Just as the first official match of the second round of the new Cuju Competition was going on at the Bird's Nest Stadium, Cao Han was also busy preparing for the upcoming competition to recruit a bride. In order to prevent Cao Han from knowing his arrangements before the start of the arena,
Cao Guojiu and Cao Ping directly found an unused house under their own names in the inner city, and prepared to hold a martial arts contest here to recruit a bride. The reason why Cao Guojiu and Cao Ping wanted to inspect the site in person today was because they had decided to
The date of the martial arts competition to recruit a bride is before the match between the Lions and the Wenyuan team. Cao Guojiu's move is very vicious. He wants to hold the martial arts competition before the Cuju competition.
, so that his opponent Han Yonghe can see how many people are participating in his martial arts competition to recruit a bride. The scene is not much worse than the one Han Yonghe is preparing to hold for his daughter's wedding. Furthermore, if he can pass this martial arts competition to recruit a bride, suppress the
It is also a good choice to look at the Han family and make them perform abnormally in the next game. In this case, it can be regarded as giving the Lions a better chance of entering the finals.
"Dad, isn't it good that we didn't tell our elder brother what happened today? After all, he also knows that my younger sister is getting married." After Cao Ping ordered people to do things, he walked to Uncle Cao Guo and said
.
Uncle Cao Guo sighed while watching his servants busy, and turned to Cao Ping and said: "Oh, it's not that I don't want to tell him. Although he didn't tell Cao Han about this matter, now our
The martial arts competition to recruit a bride will be held soon, and he must go to watch the game today. Firstly, you also know how much effort your elder brother has spent on the Lions. Secondly, no one can guarantee that during this martial arts competition to recruit a bride,
Before we start, will he tell others about this, especially Lu Yao? I don’t want to see Lu Yao at this conference."
Cao Ping is a straight-tempered person, so naturally he doesn't know the truth behind it. After listening to Uncle Cao Guo's explanation, he understood a lot.
When it comes to the development of the arena, it can be said that it has a long history in our country.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Jiaodian was popular and was mainly used for entertainment activities. In addition to being among the people, Jiaodian also entered the court. Qin II was the number one fan of Jiaodian. He almost forgot to eat and sleep to see Jiaodian.
In the midst of sexual pleasure."
Regarding the "challenge" form during the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was described on a wooden comb unearthed in 1975.
In the picture, three people are naked on the upper body and wearing shorts on the lower body. The person on the left stretches his hands (consistent with the "start" command gesture of modern martial arts Sanda), and seems to be the referee of the game. There is a half-moon arc around it, which should be the curtain of the game.
, there is a curtain tie in the upper part of the picture. The corner competition at this time should be held within the curtain. The competition venue is a platform.
Sumo was very popular in the Song Dynasty. Sumo was practiced both at court banquets in the Song Dynasty and in folk "goulanwashi". "Mengliang Lu" records: "There are Zhou Jikuai, Wang Jikuai, and Yang Changjiao in Hangzhou...
…Sanniang Xiao, Fourth Sister Hei and other women.”
It can be seen that in the Song Dynasty, in addition to men's extensive participation in sumo fighting, women also participated, and there were many masters. In addition to sumo performances, there were many formal competitions in the Song Dynasty - fighting in the ring.
In the chapter "Wisdom Fighting Optimus Prime" in "Water Margin of Loyalty and Righteousness" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there is an illustration describing the shape of the arena in the Song Dynasty:
A wooden rectangular arena about one person high, with flags and flags on it, open and unobstructed on all sides.
The rules of the ancient Chinese arena are confusing. There is no unified standard for the size, material and height of the arena. Sometimes it is built with a high platform, sometimes it is "painted on the ground as a prison", and there is no real "table". Sometimes it is piled with stones and rammed earth, and sometimes it is built with a wooden platform.
.Sometimes it stipulates the end of the point, and sometimes it stipulates "signing a life and death contract" and "either death or injury."
