The Art of China

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The Art of China
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?The earliest art of China. ?Painting art.
?Sculpture. ?Paper-cut.
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The art of fighting
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Conception of Shaolin ?Kungfu and Wushu . ?
Northern and Southern Shaolin The History of
Shaolin ? The Birth of Shaolin ? The Birth of
Kung Fu ? The Golden Area of Shaolin
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?Kungfu and Wushu .

• Kungfu, in western languages, normally
  refers to Chinese martial art. In the Chinese
  language the present official term for martial
  art is wushu. However, due to various reasons,
  one of the most important of which is that the
  present Chinese government wishes to promote
  wushu as a sport rather than a fighting art, the
  term "wushu" when used in the West often connotes
  a demonstrative form, whereas the term "kungfu"
  suggests a combative art.

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? Northern and Southern Shaolin

• Northern Shaolin tend to adopt long wide sweeping
  movement with emphasis on the legs. On the other
  hand the Southern School have more emphasis on
  the arms and low stance and tend to be more
  agressive and efficient. Northern styles would
  suit tall flexible people whereas southern styles
  suit shorter larger peole with a generally low
  centre of gravity.

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? The Birth of Shaolin
It is in the time of the Southern Northern
Dynasty that the first Shaolin Temple was built
in the year 497 AD. Thus we celebrate the 1500
birthday of Shaolin in 1997.
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The Birth of Kung Fu

• About scholar and a monk Da Mo.
• It was due to Shaolin Monks lack of fitness and
  health.
• Da Mo devised, the now legendary, 18 Hands of
  Lohan.

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The Golden Area of Shaolin
The time of the Ming Dynasty was a golden area in
Chinas history. Many works of art were created
that still exist and are now priceless. This is
also the time when the original 170 movements
were redevelopment into the 5 Animal Style (Hung
Kuen) Kung Fu. At Shaolin's peak there were many
lesser and greater temples in China.
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The Invaders

• The invaders from Manchurian, lead by the Ching
  Family, ended Chinas Golden area, and the Ming
  Dynasties reign. They slowly but surly and
  brutally took control of China and systematically
  eradicated all resistance. Many Chinese nobles,
  warriors and commoners were forced underground.
  There they tried to make invaders leave. The
  Manchu slaughtered all who did not conform. Those
  that did not wish to conform had to either
  migrate or go underground, some also sough refuge
  in the Shaolin temples.

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The 5 main temples were

• 1.Honan temple
• 2.Fukien temple
• 3.Omei Shan temple
• 4.Kwangtung temple
• 5.Wutang Mountain temple.

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