Top Ten Folk Masters in China

In The Story of the East China Sea, Confucianism flouts the law with words, and chivalrous men break the law with force. Heroes have been born in troubled times since ancient times. Since the late Qing Dynasty, the Korean government has been declining, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and foreign invasion has continued. Here, we have collected and sorted out China's top ten kung fu masters in the late Qing Dynasty. Dong Haichuan was born in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty (1797- 1882). He is from Mijiawu, Wen 'an County, Hebei Province. When I was young, I liked to learn all kinds of boxing and traveled to Jiangnan for a long time. On Taohua Mountain, he saw a young monk clapping his hands on a tree and circling around it. With courage, Dong went forward to fight with the young monk and was defeated. So I humbly invited the old monk to ask for advice. After several years of cold and heat, I did my best. When I left, the master told me: I have achieved my skills, so don't make trouble because of my youthful spirit. Dong Wei only agreed. However, after returning to China, I fought with others, so that I hurt people. The authorities held Dong Sui very tightly. He became a eunuch in the palace and a cook. One day, Yang Luchan, a famous teacher in Tai Ji Chuan, was called to the Suwangfu to compete with the Boxer Rebellion. Lien Chan won a winning streak and finally threw a Boxer Rebellion on the garden net. It's time for Dong Haichuan to pass by with a dish in his hand and fly online to save the Boxer Rebellion. Dong Haichuan then went to war with Yang Luchan, and the two confronted each other, and the outcome was close. Since then, both Taiji Zhuan and Baguazhang have established their own portals and passed them on to later generations. Dong Haichuan lived very old, in a daze, lying on his back, and his hands kept changing hands until he gave up. Baguazhang has been spread at home and abroad and has never failed. Dong Shi's descendants emerge one after another, and his tomb has been moved to the western suburbs of Beijing for reconstruction.

Second, Wang Wu.

Wang Wu, the broadsword, can be regarded as a famous giant in modern Wulin. Wu Wang is from Beijing. His real name is Bai, and he became an orphan at the age of eight. He and his younger brother begged along the street and got the escort agency in Shunxing, Beijing. The escort agency accepted him as his adopted son and changed his surname to Wang. 1 1 years later, Wang Zhanggui died and he inherited the escort agency. Because of his chivalry, frankness, and high martial arts, he was called "broadsword Wang Wu", whose real name was Wang Zhengyi. Wang Wu is a real fugitive. He is not only skilled in martial arts, but also has a wide range of friends, from aristocrats to street gangsters. In addition, his extensive social relations linked him to many famous events at that time. Tan Sitong's "Two Kunlun Mountains" is said to refer to Kang Youwei and Wu Wang. In the end, I didn't go to Eight-Nation Alliance, worthy of my true colors. Wang Wu's martial arts and deeds are legendary, and he is also a legend. Some writers of later generations also intended to attach their stories to Wang Wu. Here is a simple example-in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Wu, the broadsword, made a sudden visit. Tieyun thought he was coming to pay a New Year call and happily welcomed him into the living room. He laughed and said,' I haven't seen Brother Wu and your wife for a long time since I moved. My brothers should come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings. Wang Wu sneered:' We are not here to pay a New Year call to you. Now that you are an important person who has a good relationship with foreigners, how dare you drive? Oh, Brother Wu is so serious! Tieyun was surprised that Wang Wu's speech today was abnormal. Unexpectedly, Wang Wu suddenly whipped out a dagger with a gleaming cold light from his bronze nail belt, thrust it at the Square Table, glared at it and shouted,' Liu, some people say you are a traitor. You must explain it to us today. If you can't explain clearly, don't blame Wang Zhengyi for being heartless! Tieyun was taken aback, and immediately calmed down and confessed:' Although I am a comprador of a British commercial company, it is actually for the local government to revitalize the industry and benefit the people. I have dealt with coal mines in Shanxi and Henan Province. Shanxi's business was specially sent by the Provincial Bureau of Commerce to ask me to borrow money from foreigners for mining, and I agreed. The business in Henan has just begun. It is said that traitors are bound to betray the country, but what happened in Shanxi was decided by Fu Tai in Shanxi, and what happened in China was approved by Emperor China. The sovereignty of the mine still belongs to China. I wonder what my younger brother sold to foreigners. Please make it clear to Brother Wu that Tieyun will die. "Wang Wu hesitated for a moment, and then snapped,' There's no evidence in your mouth, bring it! Tieyun said,' The evidence is in the study. Please follow me. Wang Wu pulled out a dagger and followed Tieyun to the study. Tie Yun took out the letter from Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Commerce, his letter to Shanxi Futai, the mining regulations set by Shanxi Province and Fufu Company, and his correspondence with Fufu Company, and sat down to read them one by one. He just took the dagger and said with a smile,' What a good Liu Tieyun! I don't believe you when people call you a traitor. I'll examine you today. If you are really a traitor, you will definitely die. Tieyun said with a smile, "Brother Wu, fortunately, I have a clear conscience, otherwise I would have been scared by you. -This Liu E is also a social madman, no less than Wang Wu, and they do have friendship.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Wang Ziping

