(Interview between the two sessions) Yang Zhenhe, the successor of Yang Family Tai Chi: Some people want to become famous by practicing Kung fu
China News Service, Beijing, March 4th. Title: Yang Zhenhe, the successor of Yang's Tai Chi: Some people want to become famous by practicing “undesirable”
China News Agency reporter Ma Xiuxiu
"Performance is not the realm of traditional martial arts. To inherit traditional martial arts requires sinking, and there is a realm of Zen." Talking about the inheritance of traditional Chinese martial arts, including Tai Chi, said Yang Zhenhe, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the successor of Yang's Tai Chi.
With the development of the times, more and more people are pursuing fitness, and traditional martial arts are also performed on stage.
Is traditional Chinese martial arts a fancy or a real kungfu?
Yang Zhenhe said that it depends on whether the practitioner is professional.
Historically, the kung fu of Chinese martial artists has been very recognized because of their professionalism; in modern society, traditional martial arts have played a certain role in national fitness, but the training methods and training time are not adequate.
"Traditional martial arts is a special industry that needs to endure hardships and requires personal cultivation to be in place." Yang Zhenhe said frankly that stage performances can easily arouse people's desires and reduce the time for practice. This is not the realm of traditional martial arts.
Some people want to become famous by practicing Kung fu and promote this traditional culture in a commercial way. This is not desirable.
Yang Zhenhe believes that traditional Chinese martial arts should take the two paths of inheritance and national fitness.
As far as the inheritance route is concerned, learners are required to practice skills repeatedly and resist loneliness in order to improve their realm.
"The more authentic, the easier it is to practice. This kind of suffering is not something ordinary people can bear."
On the evening of December 17, 2020, Beijing time, China’s separate declaration of "Tai Chi" was reviewed and approved by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage and was included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
"Tai Chi belongs to China and benefits the world." Speaking of this, Yang Zhenhe said that the success of Tai Chi's application for heritage has condensed the efforts of generations and embodies the world's affirmation of the culture, function and value of Tai Chi.
For more than 20 years, Yang Zhenhe has conducted touring teaching in more than a dozen countries including Europe and Asia.
He said frankly that he personally felt the admiration of foreigners for traditional Chinese martial arts, especially Tai Chi.
This kind of worship is an opportunity for the development of Chinese traditional martial arts culture.
"Although the times have changed, many foreigners still want to teach traditional martial arts as their profession, and the pursuit of skills and inheritance is therefore particularly important."
Combined with teaching experience, Yang Zhenhe pointed out that due to cultural differences, foreigners often practice Tai Chi in a natural way and cannot bear the physical compulsion.
With this as a prerequisite, it is difficult to practice kung fu well.
In view of this, he said that media propaganda should be combined with historical background, "Real Kung Fu is a kind of physical training."
"We must sink down, carry on the traditional Chinese martial arts culture well, get rid of its dross, and seek truth from facts." He appealed, especially as a teacher, to take responsibility for the revival of the Chinese nation's traditional culture and not to promote traditional martial arts with greed. development of.
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