The Southern Shaolin Monkey Fist, which is widely spread among the people of Putian, is one of the main types of traditional Chinese martial arts. It originated from the martial arts of the warrior monks of the Southern Shaolin Temple. According to historical records, during the anti-Qing and restoration movement in the late Ming Dynasty, the Southern Shaolin Temple in Linshan Village, Xitianwei, Putian was surrounded and burned by Qing soldiers, and some of the escaped monks were scattered among the people. As a result, the Monkey Fist of Southern Shaolin began to spread among the people of Putian, and it has a history of more than 300 years. In April 2013, "Putian Southern Shaolin Traditional Monkey Fist" was announced by the Putian Municipal People's Government as the fourth batch of Putian City's intangible cultural heritage list. There are many types of folk Southern Shaolin traditional martial arts in Putian. The folks pass on the form of family inheritance and master-apprentice inheritance, and teach by words and deeds, and teach with the classics such as boxing manuals, sword techniques, and stick techniques. The inheritance is orderly and the veins are clear, with the characteristics of intangible cultural heritage. Among them, the Deep Mountain Monkey Fist of the Southern Shaolin Traditional Martial Arts in Putian has distinct characteristics of Southern Shaolin martial arts and has won the Excellence Award in national martial arts competitions in recent years. The characteristics of the Shenshan Monkey Fist are: the movements should not only imitate the clever and agile images of monkeys coming out of caves, peeking, fighting, and running away, but also conform to the characteristics of martial arts, with monkey boxing movements that are unified in form and method. Characteristics of body shape: imitate the body shape of apes, requiring shrinking neck, shrugging shoulders, holding chest, round back, tightening body, bending elbows, hanging wrists, and bending knees. Characteristics of hand techniques: imitate monkeys' grabbing, buckling, blocking, tricky hands, and small dances. Characteristics of footwork: imitate monkeys' leaping, running, entering and exiting, with toe steps and small jump steps. Characteristics of eyes: be as focused as a monkey guarding an object. Characteristics of fighting techniques: mainly use upper limbs to block, pinch, hit acupoints, etc. to defeat the enemy. Legs use kicking, bouncing, kicking, stepping, sweeping, hooking and kicking. When attacking and defending, you should be sensitive and changeable, and your moves should be crisp and fast. Basic skills are mainly based on fingers, wrists, arms, waists, and pile skills. The main training method is: two people hold hands to practice "skills and hands", train hearing and attack and defense awareness, and also kick and hit sandbags. Through practice, you can achieve the ability to defeat the big with the small and the strong with the weak. Zhu Shengxi, the fourth-generation inheritor of the Shenshan Monkey Boxing routine, won the Excellence Award when he participated in the Fourth Southern Shaolin Huaxia Martial Arts Competition with the Shenshan Monkey Boxing routine. The long history of the Southern Shaolin Traditional Shenshan Monkey Boxing, the distinctive fighting characteristics, unique body shape and techniques, and the clear and orderly inheritance veins involve many fields such as history, military science, religion, and folklore, which give it the following main values and characteristics: 1. The long inheritance history of the Southern Shaolin Traditional Shenshan Monkey Boxing gives it traditional characteristics. 2. The Southern Shaolin Traditional Shenshan Monkey Boxing is agile and changeable when attacking and defending, and has the characteristics of crisp and fast shots, which has technical characteristics. 3. The Southern Shaolin Traditional Shenshan Monkey Boxing can also be used for fitness and defense, so it has applicability characteristics. 4. The century-long orderly inheritance of Southern Shaolin White Crane Fist has given it the characteristics of inheritance, reflecting its practical value for physical fitness. In today's society, it has economic value in promoting the tourism industry and cultural value in sports exchanges between China and foreign countries. Shenshan Monkey Fist has formed a southern fist school with local characteristics of Putian. The study of Shenshan Monkey Fist, a traditional boxing of Southern Shaolin in Putian, will effectively promote the promotion of Southern Shaolin culture, and play a positive role in promoting the development of martial arts, fitness and self-defense.