Wang Ziping, a Hui nationality, was born in 188 1 year and died in 1973. He is the former vice chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association. He was born in a martial arts family in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, the hometown of martial arts. He and Tong are called "the second outstanding man in Cangzhou" and "the king of divine power". Under the guidance of Shandong Yang, he is good at checking boxing, octupole boxing and Longquan sword. He went to Kanto in his early years and later joined the army to teach soldiers with martial arts. 19 19 Russian strongman Cantel performed in Beijing Central Park, which was very arrogant. Wang was furious and frustrated in public. Later, they defeated Ma Zhini, Alaman, Ke Zhimai and Sullivan. When I was in Qingdao, I was besieged by Japanese imperial police, and Wang Ziping threw them downstairs, showing the spirit and courage of the Chinese nation. He loved martial arts all his life. In the old society, in order to make a living, he ran around, but his love for China Wushu never weakened, and his will to practice hard became stronger and stronger. He began to practice martial arts at the age of six and practiced martial arts for more than 80 years until his later years. In his early years, he learned to check boxing and meridian sword and traveled all over the country. After seeing the superb swordsmanship of many famous artists, he learned from others and brought forth new ideas. His "Qinglong Sword" was created by combining the strengths of various schools, absorbing the advantages of western European fencing and Japanese kendo, and combining his own experience. He loved the Party and the socialist system, and raised patriotism to a new height. Donated artillery to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and he led the whole family in a charity performance. At the age of eighty, he went abroad to perform and introduced China Wushu to people all over the world. -Hehe:) Wang Ziping attaches great importance to excavating the treasure house of Chinese Wushu and popularizing it. At the age of eighty, the famous director Xie Jin asked him to play a supporting role in Da Li, Xiao Li and Lao Li, patting Tai Ji Chuan's lens. As the head of Shaolin Gate, he is a respected martial artist all over the country, but he has no discussion and no money, so he happily went to make a guest film. He thinks that performing "Simplified Tai Ji Chuan" in movies is beneficial to the development of Wushu. He said, as long as it is beneficial to the party and the country, I will do it. Wang Ziping is also a famous traumatologist. In his later years, he relieved the pain of many patients with superb medical skills, and also edited and published "Eliminating Diseases and Prolonging the Twenty Potential", which was well received by the masses. Wang Ziping's life is full of legendary and patriotic feelings. His youth was the year when imperialist powers invaded and carved up China. One year, in order to meet the challenge of the German devils in Qingzhou Station, he raised a big millstone in a rage and won the title of "King of Divine Power" from then on. His fame also shook the martial arts world with his constant defeat of foreign boxers. One of the most famous is the World War I in which 19 18 defeated Russian strongman canter.

Seven, Han Muxia.

