广东刘家拳的起源与早期发展初探

广东很多拳师认为广东武术发源从“火烧少林寺”后开始，然而这则故事，就像小说家笔下的小说一样，时间、地点、人物、事件都非常具体，但站在历史的角度来看，又非常具有戏剧性，不免让人产生怀疑。所以，文章就从这则故事入手，揭示它们之间真实地存在关系。研究认为：（1）“火烧少林寺”实为天地会笼络人心的手段，与刘家拳的产生没有关系；（2）“南少林”就是天地会，寺僧创刘家拳的说法不可信；（3）从历史上的南少林、清朝中后期社会背景、与广东洪拳、蔡李佛的“请拳顶礼”动作寓意分析，表明该拳派与“南少林”有关。

From Southern Shaolin or Guangdong Liujia Quan

Many Guangdong Wushu practitioners believes that Guangdong Wushu originated from＂Shaolin Fire＂. However, this story, just like a novel, its time, place, people, events are very specific. But from the historical perspective, there are very dramatic content, make people doubt, So, this paper from the story to start, reveals the real reversal relations between the ＂Shaolin Fire＂and the origin of GuangDong Wushu, and the study finds that： （1） in fact, ＂Shaolin Fire＂ is the means that the Tiandi society won over the people, there are no relationship with the generation of Liujia style Wushu; （2） South shaolin refered to Tiandi society, and the story of monks creating Liujia Quan were not credible; （3） analysis from the history of the south Shaolin, Social background of the late Qing Dynasty, and the connotation of the action ＂please boxing bow＂ in GuangDong Hong Quan, Cailifo Quan.show that Guangdong Wushu has relatives with ＂South Shaolin＂.