Cai Li foquan

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Cai Li foquan

Applicant: Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Project No.: 808

Project No.: VI - 36

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics

Region: Guangdong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Protection unit: the founder boxing club of CAI LIFO in Xinhui

Introduction to Cai Li fo Quan

Applicant: Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Cai LIFO boxing is one of the boxing schools in the south of the five ridges. It was founded in 1836 by Chen Xiang, a native of Jingmei village in the west of Xinhui cliff, Guangdong Province.

Cai LIFO boxing has a huge boxing system, including 39 sets of boxing, 54 sets of antithesis, 64 sets of instruments (including 14 sets of cudgel), 18 sets of pile training methods (commonly known as "Eighteen wooden man pile"), 9 sets of lion skills and 193 sets of internal skills. There are 30 techniques, 28 palm techniques, 29 bridge techniques, 35 mallet (fist) techniques, 14 body techniques, 16 leg techniques and 18 footwork techniques. It takes the five tones of "Yu", "de", "Yi", "scared" and "he" as its standard form. If there are three tones of "Yi", "de" and "Yu", we can see that it is the theory of Cai Li's School of Buddhism. Generally speaking, Cai LIFO's boxing routines are various and rich in content. Its technique focuses on the cooperation of attack and defense. Its footwork is flexible and steady. It pays attention to the coordination of voice and movement. It requires voice to cheer and voice to help momentum. The movements are generous and the boxing way is magnificent.

"Drinking water to think of the source is the foundation of CAI LIFO, perseverance is the spirit of CAI LIFO." Chen Xiang is the founder of CAI LIFO boxing, but he doesn't show off his name in the world. Instead, he takes his mentor's surname as his boxing name, and skillfully arranges his martial arts moves to commemorate his mentor. Chen Xiang made great efforts to break the limitation of surnames and sects, advocated martial arts and morality, and stressed that "all rivers meet by the sea and make friends by martial arts", so that Cai LIFO boxing "comes from the folk and goes to the folk". Therefore, Cai LIFO boxing has been founded for more than 170 years, and its successors have spread all over dozens of countries and regions. In terms of International Wushu communication, it is said that there is Taiji in the north and Cai LIFO in the south. This boxing is one of the most widely spread Southern Boxing in the history of Guangdong martial arts. After more than 100 years of wind and rain, it still has abundant roots and leaves, and is often young.

Cai LIFO boxing can not only strengthen the body, but also pay more attention to the cultivation of the inheritor's character. The so-called "drinking water to think of the source, perseverance" is its unique humanistic care, with universal cultural value. At present, the overall development of martial arts is at a low ebb, which makes it difficult for Cai LIFO boxing to reproduce the prosperity of the past. Many boxing techniques are on the verge of being lost and need to be protected.

Chinese PinYin : Cai Li Fo Quan