This is Huo Yuanjia's master, a disciple of martial arts expert Zhang Zhankui, and the chief martial arts instructor of Huangpu Military Academy before liberation. He defeated numerous foreign masters and killed the Russian Hercules in Tianjin. His grandson Han Jianzhong is currently a fighting professor at China Public Security University. The prototype of Xu Dongfang in the movie "Wu Linzhi" is him (Beijing Six Kingdoms Hotel hits a Russian strongman canter); He started martial arts school in Tianjin, around 19 16. Zhou Enlai attended Nankai Middle School in Tianjin and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause. In order to keep fit, he studied boxing and martial arts with Han Muxia, a famous boxer in Beijing and Tianjin. At that time, Han Muxia taught martial arts for a living, and what he was best at was "talking about form and meaning". Besides teaching in Nankai, he also runs a martial arts school at home to teach students. After studying, Zhou Enlai often wears a long cloth coat and goes to Han Muxia's house to learn boxing and practice martial arts. . Because of studying boxing, Zhou Enlai and Han Muxia have established a sincere friendship. Zhou Enlai once wrote a pen for the Han Muxia Martial Arts School, and wrote the words "Tang Poetry in Han Dynasty and Nine Dynasties". 19 17 after Zhou Enlai went to Japan, he also sent a photo of him and Han Muxia and others studying boxing in the martial arts school to the Boxer Rebellion as a token of his heart. Han Muxia once said with emotion: "Yu Xiang (Zhou Enlai) is young, ambitious and far-sighted-I taught him how to keep fit, but he taught me how to be a man." -this man is a master of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and flying swallows over Li, and he is good at martial arts. Since the 1930s and 1940s, there have been many legends about "Swallow Li San", but few people know what the real "Swallow Li San" is. Xu Zhigang, a professor of Jinan University who participated in the investigation of the case of "Swallow and Li San", told us a little-known story.

Two "Swallows and Li San"

In fact, there are two "Swallows and Li San" all over the country. One is the old "Swallow Li San" in Hebei. He lived in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. His original name was Li Hong. He is a righteous thief with high martial arts, robbing the rich and helping the poor. He was arrested by reactionary military police and killed. Many folk stories about "Swallow and Li San" are actually based on him. The other is "Swallow Li San" in Shandong. This Li San was originally named Li Shengwu, a native of Yucheng, Li Jiazhuang, and was named after ranking third. Although he knew some martial arts, he knew nothing since he was a child, and then he burned, killed and looted. He is famous for many reasons. First, in order to expand his influence on the road, Li Shengwu grafted the old "Swallow and Li San" on himself, boasting that he could "fly over the eaves and walk over the walls" everywhere. Then, after every arrest, Li Shengwu can always use money to get through the joints without any danger. In order to cover up his ugly behavior of accepting bribes from Li, the Kuomintang police also helped to boast that he would "fly over the eaves and climb over the wall" and "shrink his bones" to find excuses for Li's repeated escape. Moreover, there was a very important background at that time, that is, Jinan had just been liberated and the situation in the city was still unstable. The Kuomintang left behind a large number of military and police personnel and reactionary Taoist personnel in the city, and Li Shengwu was one of their candidates. Based on the above reasons, the legend that Li Shengwu is the "swallow and Li San" gradually became confused, which eventually led to a misunderstanding. Li San, a swallow, changed from a poor man and a chivalrous man to a thief and a slut. Although his martial arts and stories were talked about by people, when he was arrested and executed, few people cared. The legend about Li San is also very complicated. He is famous, and I believe he has real kung fu. Duan Yunpeng is a famous informer. He heard about Beijing and Tianjin in 1930s. He was named "Sai Civit Cat" together with "Swallow Li San" and later became a military spy of the Kuomintang. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he was arrested in 1954 for smuggling into the mainland. It is said that when he was transported from Guangdong to Beijing, in order to prevent him from making trouble, he was tied to a stretcher and carried into the plane. After arriving in Beijing, he was locked in a big iron cage. He said, I know this cage, and Li San is locked in this cage. -note that he is already in his fifties and sixties.