In 1743, the famous British boxer Jack Broughton formulated the earliest boxing rules, which stipulated: "During the game, if one party is knocked to the ground and cannot get up after 30 seconds, it will be considered a failure. That time
After one party falls to the ground, the other party cannot continue to attack."
The rules of the ancient Chinese arena are confusing. There is no unified standard for the size, material and height of the arena. Sometimes it is built with a high platform, sometimes it is "painted on the ground as a prison", and there is no real "table". Sometimes it is piled with stones and rammed earth, and sometimes it is built with a wooden platform.
.Sometimes it stipulates the end of the point, and sometimes it stipulates "signing a life and death contract" and "either death or injury."
In 1743, the famous British boxer Jack Broughton formulated the earliest boxing rules, which stipulated: "During the game, if one party is knocked to the ground and cannot get up after 30 seconds, it will be considered a failure. That time
After one party falls to the ground, the other party cannot continue to attack."
In 1979, during the Fourth National Games, the National Sports Commission arranged for the Sanshou teams from Zhejiang Province and Beijing Sports Institute to go to Shijiazhuang to have an exhibition match with the Hebei Sanshou team. This competition did not use the usual sports
In the arena, only a circle with a radius of three meters is drawn on the ground with relevant protective measures. If it goes out of the circle, it will be out of bounds. It is similar to the current stage, and the safety is guaranteed compared with the previous high platform building.
In September 1988, the National Sanda Competition was held in Lanzhou City. Based on the previous Sanda Competition, this competition was the first to hold a platform competition. The platform is 60 cm high, 8 meters long and 8 meters wide, and there is a Tai Chi picture in the center.
, aiming to highlight our country’s national culture and characteristics. The slightly raised platform and the surrounding safety measures for protection not only retain the competitiveness of the ring competition, but also greatly ensure the physical safety of the athletes. Since then, Wushu Sanshou
The competition and arena formats were determined, which greatly demonstrated the style of Chinese martial arts.
From February 28 to March 2, 1991, the Beijing International Wushu Sanshou Invitational Tournament was held at the Capital Gymnasium. 49 athletes participated in the competition, and the arena was more standardized. The competition was "80 cm high, 800 cm long, and 800 cm wide."
cm" held on a square arena.
When it comes to the arena in the Song Dynasty, there are also many things to pay attention to.
With the development of martial arts and the prosperity of market culture in the Song Dynasty, boxing and stick ring competitions with certain competitive characteristics began to appear, which was mainly reflected in the "even-matched" sumo wrestling ring and stick contests.
The sumo wrestling ring competition in the Song Dynasty was known as the "Taiwan Fight for Friendship". According to "Menglianglu", at that time, the peak terrace south of the Huguo Temple in Lin'an City was the place where heroes from all over the world competed for friendship, and the participants were all "choosing various paths."
Those with "high physical strength in prefectures and counties". It is worth noting that the "Taiwan Competition" also has prizes, such as flag tents, silver cups, colorful satin, brocade jackets and horses, etc. for the first prize, and some people have even been awarded official positions because of this.
The sumo competition in the Song Dynasty was further reflected in some later dramas. In the Yuan drama "Liu Qianbing Fights the Unicorn" it is said, "Every year on March 28th, Dongyue Christmas Day, I am on this terrace.
Fighting with each other up and down, competing for gambling chips." He also said, "If there are no more thugs, I will reward you with this silver bowl, bonuses, and satin on the outside and inside."
The competition between Yan Qing and Optimus Prime described in Chapter 74 of "Water Margin" vividly reproduces the scene of "fighting on the terrace". The competition takes place on March 28, the day when the Holy Emperor Tianqi is born.
"Chen", the competition format includes both kicking and holding. Before the competition, a "deployment" (equivalent to a referee) comes on the stage with a bamboo bat in hand. After paying attention, both sides are invited to come on stage. Then, the "deployment"
After reading the "community rules" similar to the rules of the competition, the content is generally about issues that both parties should pay attention to, such as "no secret plots" and so on. Then, the "deployment" holds a bamboo stick and shouts "watch the attack" to both parties, and the competition begins.
It's officially started.
