Recently, An Jianqiu, the inheritor of Wu Zhong Baji Boxing, demonstrated Baji Boxing in the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, with the fierce and powerful style of boxing, complementing the solemnity of the Colosseum in Rome, to have an exchange in culture.
Baji Boxing is a famous traditional Chinese martial art, originated in Qingyun County, Dezhou City. Wu Zhong, born in Houzhuangke Village of Yanwu Township of Qingyun County, is honoured as the founder master of Baji Boxing. The word“Baji” is used in martial arts, which means“the power can reach to the distant places in all directions”. Baji Boxing is one of close combat boxing routines, and its movements generally pursue the style of rigidity, simplicity and swiftness, with great explosive force and characteristics of martial art.
At the scene, many foreign martial arts enthusiasts have exchanged martial arts culture with An Jianqiu, further widening the transmission of traditional culture, so that China’s intangible cultural heritage spread wider and farther. (Ma Xinlei, Liu Liying)