How to see the troubled times in the late Qing Dynasty from Huang Feihong?

With the recent Huang Feihong fever of The Rise of Legends and the afterheat of revisiting the theme in the last issue, I completely re-watched this classic Huang Feihong series film in the 1990s. This classic movie is probably the most familiar Huang Feihong movie for many post-80s fans. Twenty years later, it still looks classic. The key is not how exciting the martial arts are. It lies in the depth of the story-the film reflects all kinds of chaos in the late Qing Dynasty extensively and incisively, and Huang Feihong, as a martial artist, carries not only several sets of boxing scores and stunts, but also national justice and patriotic feelings. In the face of the troubled times in the late Qing Dynasty, Huang Feihong's adherence to principles and rational cognition is the highest level of chivalry shown by a fighter in national peril.

The history of the late Qing Dynasty is a pot of paste, impacted by various ideological trends and surrounded by various forces. The world looks at China in the late Qing Dynasty, just as we look at the Middle East now, feeling that there is no civilization there and there will never be a bright future. Now in the past 100 years of the Qing dynasty, it seems that everything has gone, but it is not. The chaos that caused unrest in the late Qing Dynasty still exists in today's China, but everything is buried under the cloak of peace and there is no outbreak of violence. Here I will analyze them one by one.

The more backward a country is, the easier it is to fall into the quagmire of religious superstition, and China in the late Qing Dynasty is no exception. The White Lotus Sect in the second part and the Red Lantern in the fourth part were typical representatives at that time.

We have to ask, why are the more backward countries more likely to fall into the quagmire of religious superstition? Because the more backward a country is, the more difficulties it needs to face, such as internal troubles and foreign invasion in the late Qing Dynasty. Faced with many difficulties, the more backward countries lack advanced means to deal with them. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, when China was helpless and at a loss in the face of western powers, he would turn to religion. From a modern point of view, the positive significance of religion lies in the establishment of moral belief, which is a constraint on individual behavior and a prescription for social stability. In short, religion can't solve the dilemma of real life. The so-called religious superstition is to interpret it blindly and casually without knowing religion at all, often expecting to get rid of the realistic predicament with the help of Machamp's confusion, rather than trying to change the status quo through practical actions. In the film, the White Lotus Sect advocates religious belief but is invulnerable, while the red lantern holds out a virgin of Coptis chinensis who is juggling a tightrope. Finally, the little believers of the White Lotus Sect stood up to meet the bullet and fell in a pool of blood. The Virgin of Coptis chinensis was shot and beheaded by foreigners, and everything went from vigorous to rapid destruction. Facts show that religion can't change the huge gap between China and the West, stop bullets, and stop the decline of China. After many years, you will be beaten if you fall behind. Another great man told us that development is the last word. There is no religion here. In my opinion, it can not only consolidate personal moral beliefs, but also provide a kind of psychological comfort when people are frustrated.