Xinyi Liuhe Quan
01 · Historical Records
Zhoukou is a major centre of transmission for Xinyi Liuhe Quan in eastern Henan. Like the Luohe branch, it descends from the same line as Ma Xueli of Luoyang, and it is handed down from master to disciple chiefly within the Hui communities of Chuanhui District, Huaiyang, Shenqiu, Xiangcheng and Wuyang in the Zhoukou area; in the late Qing and the Republican period masters such as Mai Jinkui were its leading figures. His successor Mai Xishan is a native of Zhoukou City and has compiled writings such as The Folk Martial Master Mai Jinkui, The Horse Form in Xinyi Liuhe Quan, and Light Steps and Standing Techniques. Another bearer of the art, Lü Yanzhi, is from Wuyang; her technique is disciplined, light and agile, combining stored and released power, and subtle in its variations. After retirement she founded the Yihua Xinyi Boxing Training Class and went to Switzerland and Germany to teach, training numerous disciples at home and abroad.
02 · Core Techniques & Process
Xinyi Liuhe Quan is practised in places such as Luohe and Zhoukou City in Henan Province. It is one of China's traditional internal-style boxing arts and a treasure of Chinese martial arts. Its movements are fast and fierce, with firmness carried within softness and firmness and softness working together; it is strongly combative. For hundreds of years masters have held it as a gem, and it has an important influence internationally. Its practice takes two forms, set forms and moving forms, and its main contents are the Xinyi grip, the ten forms, the four-hand routine, the six-harmony saber and the six-harmony spear, among others. Its movements are simple and its content rich, combining health cultivation and physical conditioning with combat in a single art, so that children, adults and the elderly alike may gain from practising it. Vigorously developing Xinyi Liuhe Quan is of great significance for carrying forward China's traditional martial culture, strengthening the people's physique and enriching the art of martial arts.
Transmission in Zhoukou's Hui communities
In Zhoukou the art passed down through Hui communities, preserved in family lines and neighbourhood practice grounds.
Mai Jinkui and Mai Xishan's writings
The Hui master Mai Xishan, born 1949, has written on the lineage of Mai Jinkui and on the horse form, teaching over five thousand pupils.
Lü Yanzhi and her training class
Born in Wuyang in 1943 and of the eighth duan, she founded a training class and has lectured in Switzerland and Germany.
Four-hand routine, single and double hands
The core combinations of the art, forming a ladder from single techniques to complete routines.
Light step and six-harmony weapons
Light-step standing governs balance and starting, while the six-harmony saber and spear carry the fists' power into weapons.
03 · Regional Records & Related Items
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Ma Xueli of Luoyang, Henan, met a recluse who transmitted this art to him. His favourite disciple Ma Sanyuan was a native of Fancheng Town in Linying County, Luohe City. From this beginning the art has been handed down through generations in the Luohe and Zhoukou area for several hundred years.
Other submitting regions for the same item: Xinyi Liuhe Quan.
04 · Cultural Value & Contemporary Safeguarding
Because masters in every generation have chosen pupils with great strictness, and because there has been little exchange within a single lineage, many old masters have passed away and the art has been lost, bringing it to the verge of extinction. It urgently calls for the government and the public together to take effective measures to protect and transmit this ancient and excellent boxing art. Mai Xishan (official file record of the associated inheritor): Male, of Hui ethnicity, born in March 1949, native of Zhoukou City, Henan Province. He has written The Folk Martial Master Mai Jinkui, The Horse Form in Xinyi Liuhe Quan (Volumes One and Two), Light Steps and Standing Techniques, and other works. He has devoted himself to transmitting and spreading Xinyi Liuhe Quan, actively taking on pupils and teaching them, and has guided more than five thousand students. Representative inheritor of Xinyi Liuhe Quan under the third batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage projects. Lü Yanzhi (official file record of the associated inheritor): Style name Yihua, female, of Hui ethnicity, born in June 1943, native of Wuyang County, Henan Province. A master of Xinyi Liuhe Quan, eighth dan in Chinese martial arts. Her technique is disciplined, light and agile, combining stored and released power, subtle in its variations. Representative inheritor of Xinyi Liuhe Quan under the third batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage projects. After retirement she founded the Yihua Xinyi Boxing Training Class and was invited to give instruction in Switzerland, Germany and other countries, training numerous disciples at home and abroad.
05 · Associated Representative Bearers
Representative bearers recorded under this item, organized by national nomination batch:
06 · Authoritative Sources & Bibliography
Sources
China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network (ihchina.cn)
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