According to relevant records, Hong Xiguan was born in Huaxian County, Guangdong Province (now Huadu District, Guangzhou). He is a Shaolin disciple and the founder of Hongquan.
Guangdong is the second hometown of China Wushu. Numerous famous Boxers have emerged, such as Cai Jiuyi, who was born in Zhaoqing in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. With Hong Chengchou troops stationed in Liaodong, as a military commander. 1642, after the defeat of Hong Chengchou, Cai Jiuyi angrily went to Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province to study Shaolin Wushu. After eight years' hard training and careful teaching by the master in charge, Cai Jiuyi returned to Zhaoqing on 1650, bringing back the book "The Secret History of Shaolin Boxing" given by the master, and secretly began to accept disciples and teach Shaolin Wushu in order to make a comeback. He studied martial arts since childhood, studied under Cai Jiuyi, Fang Meiyu and Liang, and studied Shaolin Wushu. Later it was called "Shaolin Ten Tigers". Under the influence of the teacher, Hong Xiguan, who is gifted and intelligent, not only studied hard and practiced his internal skills, but also won the favor of his master and spread it to Shaolin. In just a few years, Hong Xiguan not only understood the essence of Shaolin Kung Fu, but also developed a profound foundation. Because of the deep hatred for the Han people ruled by the Manchu Dynasty, in order to resist the Qing court and improve his disciples' martial arts, Cai Jiuyi led Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu and others to practice South Shaolin martial arts with the abbot of South Shaolin Temple in Quanzhou on 1668. Hong Xiguan, with a high degree of understanding, combined the martial arts of the South and the North Shaolin, practiced both internal and external skills, and used both fists and feet, so that he became a Shaolin Juexue, combining rigidity with softness, and it was natural. According to the recent discovery in Putian, Fujian Province, the Boxing Manual of South Shaolin Sect records that after receiving a tip-off in the 11th year of Kangxi (AD 1672), the imperial court sent heavy troops to encircle Quanzhou Shaolin Temple. Under the sword, Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu and others were outnumbered, and the monks scattered, and Shaolin Temple was destroyed. Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu and others, relying on their high-powered Shaolin martial arts, escaped the pursuit of Qing soldiers and eagles and sneaked back to Guangdong. 1673, under the pursuit of Qing soldiers, Hong Xiguan went into hiding and continued to practice Shaolin Kung Fu in the Big Buddha Temple. In March of the same year, Pingnan Wang Shangkexi wrote to the court and requested to abdicate; In August, Kangxi ordered Wu Sangui, the king of the day, and Geng Zhongjing, the king of Jingnan, to withdraw from San Francisco; In June 65438 +065438+10, Wu Sangui uprising broke out. This time, Wu Sangui secretly contacted Shang Zhixin to participate in the rebellion, and sent spies into Foshan to develop underground armed forces. The rain is coming, and the strange atmosphere in Guangzhou can be imagined. Hong Xiguan took advantage of the chaos to recruit people with lofty ideals and set up underground armed forces. In order to realize Master Cai Jiuyi's last wish to help Ming Dynasty destroy the "Qing court", Hong Xiguan and others not only gathered in the Great Buddhist Temple, but also set up a stronghold outside the city in Xichan Temple (now guangzhou fu No.4 Middle School on Xihua Road), which was in the charge of Fang Shiyu brothers. The Fang family is the big boss of the silk business, and the Fang brothers only use the "western boys" (textile workers) who work in the western suburbs to attract talents. However, this entry is not allowed. Instead, it has repeatedly fought with the gangster-style "computer room boy" and exposed it. Finally, they were discovered by the secret service. During the arrest, many people were killed on the spot, and Fang Shiyu and others fled back to Zhaoqing. At this point, Hong Xiguan, who was hunted by Qing soldiers everywhere, also sneaked back to Zhaoqing. Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu discussed that the anti-Qing base should be located in Yinqingyun Temple in Dinghushan, Zhaoqing. They secretly accepted the martial arts of Shaolin disciples, recruited talents, and got together with the British to seek great things. Unexpectedly, betrayed by traitors, the Qing soldiers surrounded Qingyun Temple and planned to catch them all. With his unique skills in Shaolin Wushu, Hong Xiguan attacked with his fists, deus ex. From then on, he traveled incognito in Shan Ye, absorbed the essence of hundreds of martial arts, and then mastered Shaolin martial arts, created his own Hongquan, traveled around and taught it secretly. Today, Hongquan has its own system, fierce and changeable boxing methods and powerful moves, which have a wide influence among martial arts lovers all over the country. Legend has it that Hong Xiguan lived to the age of 93, and when he was unprepared, he stabbed a girl to death with a phoenix eye. In addition to fine boxing and boxing, he is good at Shaolin sticks.