Obviously, such competitions already have contestants, referees, rules, rewards, etc. as several basic elements of sports competitions. It can be said that sumo boxing competitions in a sports sense have been formed in the Song Dynasty.
Regarding the "stick", it is recorded in "Song Hui Yao Collection·Bing": "It is as long as the body, and its diameter can be grasped. It can be done within a day without having to work far away. Compared with a bow and crossbow, it cannot be pulled; compared with
If you use a sword, there is no engineering for training. If you use it to guard the cavalry, it will be the best. The cavalry cannot be harmed by arrows, chisels and sharp edges." Probably the raw materials of sticks are cheap and convenient, easy to make, and are not among the banned soldiers of the government, so
In the Song Dynasty, when it was forbidden to keep weapons privately, stick skills were widely developed in rural towns.
Due to the prosperity of stick skills in society, at that time there were also "stick and stick" scripts that mainly told stories about chivalrous heroes. There is a sentence in "Water Margin": "Only for the five righteous knights in clothes, Cao Zejian
The emergence of "heroes" and "stick stick" scripts reflects from one aspect the "martial spirit" of the lower class people in the Song Dynasty and the great development of stick skills in the Song Dynasty.
The "two equal" stick arena competition was an important part of stick-wielding activities in the Song Dynasty. The storybook "The Legend of Yang Wen's Roadblock" describes in detail a stick arena competition in Mount Taishan, Dongyue. The date of the competition is the same as "
It is the same as "Taiwan Competition", that is, the Dongyue God's Birthday Temple Fair on March 28. The competition has a "dedicated platform" (i.e., a ring), and the referees on the field are also called "deployments." Before the game, the "Social Secretary" announces
The "community rules" (rules) are followed by the "deployment" stick in the middle. The game begins, and the winner will get something good, that is, a bonus of one thousand guan.
Let’s take a look at how many things 1,000 guans can buy. In the Song Dynasty, 1 guan of copper coins was equivalent to about 300 yuan today, and 1,000 guans was equivalent to about 300,000 yuan. This was almost the same as the championship bonus of the Sanda King in 2000. You know, at that time,
The monthly salary of the prime minister, the "CEO" of the Song Dynasty, was 300 yuan. Playing a game was equivalent to the prime minister's salary for three months. In the Song Dynasty, you could become a millionaire by playing in an arena. It was really enviable to others.
Obviously, the program of the stick match is roughly the same as that of the unarmed sumo ring match, and it also has several basic elements of a sports match.
Martial arts contest is one of the ancient ways to recruit a bride. The woman sets up an arena, invites the public to participate, and the candidate with the best martial arts gets the marriage contract. There are usually two forms: one is that the contestant is led by the girl who is recruiting the bride, and whoever succeeds in the challenge
He becomes the new champion. If no one competes again, he will get the engagement directly; if there are still others competing, the one with the best martial arts will get the engagement.
If we look at it from the perspective of society and family ethics, competition to recruit a bride is actually creating a situation that is easier for everyone to accept, giving the stubbornly arranged woman’s parents an opportunity to step down, and creating a compromise between the autonomy of marriage and parental arrangement.
, thereby rationalizing the woman's limited individual freedom of choice under a certain risk coefficient with the help of the ritual of martial arts competition.
Women often need to meet the following conditions to compete for marriage: 1. The young lady has excellent personal comprehensive conditions and is not satisfied with the general passive marriage, but has ideal pursuits, which often leads to conflicts with the parents, and the parents make reservations
2. The young lady’s parents (mainly the father) are relatively open-minded and agree or tacitly agree that their daughter has a certain degree of freedom in choosing a husband, but the young lady must be satisfied and the parents can accept it;
3. The woman often comes from a martial arts family, so she has good martial arts skills and is full of confidence in her victory; 4. The woman’s family has considerable financial strength and can easily pay for the corresponding expenses. At the same time, she also has a large local community.
Local forces do not have to worry about ruffians taking the opportunity to entangle and cause trouble; 5. Men seeking marriage must not only have superb martial arts skills, but also be able to convince others in martial arts, so as to gain better public opinion in the village in this open selection competition.
to offset the jealousy and dissatisfaction of previous local suitors.
