The most recent of such eras was during the Cultural Revolution during 1966-1976. During this time, there was unprecedented policing of religious practices of which Daoism was very much included. Many temples suffered during this time and were not allowed to practice or to take on disciples. Wudang Mountain itself had many people taken into labor camps to never return and left only a few dozen monks on the mountain. After the Cultural Revolution came to an end, it still took a few years before these restrictions were removed and Daoists began returning the Wudang. 

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At this time (from 1979-1981), a few masters who returned to Wudang. Alongside them came students who would become disciples in the future. Although, it was not easy to put back the pieces of such a practice without it sustaining lasting injuries to the overall curriculum. Luckily for Wudang, the masters had set forth a plan to send our Grandmaster and 14th Generation disciple, Zhong Yun Long (钟云龙) out through China to meet, learn from, and potentially persuade other masters of the Wudang Arts to return to Wudang. It was not completely successful in bringing many masters back but it did allow Zhong Yun Long to learn a wealth of practices and bring them back to be consolidated in the San Feng Lineage.

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San Feng Lineage came out of this era as a new structure than what it traditionally once was. With all of the arts collected under one system, the styles began to take on their own set, as the influences adapted to each other and grew into its own system. This is why the school of thought on certain practices may differ in Wudang than in their counterpart. Although, the art in complemented with various styles, each has its place in the San Feng curriculum.

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After a decade of these arts we getting established and preserved to the next generation, Master Yuan Xiu Gang (袁修刚) traveled to Purple Heaven Palace to begin his own training in 1991. Master Yuan was part of a traditional course that indoctrinated him through all of the practices of Wudang including the religious rites and chants of Daoist belief. Master Yuan eventually came down the mountain and opened up his own school in 2006 where he opened the doors to teachings any and all who were interested in Wudang Wushu and Daoist practice. It was here that Master Yuan created a 5 year traditional program solely for international students. Maintaining his responsibility of spreading the awareness of Daoism and the Wudang Arts so that the Cultural Revolution would never be repeated, the class began in September of 2009. This class was the first time foreigners would be allowed into the Lineage and become fully indoctrinated into the practices with the responsibility of passing them on in their entirety to the next generation. This international class was the first of its kind, and in an ever growing modern world, potentially the last as well.