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title: Plum Blossoms Falling (梅花落拳) — Seven Star Mantis
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**梅花落拳 (Méihuā Luò Quán, "Plum Blossoms Falling")** is a **53-posture** empty-hand form of [**Seven Star Praying Mantis**](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/seven-star-mantis), published by [**Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛)**](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/wong-hon-fan) in **1947**, Luo Guangyu line. The longest of the branch's Plum Blossom (梅花) sets, its name pictures **falling plum petals** — a long, continuous routine that scatters the mantis vocabulary across changing lines.

## The form — move-by-move (拳譜)

The posture sequence as numbered in Wong Hon Fan's manual (第一式 … ), each Chinese name with a plain English gloss:

| # | 式 (中文) | English |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 背式雙覆掌 | Back-Turned Double Covering Palm |
| 2 | 倒勢捕蟬式 | Reverse Stance Catching Cicada Posture |
| 3 | 入環單臂爪 | Entering-the-Ring Single Arm Claw |
| 4 | 提腿迎面掌 | Raised-Leg Face Palm |
| 5 | 穿掌封蹬𨁏 | Threading Palm Sealing Stamping Kick |
| 6 | 起式反底接 | Rising Posture Reverse Under Receiving |
| 7 | 入環右措掌 | Entering-the-Ring Right Grinding Palm |
| 8 | 提腿右献桃 | Raised-Leg Right Offering Peach |
| 9 | 入環右滾膀 | Entering-the-Ring Right Rolling Forearm |
| 10 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 11 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
| 12 | 封手左統捶 | Sealing Hands Left Governing Punch |
| 13 | 呑塌右補捶 | Swallowing Press Right Filling Punch |
| 14 | 登山右崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Avalanche Punch |
| 15 | 右閉門腿法 | Right Closing-the-Door Kick |
| 16 | 登山十字捶 | Mountain-Climbing Cross Punch |
| 17 | 扑腿左圈捶 | Pouncing Leg Left Circling Punch |
| 18 | 登山左崩捶 | Mountain-Climbing Left Avalanche Punch |
| 19 | 七星左刁手 | Seven-Star Left Hooking Hand |
| 20 | 七星右補捶 | Seven-Star Right Filling Punch |
| 21 | 登山右反掌 | Mountain-Climbing Right Reverse Palm |
| 22 | 進式漏切掌 | Advancing Leaking Slicing Palm |
| 23 | 撤式左統捶 | Withdrawing Left Governing Punch |
| 24 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
| 25 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 26 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
| 27 | 統捶十字腿 | Governing Punch Cross Leg |
| 28 | 馬式右劈軋 | Horse-Stance Right Chop-and-Crush |
| 29 | 右掠翅踢腿 | Right Wing-Brushing Snapping Kick |
| 30 | 登山左直統 | Mountain-Climbing Left Straight Governing Punch |
| 31 | 跨虎左單鞭 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Single Whip |
| 32 | 跨虎左刁手 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Hooking Hand |
| 33 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
| 34 | 馬式漏軋膝 | Horse-Stance Slip-and-Crush Knee |
| 35 | 右圈單鞭式 | Right Circling Single Whip Posture |
| 36 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 37 | 入環右腰斬 | Entering-the-Ring Right Waist-Cut |
| 38 | 登山右反掌 | Mountain-Climbing Right Reverse Palm |
| 39 | 中式右叫圈 | Mid Posture Right Calling Circling |
| 40 | 登山右圈捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Circling Punch |
| 41 | 登山右挫捶 | Mountain-Climbing Right Grinding Punch |
| 42 | 撤步掛統捶 | Withdrawing Step Hanging Governing Punch |
| 43 | 登山右劈軋 | Mountain-Climbing Right Chop-and-Crush |
| 44 | 踢腿右滾膀 | Snapping Kick Right Rolling Forearm |
| 45 | 撤步大番車 | Withdrawing Step Large Wheeling |
| 46 | 連進三轆轤 | Linked Advancing Three Windlass |
| 47 | 提腿左挫捶 | Raised-Leg Left Grinding Punch |
| 48 | 提腿右挫捶 | Raised-Leg Right Grinding Punch |
| 49 | 雙封手蹬𨁏 | Double Sealing Hands Stamping Kick |
| 50 | 撤步左挑掌 | Withdrawing Step Left Lifting Palm |
| 51 | 撤步右挑掌 | Withdrawing Step Right Lifting Palm |
| 52 | 轉身雙綑腿 | Turning Body Double Binding Leg |
| 53 | 跨虎左挑掌 | Riding-the-Tiger Left Lifting Palm |

<Callout type="info">
  **Script and full text.** The posture-name list above is the form's skeleton, from Wong Hon Fan's manual. For the **complete move-by-move text** — Wong's explanation (說明) and application (功用) for every posture, with the original photographs — see Paul Brennan's open translation, which the wiki links rather than reproduces:
  - **Script:** Paul Brennan, [*Plum Blossoms Falling*](https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/plum-blossoms-falling/)
  - **Video:** none lineage-credible located yet (see the [Mantis Video index](https://wulin.openmindspace.org/mantis-video)).
</Callout>

## See also

<PageRef space="notes" slug="seven-star-mantis" text="Seven Star Mantis (七星螳螂) — the branch this form belongs to" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="mantis-forms" text="Mantis Forms — the script-and-video map of every form" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="bung-bu-quan" text="Bung Bu (崩步拳) — the foundation form" />

<PageRef space="notes" slug="plum-blossom-fists" text="Plum Blossom Fists (梅花拳) — the principal Plum Blossom set" />

## Sources

**[1]** **Wong Hon Fan (黃漢勛)**, *梅花落拳* (Seven Star Praying Mantis, Luo Guangyu line; 1947) — the source manual for the posture sequence and its numbering.

**[2]** Paul Brennan, [*Plum Blossoms Falling*](https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/plum-blossoms-falling/) — the open English translation of Wong's full text (in copyright; linked, not reproduced). The posture-name list here is given under fair-use citation with the wiki's own glosses.