Schools 门派 Meishan Sect 梅山派

梅山派又称为"新化派"，流传于湖南梅山地区。梅山地区本来就有很强的尚武之风，宋代以前多使用戈戟，善于使用弓弩。明朝的时候习惯用弓箭配合马匹，重视实用技能，也曾涌现出很多轻功高手，新化有个义军首领李庭禄就能"拔剑飞檐"。
Meishan sect is also known as the Xinhua sect, which is popular in Meishan region of Hunan Province. Before the Song Dynasty, the people of Meishan often used daggers and halberds, and excelled at using arrows and bows. In the Ming Dynasty, people there were good at archery on horseback. They stressed the importance of everyday skills and there were some qinggong (flying skill) masters. Li Tinglu, a chief of a rebellion group in Xinhua could "fly to the top of a roof with sword in his hand."
明以后南北武艺相继传入，当地拳家取其精华而独成一派。该派武术简捷而实用，粗犷而有力，手法多，桩步稳，常发声助劲。注重桩功和指掌功。俗称"四十天打，三十夜桩"。
After the Ming Dynasty, Kungfu from the south and the north was introduced in succession and local Kungfu masters absorbed each's essences to establish their own independent sect. Kungfu of this sect is simple, useful and powerful, featuring abundant hand skills and stable maneuvers. People often shout to regain power when fighting. They focus on step skills and palm and finger skills. As the saying goes, "forty days practices of fists and thirty nights practices of standing on stakes."