Shaolin Temple was in its heyday when it arrived in Liyan, Tang Wuzong (AD 84 1-846) and met Wuzong to destroy the Buddha. Wuzong is the most staunch anti-Buddha emperor among the 265,438+0 emperors in Li Tang. At that time, there were 4,600 Buddhist temples and more than 40,000 small temples in China, all of which were destroyed. The wealth and fertile land of the temple were confiscated, and 260,500 monks and nuns were forced to return to the customs. Naturally, Shaolin Temple suffered another disaster, and the temple was demolished and turned into ruins. Since Wuzong destroyed Buddhism for more than a year, Xuanzong ascended the throne, Buddhism resumed immediately, and Shaolin Temple had to be built from scratch.
Legend has it that Shaolin Temple was set on fire by the Qing court. In fact, in the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, Shaolin Temple was never burned. On the contrary, these Qing emperors also repaired this thousand-year-old temple. The existing Shaolin Temple buildings were rebuilt after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the secret documents of the Heaven and Earth Society, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, West Road made an "insurrection" and advanced to Tongguan. At that time, there were no civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty who could defend against the enemy. Emperor Kangxi had to put up a placard, claiming that whoever can "win Xifan will be crowned Prince of Ten Thousand Generations." Shaolin monks volunteered to defend the enemy and beat back the invaders in one fell swoop. After the victory, they refused to be rewarded and still went back to the temple to recite scriptures, give lectures and practice. At present, the gate of Shaolin Temple was built in the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (AD 1735), and the horizontal tablet of Shaolin Temple was written by Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. But at present, the word on the horizontal plaque is imperial pen, but the form of the plaque is different from that at that time. It is said that the entrance of the mountain was burned, and the corner of the horizontal plaque was burned. The word "Shao" was later added by a calligrapher. In the forest of steles in Shaolin Temple, there are many inscriptions on both sides, most of which are treasures of famous calligraphers in Tang and Song Dynasties. Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong visited Shaolin Temple, he erected a stone tablet. Monks found that several stone tablets in the forest of steles were even higher than the emperor's, so they immediately buried them in the ground, and only recently did they dig them out and see the light of day. Fortunately, I traveled in Qianlong for fifteen years and spent the night in the abbot's room. The inscription reads: "See Zhongyue tomorrow and stay in Shaolin tonight."
In the Qing Dynasty, Yi Jin Jing and Ba Duan Jin were publicly taught in Shaolin Temple, as well as some traditional guided fitness techniques. During the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties to Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, Shaolin Boxing evolved from external boxing to internal boxing, with both internal and external training, from emphasizing external rigidity and fighting people to "internal diplomacy". The ruling class in Qing Dynasty valued Neijia Boxing because it appreciated Neijia Boxing, but it had lost its essence and forgotten its original intention. It forgot that its roots were in Shaolin Boxing, and that the people who created it were Han Chinese. Its original intention was to resist foreign oppression. From "life-saving boxing" to "life-saving boxing", from "rebel boxing" to "filial piety boxing", Yang and Dong are the nobles of the sovereign, defending the royal family and protecting their lives to death. How can such a fist not really benefit the emperor? As for when the "southern boxing and northern leg" appeared in Wushu, some experts' research should begin in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. The northern leg is the pool leg (or bouncing leg), and the southern fist is the Hongquan. People who practice martial arts often regard Hong Xiguan as the founder of Hongquan, believing that Hongquan spread to Lu 'achai, Huangtai, Huang Qiying and Huang Feihong after Hong Xiguan, and really developed and became one of the most important martial arts schools in China.