广东蔡家拳的起源与发展

The Origin and Development of Guangdong Caijiaquan

运用文献资料、走访调查等方法,对广东地区蔡家拳拳派的源流演变进行探析。认为,一贯、至善、至悟禅师传授蔡家拳一说并不成立,但三人对蔡家拳确实产生了重大影响,广东蔡家拳的形成与天地会有一定关系;蔡家拳明崇祯时已经成形,其传承已三四百年,但现能够找到的广东蔡家拳拳派历史连续传承时间仅200多年;林春甫在廉江地区蔡家拳拳派中有重要地位,何恩对中山地区蔡家拳拳派起着非常重要的作用;各地拳师对蔡家拳都进行了革新改造,或将其创编成其他拳种,或被已有拳种吸收,纯蔡家拳的发展面临后继无人的窘境。

This article analyzes the origin and evolution of Caijiaquan in Guangdong by methods of lit- erature and visiting survey. It suggests that the version that Zen Master of Consistency, Zen Master of Goodness, and Zen Master of Perceptiveness taught Caijiaquan is untenable, but the three masters really had a major impact on Caijiaquan. The formation of Guangdong Caijiaquan has a certain rela- tionship with Tiandihui, a secret anti-Qing society rooting in folk China throughout the whole Qing Dynasty. Caijiaquan has been shaped in Chongzhen, Ming Dynasty, and has been inherited for three or four centuries, but its consecutive history that can be found is only 200 years. Lin Chunfu has an important position in Caiiiaquan of the Lianjiang area, while He En plays a very important role in the area of Zhongshan. Caijiaquan masters from various areas renovated Caijiaquan. Among those renova- tions, some were composed into other kinds of Chinese boxing, others were absorbed by other kinds of Chinese boxing. So the development of pure Caijiaquan is in the dilemma of no successors.