In Chinese culture, the status of the master is very high, and the four-dimensional "Heaven and Earth Princes and Teachers" (Heaven and Earth belong to one dimension) enshrined in the unique Confucianism and Taoism in China reflect the value orientation of respecting heaven and ancestors, filial piety and obedience, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and respect for teachers and education. Needless to say, the first two of "Heaven and Earth Jun Teacher" are the foundation of survival, the monarch is the country, and the pro refers to the parents who give us life, and the teacher represents the master, preaching and teaching to solve doubts, teaching us knowledge and the art of making a living, so from the Chinese culture, there is a saying that "one day is a teacher and a father is a life", so it is not difficult to see how respectful the status of the master is.

Modern society seems to look down on the respect for the master a lot, especially in the entertainment industry, but in some traditional industries and circles, the master is still quite respected. Master is different from teacher and master, the teacher only brings you things in books, while Master needs to teach you how to be a person and do things. In fact, this "master" first originated in the Qin and Han dynasties, specifically referring to the emperor, which is a kind of wandering title for a very human minister, and later in the Tang and Song dynasties, it gradually evolved into an honorific title for ordinary people with a skill, which is completely different from the meaning of "master".

Apprenticeship is a big deal, otherwise when Zhang Wei worshiped Yu Yuanqing as a teacher, even if Yu Yuanqing himself asked for a low profile, he would abide by some traditional etiquette. In the martial arts circle, this kind of etiquette is more important, because people in the rivers and lakes pay attention to face. Chen Yingquan has a high status in the rivers and lakes, a well-known predecessor in the circle, and one of the descendants of the current Chen Taiji, he wants to accept apprentices, and it may be a closed disciple, of course, he must not be sloppy.

Chen Yingquan also attached great importance to Zhang Wei's worship of himself as a teacher, and specially called back Wang Pingdu, a great disciple who was opening mountains in Yanjing, to call Gusu to come to Zhang Luo about this matter. After some summing, considering that Zhang Wei is busy now, so he is not particular about the day or anything, and put it on a day that everything is suitable for ten days later, and found several respected martial arts masters in Gusu and nearby to come to watch the ceremony, and called the Chen family, reported to the contemporary patriarch, and asked a Chen clan elder to come to preside over the apprenticeship ceremony.

Zhang Wei also got in touch with Liu Yuanyuan, explaining that he would stay in Gusu during this time, prepare to apprentice, and then go north directly to Yanjing, preparing to record "New Songs of China", and keep in touch by phone if there is anything. At the same time, Zhang Wei started the live broadcast again, but after a long time without live broadcasting, the popularity of Zhang Wei's "Brother Ting's Big Stomach King Live Room" became very pitiful, and there were only a few thousand people after it was launched, and Zhang Wei didn't plan to broadcast any big stomach show, so he changed the name of the live broadcast room to "Brother Ting's daily life", what is broadcast live every day, and what time is the live broadcast is as you like, for example, on the first day, Zhang Wei taught everyone to play Tai Chi early in the morning, and interspersed with some singing and dancing.

In the following days, Zhang Wei learned Tai Chi with Chen Yingquan every day, and then randomly broadcast one of his specialties, either singing, dancing, boxing, carving, musical instruments, painting and carving, etc., and his popularity increased in a few days.

I don't know if it's because of the practice of "body forging", Zhang Wei learned Taijiquan when he got started quickly, although it was only a short seven or eight days, but Zhang Wei has been able to completely practice a set of Taijiquan, every move and style are free, it looks like that's the case. Of course, this level of Taijiquan is just getting started, only with its shape and not its spirit, simply put, it is just a showcase, it looks good, to really reach the level of actual combat, and even internal and external cultivation, Zhang Wei still has a long way to go, after all, there is never a shortcut to the cultivation of kung fu, even if it is a genius, it is not an overnight achievement to reach the peak.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the day of apprenticeship.

Zhang Wei's apprenticeship ceremony was not held in a hotel, but Wang Pingdu contacted the local martial arts association and placed the apprenticeship location in a large venue of the martial arts association. On this morning, Zhang Wei changed into a robe with the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties early, which was specially customized by Zhang Shilan for Zhang Wei's apprenticeship as early as a week ago.

Coming to the apprenticeship site, Zhang Wei started apprenticeship step by step according to the requirements of his senior brother Wang Pingdu, and in this process, Zhang Wei asked Li Mo to hold his mobile phone for a live broadcast.

