e.g.: visit to Erlang quan master, Liu Fengtai (90 years old). His Master of Erlang quan, Wang Yushan (1884-1952), homonym of the famous Master of Tanglang quan (same Chinese characters), but originating from Hebei, is also in the Dictionary of the famous Chinese martial artists. In addition to his bare hand fighting art, this school was famous for its handling of many traditional weapons. .

We offered a crown to Master Wang and
paid homage (kowtow) to him.

In Ertong park where we train every morning, we found the troop of the usual characters:
the old man walking around listening to loud music, those going backwards to reverse the aging process, those who where shouting loudly, those who let to their birds to devoice rather than singing themselves.  Fortunately, the mahjong fever,  which prevailed last year, seems fallen down.
On the other hand, a new fashion made its appearance, that to walk with a dog, real sign of wealth, given the price of dog meat, the poors would never leave such an animal alive for a long time.  One epic moment this year, was the replacement, with the means of the edge, by Wangyong
and some old women who share the ground allocated in this public park to the club of Taiji Tanglang quan of Qingdao, of a moribund tree by another offered for  free by the workmen charged to border with trees the “beer street” in view of the 2008 olympic games.

The province of Fujian was always very favourable to the development of martial arts.
(It is from styles practiced in this province that Japanese karate originated via Okinawa.) 
Indeed, its coasts were infested with pirates. Surrounded by mountains, with an access to the sea,
it was the refuge of the last pretenders of the fallen dynasties and a place from where the rebelions against the central power were organized. For example when the Mandchou invador  dethroned the last Ming emperor. Therefore it’s not surprising that it is the presumed location where took place the destruction of the south Shaolin temple by the Qing illustrated many times in chinese movies (specially in hongkong ones). The temple razed in 1763 by order from the emperor Qianlong reappeared about 15 years in two different places: the south Shaolin temple in the north of Putian city and the south Shaolin temple of the city of Quanzhou, both claiming the legitimacy to succeed to the legendary temple from which might have originated a large numbers of present days southern styles.
Without going through the details of this polemic, the temple of Putian has in its favor the discovery of archeologic remains like for example, jars which contained medicinal substances used in conjonction with the practice of martial arts. On the other hand, the localisation of the temple of Quanzhou, more in the south, is in better agreement with what has been reported in old texts (from the Xi shan zazhi ).
Whatever that might be, one thing is sure: both temples are sparkling new.

 Portico in entrance   

  
 In front of principal pavilion 

View of the giant statue of Zheng Cheng Gong
on the peak of the pure water spring mountain

-Visit of the fortified city of Chongwu and it’s sculpture park.

Qi Jiguang

Putuo temple
          

Gulanyu island: 
The Command deck of Zheng Cheng Gong

Guangdong