"Plain Hands Zen Stick": Introduction
Shaolin disciple Qin Ling Jianxiao followed his teacher's instructions to "do good deeds and abstain from force" and went down the mountain to return home. In Qingyang Town, he witnessed villains bullying Murong Lingqiu, a tofu seller, and finally picked up a jujube stick and took action. Shaolin sticks are used to stop, hold, and stab evil men to drive them away, just to protect themselves. This battle brings the two together, and love grows in their daily lives. After the marriage, the jujube stick was hung high on the wall to remember this fate.
A few years later, his son Qin Niantianxiao was born. Qin Ling Jianxiao often talks about the old stories of Shaolin under the locust tree and the strange relationship between jujube sticks, which makes Tian Xiao yearn for it.
The war broke the peace. When soldiers entered the country, Qin Ling Jianxiao picked up the jujube stick that had not been touched for ten years and used his superb stick skills to protect his wife, children and fellow villagers. Murong Lingqiu was behind with a kitchen knife, and the couple stood side by side to resist the enemy. Qin Ling Jianxiao was seriously injured and fell into a coma. When he woke up, he said to his relatives: "As long as the stick is there, home is here." After recovering from his injury, he lived a low-key life, but earned the name "Qin Daxia".
When Tian Xiao comes of age, Qing Ling Jianxiao teaches him stick skills. The core teaching is: "Force is only for protection, not for showing off." Tian Xiao marries Su Ying Xiaoxue and has a son. Qin Ling Jianxiao holds his great-grandson Huwa in his arms, stroking the jujube stick and telling family stories.
In his twilight years, Qing Ling Jianxiao asked Tian Xiao to get a jujube stick to comfort his family: "This stick witnesses love and protection, and the real world is in the heart." After his death, the jujube stick became a family treasure.
Huwa grew up, adhering to the family tradition, and walked out of Qingyang Town with a jujube stick, helping others with the stick and practicing the chivalry of the Qin family. Under the old locust tree, the jujube stick silently tells the legend of the intertwining of bare hands and Zen sticks: about love, protection and the spirit of rivers and lakes passed down through three generations, all in the moment of protecting loved ones and adhering to justice.
Classical martial arts? 🙂