Chen's Origin in Chenjiagou Tai Ji Chuan

The Chen family is not from Henan, but moved from Shanxi to Henan. Chen Jifu, the 18th Chen, said in the preface of his book "The General Introduction of Chen Taiji Biography": The Chen family moved from Dahuaishu Village in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Changyang Village in wen county, Henan Province in the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1374). Later, the family multiplied and renamed this place "Chenjiagou".

Chenjiagou, also known as Chengou, took Chenbu as the first generation after moving.

In order to prevent bandits from defending themselves, the Chen family who moved to Henan practiced martial arts very early. After entering Qing Dynasty, Wu Yong was appointed as the bodyguard of Shandong Province, and later generations were re-elected, that is, from Chen of the ninth generation to Chen Fake of the seventeenth generation.