Chen Zhengyao
01 · Lineage & Regional School
He is the third-generation bearer of Xiong County Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing. He practised martial arts under his father Chen Guoqing from childhood. Within the regional tradition and school record of Yingzhaofanzi Boxing in Xiong, Hebei: Eagle Claw Fanzi Boxing is a school that developed from Bashan Fan. Based on the eight flash-turn techniques of Fanzi Boxing, it absorbed the grappling methods of the "Yue-style free hand" and the hooking-and-seizing hand shapes of Eagle Claw training, fusing them into a new Fanzi boxing style characterized by "eagle claw" hand shapes. It is widely practiced in Jingnan (southern Beijing), Baoding, and other parts of Hebei. Fanzi Boxing was known as "Bashan Fan" (Eight Flash Turns) during the Ming dynasty, and was later commonly called "Fanzi Boxing" or "Fanzi." Li Shuyuan and Li Gengyun of Anxin County, Hebei, as well as Guo Yindong, Dong Xianzhou, and Liu Shijun of Xiong County, were all renowned Fanzi masters of the late Qing dynasty.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
His boxing is powerful and vigorous in force, with a majestic momentum. Between 1992 and 2002 he ran the Jingwu School, where he taught Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing. In 2007 he organised the establishment of the Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing Research Society and the Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing Association. In 2008 he was specially engaged as a traditional wushu coach at the Capital Institute of Physical Education. Throughout his life he was devoted to the transmission and development of the art, giving his strength to the advancement of Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing. Within the documented technical tradition of Yingzhaofanzi Boxing in Xiong, Hebei: The main content of Eagle Claw Fanzi Boxing consists of Eagle Claw moving boxing and Eagle Claw Fanzi linked boxing. As the saying goes, "strike with the fist when attacking out, seize with the eagle claw when drawing back; the fists fall as dense as rain, as crisp and swift as a whip," so it combines both the style of Eagle Claw Boxing and the characteristics of Fanzi Boxing. Its weapon routines include the Liuhe spear, the Meihua spear, the ganzi (long staff), and the eyebrow-level staff. The technical content and main methods of this boxing style include grabbing, striking, capturing, seizing, turning, bursting, crowding, and leaning, as well as high lifting, low pressing, turning bursts, rolling smashes, leaping jumps, grappling holds, hooking hangs, bracing strides, drawing withdrawals, and linked kicking. The main hand techniques are first seizing, second holding, third bringing down, and fourth defending, along with sensing the pulse through clinging contact, separating tendons and dislocating bones, and striking vital points to block the breath. In applying techniques, attention is paid to eight aspects: yin and yang, inside and outside, up and down, soft and hard, long and short, fast and slow, false and true, and empty and full. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Eagle-claw routine and linked boxing": The core content of eagle-claw fanzi boxing: fists that strike on the way out and claw on the way back, dense as rain and crisp as a whip. "Merging eight-flash fanzi with eagle claw": Fanzi boxing was called the eight-flash form in the Ming; the eagle-claw school fused its eight flashing techniques with Yue-style seizing and claw hand shapes. "Six-harmony spear, plum spear, pole and staff": The weapon sets of the style, complementing its clawing, seizing, flipping and crushing techniques. "The seizing sequence": The main hand methods in sequence, ranging from reading the opponent's pulse through the cloth to separating sinews and sealing acupoints.
Eagle-claw routine and linked boxing
The core content of eagle-claw fanzi boxing: fists that strike on the way out and claw on the way back, dense as rain and crisp as a whip.
Merging eight-flash fanzi with eagle claw
Fanzi boxing was called the eight-flash form in the Ming; the eagle-claw school fused its eight flashing techniques with Yue-style seizing and claw hand shapes.
Six-harmony spear, plum spear, pole and staff
The weapon sets of the style, complementing its clawing, seizing, flipping and crushing techniques.
The seizing sequence
The main hand methods in sequence, ranging from reading the opponent's pulse through the cloth to separating sinews and sealing acupoints.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
Male, of Han ethnicity, born in May 1933 in Xiong County, Hebei Province, and died in March 2009. He was a national representative bearer of Xiong County Yingzhao Fanzi Boxing, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Fanzi Boxing was known as "Bashan Fan" (Eight Flash Turns) during the Ming dynasty, and was later commonly called "Fanzi Boxing" or "Fanzi." Li Shuyuan and Li Gengyun of Anxin County, Hebei, as well as Guo Yindong, Dong Xianzhou, and Liu Shijun of Xiong County, were all renowned Fanzi masters of the late Qing dynasty.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Zhengyao | Xiong, Hebei | 03-1211 | This page |
| Chen Guixue | Xiong, Hebei | 04-1737 | Same declared area |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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