The written history of China dates back to the Shāng 商 dynasty, which ruled approximately between 1600 and 1046 BC. During these more than three thousand years of history, the Middle Kingdom (中國 Zhōng Guó) has varied in extension over and over again by encompassing or leaving out different groups and territories to form what is now the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó).
Although in this section we will normally focus on the history of Chinese Martial Arts, we do not want to exclude other historical events even if they are not related to this field.
After Cheong Jim 張炎, Chan Ngau Sing 陳吽盛 took charge of the Hung Sing 鴻勝 school and continued cementing the its reputation, making it one of the most membered martial arts institutions in the Fóshān 佛山.
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Chan Jiu-Chi 陳耀墀 was a scholar, poet, herb doctor and master of Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 and, although it is said that he stood out in all those areas, no doubt his fame in the field of Kung Fu surpassed the others very much.
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At the end of the 19th century, Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 was booming in southern China. There was at that time a legendary wrestler, called Tam Sam 譚三, who is considered the founder of one of the main branches of the style.
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Cheong Jim 張炎 is known for being the founder of the Hung Sing 鴻勝 branch of Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 in Fóshān 佛山, and one of the best fighters of his time. His story has been transmitted orally and the popular narrative is mixed with legend.
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We follow the story of the heirs of Chan Heung 陳享, founder of the Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 Kung Fu system, in times of the spreading and diversification of the style, when many schools were established.
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Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 popular folklore associates it with the Tàipíng Rebellion 太平天國, secret societies, and other revolutionary movements that fought to overthrow the Qīng 清 dynasty. But is there any historical truth in this, or is it just a legend?
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Choy Li Fut 蔡李佛 is a martial arts system founded in 1836 by Chan Heung 陳享, one of the greatest martial artists of his time. Today it is one of the most widely practiced Kung Fu styles, both for its effectiveness and for its great technical variety.
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Towards the end of the Míng 明 dynasty (1368–1644), the problem of banditry led to the emergence of private escorts, who accompanied and protected merchants on their journeys between different regions and, later, escort companies employing civilian martial artists.
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Corruption was a widespread problem during the Qīng 清 dynasty. In this article we want to expose the real problem of corruption: its magnitude, its causes and the measures that were taken to deal with it, as well as examine in particular what is possibly the most famous case of corruption: the case of Héshēn 和珅.
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The Battle of Red Cliffs (Chìbì zhī zhàn 赤壁之戰) was one of the most important episodes of war in Chinese history. This battle, of epic dimensions, would mark the end of the Hàn 漢 dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms Period (Sānguó Shídài 三國時代; 220-280).
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