The creation of narratives and images of heroes in a male-centered culture, and the insertion of plot units of martial arts competitions to recruit brides, have added a lot of comedy atmosphere to the literary world, adding a lucky factor to the fate of the heroes in the story, so the whole story has
Rich epic color.
Mr. Zhou Shaoliang noticed that the three versions of the Three Kingdoms story, including the late Ming Chongzhen engraving "Heroes" that Guru Wang saw in Japan, all contained some related stories, including a description of the motif of martial arts contests to recruit mothers. It is said that this is
When Guan Yu reunited with Guan Suo's mother and son who had been separated for many years, he learned that his son Guan Suo had learned martial arts from Hua Yue. He then asked his wife Hu how he could afford three daughters-in-law when his family was poor. Hu said: First
After passing Baojiazhuang, he met Bao Sanniang, and then passed Lutang Village, where he met Wang Tao and Wang Yue. They both competed with the children in martial arts, but they were no better than the children. They wanted to become a couple. So Guan Yu was overjoyed. And there is a story about the Wang sisters.
, Yu Yue's "Cha Xiang Shi San Chao" is quoted in the "Qishui County Chronicle" recorded in "Ancient and Modern Books Collection" in the third volume. It is also called: Wang's daughter's name is Tao, her younger brother is Yue. She was born in the late Han Dynasty. She has no hairpin and strong physical strength.
Proficient in various martial arts.
In today's Cao family's martial arts contest, Cao Guojiu naturally followed some traditions that he had learned about. He also prepared some money for the final winner of this final martial arts contest. Of course, according to Cao Guojiu's instructions,
I thought, this money must be prepared for Fu Shaolong.
Speaking of Fu Shaolong, Lu Yao actually didn't think highly of him from the beginning. This was because of an interesting note passed down by Fu Bi.
In addition to his status as prime minister, Fu Bi was also quite accomplished in art as a calligrapher. He was deeply appreciated by the great writers of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu. He had to sigh that compared to the present, there were really talented people everywhere in the Northern Song Dynasty. Officials were not only
He was quite talented in governance, and was also talented in calligraphy and poetry. According to records, Fu Bi worked hard and conscientiously when he was young, and soon he was able to write and write. He was a generous man, lived a frugal life, was filial to his elders, and respected others.
He was a model for literati at that time. Su Dongpo once evaluated Fu Bi as "an outstanding person". His regular script is quite representative of his upright and impartial character. His handwriting is not only correct and clear, but also has a kind of freedom and persistence, which may also reflect
It showed his inner persistence when he faced harassment from powerful people. But for such a tough man who did not give in to evil easily, when his son violated his principles, after he finished writing, he also gave instructions in it.
"Burn it after reading it". I have to sigh, Fu Bi's good intentions as a father.
The son written in this note is Fu Shaolong. The only record about Fu Bi's son in historical materials is Fu Shaoting. It is said that he had a steady temperament and abided by family laws. After Fu Bi's death, he and his brother
The sisters and the entire extended family live together. Although they are the head of the family, they treat his relatives as kindly as their father did during his lifetime. However, there are few records about the third son Fu Shaolong. Since his elder brother is an official and has not made much academic achievements,
Fu Shaolong has had high hopes since he was a child, but things went against his expectations. Perhaps his father's brilliance was too dazzling, and his qualifications were a little mediocre in comparison.
After Fu Shaolong grew up, he would soon go to Beijing to take the exam. At this time, Fu Bi had been kicked out of the capital, but he still missed his son. In order to prevent accidents from happening, Fu Bi decided to give birth to his son in the capital.
A friend who is an official wrote a letter asking him to "take care of" his son. This is the famous "Son Post". The content is very concise, with a total of 44 words:
"My son is blunt by nature, and he never changes his mind. The old man in the capital rarely knows each other, so he frequently asks me to see him, and I hope he can give me advice one by one. I am very lucky. This is also a beggar. Go ahead."