Xu You's (1905- 1985) kung fu is authentic Shaolin kung fu, and he learned from the wandering monk Lin Zi. Here is a common joke-some old friends hosted by the general are of course good drinkers. So, the general announced the rules of the banquet at the beginning of the banquet: "No tricks and no cheating within three cups. Found cheating, fined a cup and a bowl; After three cups, have fun. " You're finished. I'll have a drink if you drink. A burly general did not follow his banquet rules and quietly poured a third cup of Moutai for others. General Xu smiled at this, put the white porcelain bowl prepared in advance on the table and poured the wine into the bowl. Although the general has long heard that General Xu is superior in martial arts, he is self-reliant. Presumably, General Xu couldn't help himself on the wine table, so he smiled casually and said, "You pour it, I won't drink it anyway. See how dare you treat me. " Xu Ha smiled and said nothing, but handed the general a bowl full of Maotai and poured it when the general poured the wine. At first, the general struggled and refused to fill it. Unexpectedly, General Xu can't compete with other strong men at all! Especially the kung fu in his hand, is even better. It is said that this general became a monk in Shaolin Temple as a teenager and never stopped practicing martial arts until he became a general. Every morning, he poked his two fingers into a jar full of sand, and his whole palm into the sand. He didn't wash the washbasin clean until he finished practicing, and then he poked his palm into the sand to wash his face. He didn't have to pour out the water for washing his face, but he was lucky enough to clap his hand at the water in the washbasin. Strangely, the basin of water came alive, turned several times in the basin, and suddenly jumped out of it. Look at the kung fu of that finger, it can really catch people's internal organs. Because of this, at the banquet, although the general's wrist was gently pinched, the general shouted, "Ouch! Ouch! I had to open my mouth and let General Xu drink until the General shouted that he was drunk. It seems that next time I go to your Hongmen banquet, I should bring at least one battalion of soldiers. " I was so happy that everyone laughed and said, "I haven't had such a good Moutai for a long time!" "

Sea lamp

Fan Wubing, commonly known as the sea lantern, was born in poverty. His father is a poor tailor. When he was a teenager, he studied martial arts with his uncle. When he was young, he became a monk in Chengdu and then traveled around the world. He returned to his hometown in the 1960s and settled down. In April this year, we came to Zhonghua Town, jiangyou city, Sichuan, Hayden's hometown. Many years ago, Qian Hai Deng was born here, and people still talk about him with relish.

The ancestral business of Hayden in my hometown has been renovated by the local government, and a couplet is posted on the door: "A generation of masters respected and handed down from ancient times, and the skill of two-finger Zen is better than today." The sea lantern as we know it is an ascetic, and his life is extremely simple. The daily necessities he used are still in the same place. After he returned to his hometown, he made a living by teaching martial arts, which attracted many young people.

When Hayden was in Chinatown, he not only taught people martial arts, but also treated fellow villagers well and was deeply respected by local people. He lived a quiet life until the end of 1970s, when a movie caused some waves in Hayden's life. 1979, a film crew filmed strange things in Sichuan. By chance, the director heard that there was a martial arts monk in Jiangyou, so he hired a sea lantern, and the sea lantern went on the screen. This film called "Sichuan Adventure" filmed the two-finger Zen skill of Hai Deng. With the release of this film, the name of the sea lantern was first spread.

The reputation of the sea lamp has been greatly improved.

The real fame of "Sea Lantern" lies in that it triggered Shaolin fever. Disciple Xiao Hai Deng wrote a news article linking Hai Deng and Shaolin Temple, which was published in1982165438+10. Since then, the kung fu of the sea lantern has been crowned as Shaolin. 1982, monk xing, a Shaolin master, made a special trip to Jiangyou and invited Hayden to Shaolin, Henan. Since then, Hayden's worth has doubled, and Hayden officially became attached to Shaolin. Master Hayden has become a publicity hotspot, and his position in the media is constantly changing, from assistant host to the 32nd generation host of Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Living Buddha. 1985, Hayden was also recommended by Henan CPPCC as a member of the Sixth CPPCC. In the middle and late 1980s, the sea lantern craze swept across the country, and he became a hero against imperialism, feudalism and anti-American imperialism. A documentary "Shaolin Sea Lantern Master" also filmed his one-finger Zen. Master Hayden should be a martial arts expert, right? But in recent years, the reputation is not very good, saying that it is cheating the world and stealing reputation. "Playing" Two Fingers Zen "with a cloth belt is the biggest scandal. A monk or a shameless liar?