据史料考证:猿仙通背拳为北宋年间焦作修武系境内的净影寺和尚所创。
　　
    据绍兴四年(一 一三四)初版,咸丰六年重版的"少林寺拳棍刀枪谱"书中记载,本拳重要招式清晰可见.宋时，净影寺和众多、香火旺盛，和尚收留贫苦子弟学文习武，“猿拳”传入晋东豫北南太行山一带民间，至今此地区习练此拳者甚重，广达两省五县，可为佐证，到了南宋年间，寺院禅师相互调换，时值少林寺方兴未艾，“猿拳”遂传入少林寺，精习武功的少林寺和尚对“猿拳”深感玄义，遂与大悲拳齐名定为秘传拳种，不再外传，民间习此拳者也封闭严谨。至清代，民间武学流传广泛，“猿拳”由官宦弟子敢废、武备传于郭万清、张文魁等十杰士。拳谱记载：夫官游之家，恣意养名，治在太平，遍排十杰士周游传教.....。郭万清、张文魁将“猿拳”传洛阳人氏，姓董名成号称公德先生，公德先生留拳经理论十问答：一经、二进、三蹲、四成、五动、六灵、七开、八靠、九扣、十问之法为本拳理论基础和实用指南。乾隆年间，董成公德先生，将此拳传晋东泽州府许圪套村许秀文、许秀武兄弟二人，而后许氏二人携家小迁居河南焦作高爻河村，高爻河乃宋瓷发祥地之一，地杰人灵，“猿拳”便在此发扬广大生根繁衍，由许门世袭相传。清咸丰年间，许门三世传人许万怀传外甥（焦作双庙村人）郭再汾武功超 群，又得遇净影寺和尚交往，溶少林拳精华于“猿拳”之中，如虎添翼，进京殿试得中“武举”名份，受皇封“武德骑尉”官职，其有子三人：定山、定中、定宇均系清末“武痒生”有碑可考。此为“猿拳”兴盛时期。代表人物有：许桂林、许桂芝、郭敬孝、马福元等。许桂林传子安吉，声名远播，地域广达两省五县，百余村庄，仅博爱县就达二八个村落之多，成名者达十一人，个个广设拳场传播“猿拳”，至今各有传人。安吉传子乐敏，乐敏师尽得家传，武德高尚，武技超群，传徒二零零人有余，桃李满天下，一九九一年寿终，享年九十岁，人称武寿星，为“猿拳”第九世传人。另 有许传高，靳福泽，路灯朝，孔传新，等均为第九世传人的姣姣者，堪称一代名师，功德后世。
　　
    当今盛世，国运开泰，“猿拳”乘改革开放东风如雨后春笋般健康发展，古老的文化遗产将为全民健身运动的普及和开展重写光辉一页。

Yuanxian Tongbei Boxing

      
    According to documents, Yuanxian Tongbei Boxing was created by monks in Jingying Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty in Jiaozuo. Later, this boxing was spread into Shaolin.   Its most important boxing movements are listed in Shaolin Boxing-stick-spear Record. Monks in Shaolin thought highly of it, set it as secret boxing with Dabei Boxing and prevented it spreading in folk. Besides, masters grasping this boxing were also closed and rigorous. Coming to Qing Dynasty, it spread widely in folk and boomed in Xianfeng period, when the most famous one was Yue Min who was the 9th generation of Tongbi Boxing and was praised as the Boxing God of longevity. 
    
    Nowadays, Xuanxian Tongbei Boxing walks into another quick-development period. This traditional cultural heritage rewrites a new page for the promoting of nationwide fitness exercises.