Why has Foshan become a "hometown of martial arts" and produced many masters?

In the film and television dramas about China's martial arts, Foshan often exists as a background. Many famous Kung Fu masters have emerged in this city, including Huang Feihong, Ip Man and Bruce Lee. There have been people who love martial arts in China since ancient times, but in the years of development, only Foshan has become a gathering place for martial arts practitioners, and its martial arts school is unique and famous. The reason why this happens is mainly related to Foshan's geographical location, history and culture.

In ancient times, Foshan was not as vast as it is now. Being far away from the central dynasty and node cities, Foshan has always been ignored by the rulers. Because the Lingnan area where Foshan is located was developed very late, there are poisonous snakes, rich wolves and so on all year round. In such an environment, people living in Foshan naturally develop a high-spirited and indomitable spirit. Later, with the development of Lingnan area, a large number of immigrants appeared in Foshan, and the foreign culture and local culture had a fierce collision. In order to protect themselves, many people began to practice martial arts.

With the rapid increase of population, Foshan's economy has also developed vigorously. During the Qianlong period, Foshan has become a famous metropolis in China. The promotion of economy has given Foshan people more energy to do other things, and Wushu, as a great hobby of people in this area, has also developed by leaps and bounds. Since then, more and more martial arts lovers have come here and taken root here, but Foshan has also become complicated in personnel and chaotic in public security.

Faced with this situation, the Qing government at that time allowed local gentry to train martial arts teachers in order to maintain social order. After the promulgation of this policy, for a time, the whole Foshan was in an atmosphere of advocating martial arts, and a large number of people with high martial arts emerged in the constant contest between martial arts schools. Foshan has gradually become a paradise for martial arts practitioners in this atmosphere. The hometown of martial arts? The title will naturally fall on its head.