| （Northwest Minority Research Center，Lanzhou University，Lanzhou 730020，China） Abstract: Chaquan originated from Guan county in Shandong province. It is the famous “Jiaomenquan” of Hui na-tionality, known as “Huihuiquan” by people in the outside world. Historically, there were such top players as “Quick-Leg” SHA Lang, MA Yong-zhen, “Mighty Power” MA Zi-ping, ZHANG Ying-fang, ZHANG Wen-guang, HE Fu-sheng and PANG Lin-tai. SHA Liang was a martial master in the YONG Zheng period in Qing dynasty, nicknamed “Quick-Leg”, the No. 1 player officially recorded in the history of the Chaquan school, playing inherit-ing and teaching roles in the process of Chaquan inheritance. Chaquan started to gain its reputation and become popular in the martial art circle only after it was renovated by SHA Liang, thus SHA Liang was even officially elected as the second generation leader by the Chaquan school. Professor ZHANG wen-guang, a famous martial art master, considered that the creator of Chaquan is SHA Liang, and that the founder is “Shamier” in stead of “Cham-ier” as misrepresented in legends. By doing a lot of field investigation and literature study at the hometown of Chaquan, the author considered that SHA Liang was an important master in the history of Chaquan, but not the founder.
Key words: traditronal sports；SHA Liang；Chaquan |