At 10:18 in the morning, auspicious days, the apprenticeship officially began, there was a master of ceremonies to announce the beginning of the apprenticeship, the president of the Gusu Provincial Martial Artists Association took the stage as the officiating ceremony to deliver a speech, and then the Chen clan elder as a witness came to the stage to preach the history of Chen's Taijiquan, some basic information about Chen Yingquan and Zhang Wei. After the two finished speaking as guests, the portrait of the ancestor of the Chen family and the portrait of Chen Yingquan's teacher were placed on the rostrum. Then, Chen Yingquan sat on one side, the beginner disciple stood behind him, Zhang Wei bowed to Chen Yingquan, and at the same time presented the apprenticeship sticker, Chen Yingquan personally took the apprenticeship sticker, which was read by Wang Pingdu, the founding disciple. After reading, Chen Yingquan asked Zhang Wei to get up, and Zhang Wei offered "changed tea" with both hands, and said, "Please drink tea, Master." Chen Yingquan took a sip of tea, put it on the table next to him, and read out the door rules to Zhang Wei in front of him, such as "Don't be a traitor, don't bully the weak, don't fight bravely" Yunyun, Zhang Wei bowed down and agreed, offering a red envelope, and Chen Yingquan gave Zhang Wei a Longquan sword and a boxing book (form). In the end, Chen Yingquan and the invited officiant and witnesses signed their names with a brush on Zhang Wei's apprenticeship sticker at the same time, and the apprenticeship ceremony was completed. So far, Zhang Wei has become one of the personal disciples of Chen Yingquan, the tenth generation of Chen's Taijiquan lineage, and officially became the eleventh generation of Chen-style Taijiquan.

After worshipping the teacher, Chen Yingquan beckoned the guests to go to the restaurant that had been booked for dinner, Zhang Wei interacted with the fans in the live broadcast room for a while, and then got off the live broadcast. Then he followed the master's side, greeted the seniors, toasted, etc., which was also an opportunity for Zhang Wei to get to know the seniors in the martial arts circle, expand his contacts and spread his name.

After working until two o'clock in the afternoon, seeing off all the guests, Zhang Weicai returned to Chen Yingquan's house with his master, Chen Yingquan.

"How is it, are you tired, do you want to take a break?" After arriving at Chen Yingquan's house and sitting down, Chen Yingquan asked Zhang Wei with a smile on his face.

"I'm not tired, Master, there must be something wrong with you calling me, right?"

Chen Yingquan said slowly: "Although I am in my sixties, I am not an antique, and most of your brothers and sisters also have their own careers, so I have no objection to you making movies and singing or anything, but there is one thing I want to emphasize." I'm this age, no accident, you should be my closed disciple, and your age is the youngest among my disciples, I hope you can keep in mind the original intention of worshiping me as a teacher, while busy with your career, kung fu must not be left behind, I have seen too many good seedlings because of such and such temptations, or their own lack of perseverance and waste their talents, I don't want to see you like this, I hope you can have the perseverance to persevere, give full play to your talents, and be able to shine in this kung fu. The reason why I moved the idea of accepting you as an apprentice was to see that you were highly qualified, and it was a piece of material for practicing martial arts, and the so-called good talents were hard to find, so I moved my mind, but you have to keep in mind that practicing martial arts is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. You must keep this in mind. ”

"Yes, I will definitely keep in mind what you say, no matter how busy my life and work will be in the future, I will definitely practice hard. ”

"Well, that's good, I know that you are going to Yanjing in two days, so you will move to my side in the next two days, and I will teach you the exercises and qi formulas of 'Chen's Taiji', and this matter will start tomorrow, but you have to remember that without the consent of the master and the patriarch of the Chen clan in Chenjiagou, the exercises and qi formulas of this sect must not be passed on, you may be able to do it?" Chen Yingquan's expression was slightly serious.

"I'll be able to do it. Zhang Wei assured.

"Okay, I'll dictate the mantra to you now, and later, you go to the hotel to pack up and come to stay, and I'll guide you on the coordination between the mantra and the boxing moves in the evening." ”

"Master, it's not suitable for me to live here, in case your son-in-law and daughter come back, will it be inconvenient?" Zhang Wei asked with some concern.

Chen Yingquan had previously lived in Chenjiagou in Yuzhou and served as the "Huaxia Organ Taijiquan Association" Later, the association arranged a house for him in Yanjing, but he was not used to living, but once a month he went to Yanjing to teach the old cadres to box, the reason why he came to Gusu City this time, because he couldn't resist his daughter Chen Wenxiu, so he came to celebrate the New Year with his son-in-law's family, after the New Year, Chen Yingquan was going to leave, but his son-in-law and daughter were going abroad to do business, so the old man had to stay and take care of his grandson, who had just entered the third year of high school, and he never left, so Zhang Wei was worried.

"They will come back when they come back, anyway, there is a hotel nearby, let them stay in the hotel for two days first, and you won't stay long." Chen Yingquan said very reasonably.

"Oh well. Zhang Wei didn't want to disobey the master's arrangement, so he agreed.

"Okay, let's talk about the exercises first, you calm down, try to write down the heart first, and feel it in the process of boxing in the future, I will give you a brief explanation after reading the mantra of the exercises. Chen Yingquan made a pot of tea, Zhang Wei quickly got up and poured a cup for the master and himself, calming his mood, and then heard Chen Yingquan say slowly: "Standing in the middle of the sky and the earth, there is a boundless image. Hugh taught the horse to walk things, and the ape locked in the square inch. Water and fire are reversed, and the Yellow River is upside down on the ladder. The entrance stands on the green cow's hooves, and turns upside down to fill in the ...... This exercise mantra is from the first style to the seventy-second style, each formula corresponds to a mantra, the first is the starting hand style, which corresponds to the "heaven and earth stand in the center of the people, and there is no infinite image." This sentence is about the state of the whole person's starting hands, which points to 'top' and 'stand', the upper body should be straight, there is a momentum to go up, the lower body should be steady, and there is a potential to be integrated with the earth......"