对司空见惯、习以为常的事物,人们往往漠然置之,似乎感觉自己熟知的事物本该如此而无庸置疑。试想一个拳种的源起为何以一种昆虫——螳螂冠名?面对这样简单的问题,恐怕很难一下子解释清楚。若仅以此拳源出于模仿螳螂捕蝉为解,也难以敷衍塞责。螳螂拳的产生尽管有它自身的偶然性,但其必然与深厚的中华民族文化底蕴保持着无法割舍的密切联系。只有抓住螳螂拳产生的文化基础, 才能够从根本上了解它、理解它、研究它和表现它。不然,我们将怎样像螳螂之形、取螳螂之意呢? People are often indifferent to what is commonplace and commonplace, and it seems that there is no doubt that something that seems to be familiar to you. Imagine the origins of a boxing Why an insect - praying mantis? In the face of such a simple question, I am afraid it is hard to explain at once. If only this fist source for imitating mantis catch cicada solution, it is difficult to perfunctory responsibility. Despite its own contingency, the production of mantis boxing is bound to be closely linked with the profound Chinese culture. Only by grasping the cultural foundation produced by mantis boxing can we understand it fundamentally, understand it, study it and show it. Otherwise, how would we be like a praying mantis?