Wūzhèn Quán Chuán (Wuzhen area Boat Boxing*, Zhejiang province)
Wuzhen boat boxing is a local folk art in the Wuzhen area of Zhejiang. Shows like this were put on during important festivals. The local masters would do their performance on several boats tied together as a stage while the audience watched from shore. Traditionally these shows were done in honor of the Silkworm Goddess during the huge festivals put on to commemorate her.
Wuzhen is a canal city located in the lake Tai / Yangtze river delta area. In this region the major highways, roads, and in Wuzhen even the city streets were waterways. This meant that besides being the daily mode of transportation, fighting from boats was also the major means of defending the city. As such martial arts were often practiced on boats in this region and many cities in the Yangtze delta have their own unique forms of "Boat Boxing". Wuzhen is one of the officially recognized "Ancient Historic Cities" in China and is sometimes referred to as "the Venice of the east" as such it has become a major tourist attraction. Being a "historic ancient city" many of the the people of Wuzhen make their living by keeping alive the traditional arts. This show is regularly put on by one of the local martial art groups to share the art of Wuzhen Boat Boxing with the tourists who come to the city.
*Chuan Quan (Boat Boxing) is not a specific style of boxing rather there are many styles of boxing that use the name "boat boxing" through out the Yangtze River Delta, Zhoushan Archipelago, coastal Jiangsu/Zhejiang areas.
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