The climactic scene of "Huo Yuanjia" in the movie is a contest between Huo Yuanjia and the insulting Russian Hercules. In the capital, Huo Yuanjia, who was a bold artist, took the stage to conquer Russia's Hercules Bossov, and became a great national hero who washed away the shame of the "sick man of East Asia".
In the movie Jet Li played huo Yuanjia vs. Russian Hercules
This kind of popular movie storyline is fake, and in history, Huo Yuanjia has never fought with foreign Hercules at all!
The North City Gate of Kunming
The real time in history to fight with foreign Hercules was in the autumn of Kunming in 1914.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Britain and France accelerated the expansion of their colonial spheres of influence in Yunnan. Various delegations, exploration teams, tourists, etc., have come to Yunnan. Among them, an unknown French boxer, who called himself "French Hercules", also came to Kunming.
This French man is tall and tall, with white skin and blue eyes and a beard, chest hair, and eight-pack abs in a "Hercules" posture.
He asked Tang Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan at the time, to swing in the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall for three days, and made a vow: Within three days, if no one defeated him, he would stay in Kunming to teach martial arts and open a missionary; if anyone defeated him once, he would have no face to stay in Kunming and leave immediately!
Tang Jiyao, who was then the governor of Yunnan
Tang Jiyao, as the head of a province, also had a heart for fan muttering in the face of this big man, agree with him, he was worried that who could match this big man? He had the intention of choosing a site for the Army to talk about martial arts, that is, he was deliberately humiliating the Chinese soldiers. If he was defeated, where would he put his face, and what would happen to the martial arts cadets and the morale of the Dian army?
Forced by the forces of Britain and France, Tang Jiyao could only agree to the French boxers to set up a ring in the Yunnan Army's Martial Arts Hall, and offered a reward within the army, and if anyone defeated the French boxers, there would be a heavy reward and two consecutive promotions.
Yunnan Army Lecture Hall
The French boxer chose the treasure land of the Yunnan Army's Daowutang, which was really quite a trick, and on the podium of the racecourse of the Daowutang, he gathered around the circle and pulled up the flag, and the red, red, green and green notes were written with the French boxer's "bold words". The people of Kunming, like rushing to the temple fair, came to the Lecture Hall one after another to watch and applaud.
Tang Jiyao also rode to the racecourse on horseback, and sat nervously in the front Taishi chair in the middle of the ring, and the French boxer raised his fist to provoke the audience.
Kunming people rush to the old photos of the market
The martial artists in the Dian Army, the martial arts lovers among the students who lectured on martial arts, and the good men who wandered the rivers and lakes took the stage one after another, and under the fast action of the French boxers" of "three under five divided by two", they were also defeated. The crowd of onlookers was immediately swept away, and Tang Jiyao's face also changed from red to white, and he quietly left the racecourse!
Kunming's old archway
On the first day of the match, France won all of them. The next day, the ring was staged, and the French boxer was like a male lion who defeated the territory, flaunting his might, looking invincible! On this day, very few onlookers came, Tang Jiyao did not come, and the sky in Kunming became gloomy again on this day, giving people a sense of dullness and melancholy.
But the French boxer was so energetic that he danced in the ring, his demonstrative fists punched into the air, and no one responded to his provocation. He "Ha... Ha..." laughed, who can beat this "foreigner" to make the people present fall into contemplation.
On this day, as night fell, no one competed with the French boxers, and the racecourse made people feel empty and cold!
On the morning of the third day, the sun came out, the racetrack was much brighter, and the mood of the people was much brighter. The French boxer was in full swing and was looking for a match, but one morning, no one came on stage to fight!
The audience was disheartened, and the French boxers felt victory in sight, just as they were about to pack up their things and step down. A young man jumped into the ring quickly and quickly. The boxer arrogantly straightened up, looked at the height of the side only to his chest, and stretched out his arm to be much shorter than the French boxer's arm;
But his skin was shiny and dark, his eyes were fixed, and he stared dead into the eyes of the French boxer, and he took off his military uniform and put on a white shirt and green trousers. Surprisingly, he wore an ordinary pair of straw shoes.
After the French boxer looked at the young man, a contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. I thought to myself: This little dwarf, I just need to lightly leg, as easy as pressing an ant to death! At this moment, Tang Jiyao came to the scene to watch the battle again, and the whistle was also blown by the referee, and the competition began!
The French boxer raised his head proudly and threw a fist as large as a sandbag, reaching the boy's chest, and the young man's fist could not reach the head of the French boxer because his hand was too short to wrap around the French boxer's arm. After several rounds of fighting, the physical pressure made it impossible for the young man to attack, and the young man was beaten to the chest by the French boxer, still unharmed. Therefore, the young man changed his strategy and directly punched the French boxer's arm, and the French boxer suddenly felt the power of the iron rod beating, the arm was soft and numb, and he cried out, insisting that the young man had a hidden weapon on his body.
The contest was forced to be suspended, and the young man proved his innocence, immediately stripped naked, wearing only tank tops and shorts, and asked for another fight. This vest has a special texture, made of bamboo wire, which can be self-defense and not afraid of sweat. Or the working people are highly intelligent, which is also the young man can be safe under the iron fist of the French boxer!
(Bamboo vest)
The French boxer felt bad, the boy in front of him had extraordinary martial arts, and his heart was suddenly a little uneasy. The competition resumed, the young man swept with his legs, and he did not expect that the grass shoes on the young man's feet were the key to victory, and the grass shoes were thrown away in the air, and the grass shoes skimmed above the head of the French boxer. The French boxer was taken aback, thinking that the flying knife was attacking, and was trying to dodge; the young man kicked another kick, the boxer stood unsteadily, and the brain melon was kicked a little confused; the young man was full of luck, came a "monk hitting the bell" with his head bowed, even with a fist, and crashed into the abdomen of the French boxer, the French boxer was knocked to the ground, and it took about two or three minutes before he turned over!
A burst of applause flooded the entire racecourse of the Army's Martial Arts Hall. Tang Jiyao smiled and stood up. Embarrassed, the young man slipped away from the crowd with his head bowed. The French boxer was exhausted, dragging his huge body like a lost dog out of the ring!
This young man was the famous Yunnan Wang Longyun, whose name was Long Dengyun at that time, and he was a cadet who was about to graduate from the Army's Martial Arts Hall. He usually likes martial arts, but he has not officially played. Two days before the French boxer swung, he was suffering from gastroenteritis again, and his stomach was pulling badly. He has also been hesitating and can't make up his mind to play. His classmates and classmates have always encouraged him: Long Dengyun, try it!
Yunnan Wang Longyun
Long Yun's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, dares to fight, and there is a famous teacher in his hometown Zhaotong, with a good foundation in martial arts, and unexpectedly defeated the invincible French boxer!
Long Yun's great skill also laid an invisible cornerstone for his future life development, and he also became a veritable king of Yunnan in modern history of Yunnan.
Refer to Mr. Xie Shushu's "The Legend of Long Yun"