary people to keephealthy but also the weapons of resisting the foreign foe and home security defense, meanwhile it wasalso the recreation and leisure folk seasonal in the cultural content of the performance.3. Jiangnan Ship boxing has formed three superimposed cultural circle of the ship boxing. In thelong process of historical development, Suzhou as the origin and as time went on the continuousradiating to spread and eventually formed three superimposed cultural circle of the ship boxing. Thefirst one is called "ship boxing center cultural circle", it is a center with Taihu including Binhu Suzhou,Wuxi, Huzhou three areas. In Suzhou, the representative forms are Yuexi "Quartet boxing" andXiangcheng “opening ship boxing". In Wuxi, Xishan boat boxing is more active and is famous for "redboxing (Xiao Hongquan)" and "double size represents". In Zhejiang Huzhou,"Dalian knife" is theHuzhou boat boxing specific instruments, in the shape of two knife is connected, the edge surface, forsmall space to deal with many aspects of the enemy. Second we call "ship boxing center cultural circle"including Zhejiang Jiaxing, Jiangsu Changzhou and Shanghai Qingpu, Songjiang etc.. In Jiaxing, it wassaid that in the Southern Song Dynasty, the society has been popular for "small tuna","drunkenimmortals" Jiangnan Ship boxing. In Changzhou, it is mainly focus on Wujin Dai Lake ship boxingfeatures. In Shanghai Songjiang and Qingpu area, boxing and instruments spread mainly "arhat boxing"and wood shuttle. Third we call "Jiangnan Ship boxing in the cultural circle" in the periphery,mainlyincluding Jiangsu Zhenjiang, Zhejiang Hangzhou and Wenzhou etc.. Because of its distance from thecenter of Taihu relatively remote, it made the ship boxing in contents and forms unique self exploration.For example, the Zhenjiang boat boxing "Bajiquan" and Hangzhou Jiang village form "sword to openfour". Especially in the process of inheritance in Wenzhou area,Jiangnan Ship boxing changed from theinland waterway ship boxing performance development adapting to the sea performance requirements,so that Wenzhou style form has a specific character.4. Jiangnan Ship boxing has a unique technical style and features. In the history of formation ofJiangnan Ship boxing,it became an unique concise, practical technology style, showing characteristicsof tradition and innovation in culture. As in boxing, the biggest difference between the other martial artsand the form is the harmony of the ship embodiment and the water, especially perform in change andflow in harmony, forthcoming affordable. Because the ship is just the carrier of performance, this spatiallimitation determines not a large area of channeling, jumping, popping and so on, it especially paysattention to speed and hand changing practices,"moving agile, drawing back quickly just like a catcatching mice and poising to strike". At the same time hull shaking decides to drill with water ripple andkeep steady with the horse stance, forming a harmony of hard and soft form emphasizing on an uniqueship boxing fight process. 5.The ship fist culture has a ceaseless life force. As a part of folk culture, Ship boxing culture hasthe respective of performances, festivals and amusement, also carrying leisure and education. The folkcustoms of ship boxing culture is the coordination relationship of the festival and seasonal celebrationwith ceaseless survival vitality, its important reason is it is the embodiment of the inheritance of folkculture cohesion. Ship boxing condensates the Anti Japanese national spirit, as time goes on,the shipboxing culture evolution and inheritance become a part of the folk culture of the south of the YangtzeRiver in people’s lives. The change of the form and cultural is more in line with the culturalpsychological gradually development era. Ship fist has own competitive and performing charm, fusingwith other various forces in traditional folk custom, forming a form of folk culture with Chinesecharacteristics. As the part of entertainment and body building forms of martial arts, Ship boxinggradually weaken the traditional combat color and focus on more performance form, is a spectator andperformer emotional catharsis way and also is the wealth with force performance. With other folkculture of mutual dependence and mutual exchanges, Ship boxing complete construction of Jiangnanculture.6. Change of Jiangnan Ship fist has a specific reason; inheritance needs operation waysimultaneously, diversified development.Ship boxing in the vicissitude reason mainly has the followingfour aspects: First is the process of modernization, the economic impact of the powerful, cohesion ofvillage culture gradually scattered; Second is he survival environment change; Third is itself influencedby foreign ship boxing; Fourth is the value change of the ship boxing. The change of modernfundamental reason of boat boxing is the weakening of traditional culture and regional culture, folk folkneglect. The emergence and development of boat boxing carries people too much memory and regionalspirit, is worthy of the guardian of the spirit of their homes. As the same as other martial artsdevelopment strategy,the inheritance and development of boat boxing should also complete the shiftfrom technology to culture,spreading and developing in multi-level and multi oriental diversification.In all we think: Jiangnan Ship fist has a unique geography culture and ethnic culture andpsychological factors, showing cultural exchanges with different characteristics of Chinese and foreign,making further study of these factors and characteristics have theoretical and practical significance tostudy Wushu culture. On this basis, further explore about Jiangnan Ship boxing techniques and relatedmartial arts culture can improve the social influence of Jiangnan Ship boxing, so that the ship boxingcan be better serving the public and enriching the true meaning Jiangnan boxing just for the futuredevelopment of grand tamp foundation.