大洪拳是在小洪拳的基础上发展形成的，其架势比小洪拳略大，步型有所增加，技法也较周全，故称大洪拳。清末，少林寺武僧游访大江南北，长城内外，把此拳传授于民间。

Da Hong Quan (Large-frame Red Boxing) is developed from the basic of Xiao Hong Quan (Small-frame Red Boxing). Its posture is a little bigger than Xiao Hong Quan. Its foot forms are more than the Xiao Hong Quan. Its techniques are more complete than the Xiao Hong Quan. So it is called Da Hong Quan. In the latter period of Qing Dynastic, the Buddhist monk that practiced Wushu in Shaolin Temple traveled throughout the country and passed Da Hong Quan to the folk.