相传,明末清初志士王郎,反清兵败后,到崂山华严寺中出家,法号“上善下和”。他后来成为本寺院的第二代方丈,并首创螳螂拳法于华严寺中。 螳螂拳经数传,日趋完善,后来由莱阳县小赤山村人李秉霄承其宗法;此后,螳螂拳便植根于莱阳,八代繵递至今,代不泛其人,即现在之“太极螳螂拳”,亦有称其谓“梅花螳螂拳”的,皆指此而言。 According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasty, the patriots Wang Lang, the Anti-Qing defeat to the Laoshan Huayanyan monks, the French “good and under.” He later became the second generation abbot of the monastery, and the first mantis boxing method in the Huayan Temple. Mantis boxing by the number of passes, more and more perfect, and later by the village of Li Chuxian Laiyang County, Cheng-Fa Li Chengxian; since then, mantis boxing will be rooted in Laiyang, eight generations of the tomb handed down, on behalf of others, that is now the “Taiji mantis boxing ”There are also known as“ plum mantis boxing ”, all refer to this.