先天十八罗汉手为少林初祖达摩所创。相传是在南宋时代,达摩在少林寺向众僧讲经说法,见众僧个个面黄肌瘦,萎靡不振,昏昏欲睡,于是授以先天十八罗汉手单势。众僧人修炼不过三月,个个精力充沛,满面红光。后来,达摩又教众僧把单势联接并变化起来演练,即每一罗汉动作变六招,十八罗汉的动作变化一百零八招,成为内容丰富、刚柔相济的少林拳术。 Innate Eighteen Lohan hand Shaolin created by the ancestral Dharma. According to legend, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Bodhidharma taught the monks the Shaolin monks at the Shaolin Temple and saw all the monks pale and thin, mauled and drowsy. Monks practice in March, however, all energetic, full of red. Later, Dharma taught the monks to unite the single potential and change them to practice. That is, each Lohan action changes six strokes, while the 18 Lohan action changes 108 strokes. It becomes a rich and supple Shaolin martial arts.