Salute from Wing Chun

The first three pictures show the salute form of the three Wing Chun lineages, Snake Crane Wing Chun, Ban Chung Wing Chun and Vietnam Wing Chun. The fist is holding vertically with the palm. In Snake Crane Wing Chun, fist means “日day” and the palm means “月Moon”. As they combine together, will form “明Ming”, which means Ming dynasty. It is totally a sign of salute for the rebellions to recover Ming dynasty in the Qing dynasty from the redboat. Clearly, these three lineages are totally related to the redboat anit-qing movements. 

These salute form is different from the other general kung fu salute, the fourth picture, which the fist touching the palm, mean “five lakes four seas, all kung fu practitioners are brothers”.