On this day 228 years ago, on November 30, 1797 (October 13, 1797 lunar calendar), Dong Haichuan, the founder of Baguazhang, was born. Picture: Dong Haichuan Dong Haichuan (November 30, 1797 - 1882) was born during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. His original name was Dong Mingkui, a native of Zhujiawu Village, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, Qing Dynasty. It is generally believed that he was the founder and main disseminator of Baguazhang Boxing. Dong Haichuan is burly, with long arms and big hands, extraordinary physical strength, and is good at fighting. According to legend, he met the "ancestor of Yunpan" in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui to teach his skills and founded Baguazhang. Dong Haichuan (Mingkui) grandfather Dong Boxuan moved to Zhujiawu Village, Wen'an, Hebei Province for the thirteenth generation of the Dong family. There are two sons: Dong Shouxing and Dong Shouye. His father, Dong Shouye, had three sons: the eldest son, Dekui, the second son, Mingkui, and the third son, Wukui. Dong Haichuan had a close relationship with his cousin Dong Xian when he was young, and Dong Xian was good at writing and martial arts, so he must do his best. Under his influence, Dong Haichuan was addicted to martial arts and was inseparable from Dong Xian. He often traveled to Xiongxian County to meet friends with Wen'an through martial arts. In his early years, he was famous in the Heshuo area. I heard from the elders that Mingkui was intelligent and addicted to martial arts when he was young. He studied civil and martial arts all day long. His family passed down martial arts at all, and his temperament was upright, and he was like a grudge against evil. When he was young, he recognized the true meaning and walked in the rivers and lakes. In order not to cause trouble to the clansmen in his hometown, he changed his name to "Haichuan" to accommodate all Dong Haichuan was born in Zhujiawu Village, Wen'an County, Zhili Province, on the 13th of October of the second year of the Qing Dynasty. The Dong family moved from Hongdong, Shanxi Province to Gaocheng, Hebei Province in the early Ming Dynasty, and later divided into many branches. One of them moved to Kaikou Village, Xiongxian County, Hebei Province. In Dong Jide's generation, the Dong family moved to Fuguanying Village, Wen'an County again. Later, due to repeated floods, they moved to Zhu housework. Since then, they have settled down and prospered. Dong Jide has two sons, one of whom is Dong Haichuan's father, Dong Shouye. Dong Shouye made a living from farming, and some people say that he served as a private school in the countryside. There are also rumors that he devoted himself to studying Shaolin martial arts. Nowadays, all kinds of rumors have been unable to be verified, but it is certain that his father's attainments in martial arts are by no means as high as his son Dong Haichuan. Dong Shouye has three sons, the eldest Dekui; the second Mingkui, which is Dong Haichuan; and the youngest Wukui. Born in the third year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, his original name was Dong Mingkui, and he was from Zhujiawu Village, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, Qing Dynasty. It is generally believed that he was the founder and main disseminator of the Eight Diagrams Palm Boxing Technique. When he was young, he failed to achieve his fame, but he was determined to learn from the best of all families. In the five years of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (about 1824), at the age of 26, he traveled far and wide in Wuyue Bashu, visiting friends with martial arts, and searching for adventures. Thirteen years. In the eighteenth year of Daoguang, he returned Practice day and night to figure out and teach the clan. Often go out for days, family members do not know what to do, ask questions and visit friends. Dong Haichuan is burly, with long arms and big hands, extraordinary arm strength, and good at martial arts. When he was young, he was poor, and he was addicted to martial arts since childhood. When he was young, he ran away from home because of accidental injury to human life. Legend has it that he met "Yunpan Ancestor" in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province to teach his skills and founded Baguazhang. When he was young, he was poor, and he was addicted to martial arts since childhood. When he was young, he ran away from home because of accidental injury to human life. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Dong Haichuan was in exile in the capital, and it is said that he became a eunuch to work in the palace as an incognito. (In fact, it was an undercover spy sent by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who made friends with the close guards around Empress Dowager Cixi [the guard had great skills, and was later hunted down and absconded]. The news in the palace was passed on to Dong Haichuan by the guard.) When Dong Haichuan was on duty in the palace, he became known because of a chance. One day, Yang Luchan, a famous Taijiquan teacher, was called to compete with boxers in the palace, and won a series of battles. Finally, he threw a boxer on the garden net. When Dong Haichuan passed by with a dish in his hand, he immediately flew online to save the boxer. Dong Haichuan then fought with Yang Luchan, and the two men confronted each other, and the victory was indistinguishable. From then on, Taijiquan and Baguazhang established their own doors, and the peaches and plums were spread to future generations. Dong Haichuan lived a long life. On the verge of death, he was lying on his back on the bed, and his hands were still changing palms until he died of breath. The Bagua palm has been passed down at home and abroad, and it has not declined so far. The descendants of the Dong family have emerged in an endless stream, and his tomb has been moved to the western suburbs of Beijing and rebuilt. Dong Haichuan died in the winter of the eighth year of the Qing Dynasty (1882). He was originally buried next to Xiaoniufang Village outside Dongzhimen, Beijing. He was buried in Wanan Cemetery in western Beijing in 1980. There are several tombs around the tomb with inscriptions. Later generations compiled a variety of legendary stories advocating Dong Haichuan's martial arts. Among them, the martial arts novel "Yongzheng Swordsman Map" has the most extensive influence. In this book, Tong Lin (word Haichuan) alludes to Dong Haichuan, which gives Dong Haichuan's life and the origin of the Bagua palm