It means that my son is a bit dull by nature. He has never seen any big scenes and lacks training. I don’t have many close friends in the capital. As long as you can get rid of it, I will let my son visit you. If he has anything
I hope you can give me more advice on everything I've done wrong, and I'm very grateful. I hope you can burn this letter after reading it.
Why did Fu Bi make such a request in the end? It turns out that Fu Bi is well-known after all, and the purpose of this letter is somewhat suspected of being a backdoor. If word gets out, he will not be able to stand up to his old face, so he hopes that his friends can destroy it.
However, things did not develop as he imagined. Fu Bi's friend was also a loyal fan of Fu Bi's works. After he received the letter, he was reluctant to burn it, but treasured it. Later, this calligraphy sticker was passed down and continues to this day.
, on June 19, 2005, this 44-word letter was auctioned at the 2005 Spring Auction in Hanhai, Beijing, for a sky-high price of 4.62 million, which is enough to illustrate Fu Bi's level, but he only asked someone to find connections.
, and the whole world knew about it.
Lu Yao had already recalled this incident when he heard Fu Shaolong's name. After all, Fu Shaolong as an official was not recorded in historical materials, but the note incident has been passed down to modern times, even though
Even a prime minister like Fu Bi had to go through the back door, so Lu Yao had every reason to suspect that Fu Shaolong was determined to win this martial arts competition. In fact, Fu Bi knew about it. Although Fu Bi was a good official now,
But he may be selfless in public, but in private, this guy is still a person who protects his shortcomings. Because of this, Lu Yao even thinks that Fu Shaolong is just a superficial person, and his kung fu is not very good.
superb.
"What are you thinking about?"
In the rest area of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Cao You's words interrupted Lu Yao's thoughts. Just now, Lu Yao accidentally thought of the martial arts competition that he was about to attend, and his mind was no longer on the competition field. Cao You
Seeing Lu Yao's thoughts, he said, "I know, you are thinking about the arena."
Lu Yao nodded and said: "Although there are only two games in this second round, the interval between them is only three days. According to what Cao Ping said before, the competition for marriage should be between the Lions and Wenyuan teams.
It takes place the day before the game starts, so we should be ready by now."
Cao You said: "Yes, the more important thing for you now should be this arena. I see that you have been training every day recently. How is the effect?"
Lu Yao thought about his training with Fangzhuang and Jintai these days, and said: "There must be some improvement, but I dare not say that I am 100% sure that I can win, but I
I will definitely try my best.”
Cao You nodded. In fact, although today he got up early in the morning and came to the Bird's Nest Stadium to wait for the game to start, the abnormal state of Uncle Cao Guo and Cao Ping at home today still made Cao You feel that they must be preparing for a competition to recruit a bride today.
It’s time to meet Lu Yao. I just took this opportunity to ask him about his preparations.
On the field, since the Huangtian team changed the 343 formation, the situation on the field has also undergone some changes. The variable actually lies in the new player of the Huangtian team, plus Zhou Fang and the previous midfielder.
, In fact, the midfielder of the Huangtian team is now evenly matched with the Fanlou team. Not only that, in terms of numbers, the number of midfielders of the Huangtian team has actually exceeded that of the Fanlou team. They now have four people. No matter how many players the Fanlou team has,
How to change defense and run? They always have one less person in the midfield area. This means that in fact, the Huangtian team does not need to pass Cuju to Wang Yi before launching an attack. They can choose the midfielder to dribble the ball and break through.
, Although Li Hao can also keep an eye on Zhou Fang, the other midfielders will always miss points. In this way, the Huangtian team can better find opportunities to launch an attack. Wang Yicong is the organizer with the ball.
Freed from this identity, the situation is very unfavorable for the Fan Lou team.
Pan Wen naturally knew all this. He looked towards the frontcourt and then shouted Wu Di's name loudly.
After hearing the coach's shout, Wu Di retreated from the frontcourt position almost instantly and entered the defensive area of the midfield. This means that the midfield area of the two teams is now in a four-on-four situation.
