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Fujian White Crane (martial art)

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style="background:#ccf; border-bottom:1px solid" colspan=2|Fujian White Crane
align=right|Pinyin: B??i H?? Qu??n
align=right|Minnan: Peh8 Hoh8 Kun5
align=right|Literally "white crane fist"


This article is about the Fujian style of White Crane. For the Tibetan style, see Lama (martial art).


Fujian White Crane is a martial art which its traditions attribute to a woman named F??ng Q??ni??ng (?????????; Minnan: hng1 chhit1 nia5).



The F??ng family lived in Fujian, a province of China, in a place where there were many Crane (bird)|cranes.</br>
Q??ni??ng's father knew the Southern Chinese martial arts and taught them to his daughter.

One day, while Q??ni??ng was doing her chores, a crane alighted nearby.</br>
Q??ni??ng tried to scare the bird off using a stick and the skills she learned from her father but whatever she did, the crane would counter.</br>
Q??ni??ng tried to hit the crane on the head, but the bird moved its head out of the way and blocked the stick with its wings.</br>
Q??ni??ng tried to hit the crane's wings, but the crane stepped to the side and this time blocked with the claws of its feet.</br>
Q??ni??ng tried to poke the crane's body, but the crane dodged backwards and struck the stick with its beak.

From then on, Q??ni??ng carefully studied the movements of cranes and combined these movements with the martial arts she learned from her father, creating the White Crane style of Fujian Province.



Over time White Crane branched off into several styles:
Chinese language|Chinese !!style="background-color:#CCCCCC; "| Pinyin !!style="background-color:#CCCCCC; "| Minnan !!style="background-color:#CCCCCC; "| &nbsp;
Sleeping Crane Fist ????????? ||align=center| s?? h?? qu??n ||align=center| siok1 hoh8 kun5 || also known as Jumping, Ancestral, or Vibrating Crane
Crying Crane Fist ????????? ||align=center| m??ng h?? qu??n ||align=center| beng5 hoh8 kun5 ||
Eating Crane Fist ????????? ||align=center| sh?? h?? qu??n ||align=center| chiah8 hoh8 kun5 || also known as Morning Crane
Flying Crane Fist ????????? ||align=center| f??i h?? qu??n ||align=center| hui1 hoh8 kun5 ||




The Jumping Crane master Yang Jwing-Ming dates the creation of Fujian White Crane to c. 1700.

According to the traditions of the Lee family branch of Flying Crane, F??ng Q??ni??ng was born in the mid-18th century.

According to its traditions, the lineage of the Ong Gong Shr Wushuguan in the town of Y??ngch??n (??????; Minnan: eng2 chhun1) in the prefecture of Quanzhou in Fujian Province was established when F??ng Q??ni??ng taught its founders during the reign of the Ming emperor Ji??zh??ng (??????).
However, there was no Ming emperor Ji??zh??ng (??????); there was a Ming emperor Ji??j??ng (??????), who ruled from 1521 to 1566.

L?? W??nm??o (?????????), a historically verifiable opera performer and leader in the 1854&ndash;1855 Red Turban Rebellion in Foshan, is said to have practiced the Y??ngch??n style of White Crane.



Fujian White Crane is one of the constituent styles of Five Ancestors.

Five Ancestors as well as various styles of Karate, notably Goju Ryu and Uechi Ryu, obtained the routine San Chian from Fujian White Crane.
San Chian is best known by the Japanese language|Japanese pronunciation of its name: Sanchin.



  • Sanchin

  • Five Ancestors

  • Karate

  • Goju Ryu

  • Uechi Ryu




  • http://www.yongchunbaihechuen.com/videos.html Martin Watts' collection of Y??ngch??n White Crane (????????????) videos


Category:Chinese martial arts

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Fujian White Crane (martial art)".


Last Modified:   2005-11-04


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