However, the historical Huang Feihong is different from the one played in the movie. He also has a passion for blood, is also good at kung fu and lion dances, but he is not so beautiful. So, what kind of person is Huang Feihong?
Huang Feihong
First of all, he is an "old Chinese medicine doctor" who cherishes the world.
Huang Feihong was born in Foshan to a martial arts family. Under the influence of his father Huang Qiying, Huang Feihong not only practiced a bit of kung fu, but also mastered superb medical skills.
He personally developed medicines such as bruise wine and Tongmai Dan, and also inherited the recipe of anti-summer herbal tea from the Huang family. These medicines are exclusively owned by the Huang family. But Huang Feihong never hid his secrets, he did not regard them as capital for profit, but the Grand Duke selflessly disclosed the method of soaking wine and the prescription of herbal tea, hoping that they could serve the toiling masses. Therefore, when people saw Huang Feihong, they affectionately called him "Master Huang".
During the Guangxu years, Huang Feihong opened a medical hall in Ren'anli, Guangzhou, which is the "Baozhilin" in the movie. After the opening of the medical center, the business was not good. People know that Huang Feihong knows martial arts, but few people know that he is also proficient in Chinese medicine. In order to win trust, Huang Feihong treats everyone for free. But even so, people would rather go to other medical centers than let him see themselves.
At that time, Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army who had participated in the Sino-French War, learned that Huang Feihong knew martial arts and went to visit. After the two met, Liu Yongfu mentioned that he had an itchy foot. After hearing this, Huang Feihong said that if he trusted him, he could help heal. Liu Yongfu didn't take it too seriously at that time, just let Huang Feihong try it. Unexpectedly, his foot disease was actually cured by Huang Feihong.
Exterior view of Foshan Huang Feihong Memorial Hall
Second, he was also a patriotic "martial arts leader."
Huang Feihong was admired by Liu Yongfu for his martial arts and medical skills, and later became a military medical officer of the Black Flag Army and the head coach of Fuzi Military Strike Techniques.
In 1894, Liu Yongfu led an army to Taiwan to resist the Japanese invading army. This ignited Huang Feihong's patriotic enthusiasm, and he immediately arrived in Taiwan with Liu Yongfu. Huang Feihong and his soldiers were stationed in Tainan, fighting for the service of the country, and severely damaged the Japanese army in Hsinchu, Miaoli, Changhua, Chiayi and other places. They fought bloodily against the Japanese for five months, until they ran out of ammunition and food, and then they had to withdraw to the mainland.
Soon after, in order to resist the Japanese invasion of Taiwan, Tang Jingsong of Fujian Province established himself as president, and Huang Feihong was appointed by Tang Jingsong as a general in front of the palace. However, Tang Jingsong was soon suppressed by Li Hongzhang's Huai army. Huang Feihong saw that he had no way to serve the country, and decided to abandon martial arts to practice medicine, and never recruited apprentices again. He also posted a notice in front of Bao Zhilin's door: "Martial arts and kung fu, it is difficult to teach; ask a teacher to learn skills, do not ask questions."
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In the movie, Huang Feihong once used kung fu to "teach" rude foreigners. Historically, there really is such a thing, but it is not as legendary as in the movie.
At that time in Hong Kong, there was an Englishman with a big wolf dog, who often shouted that "Chinese are cowards." Several Chinese were very angry, so they tried to compete with him, and they were bitten badly by wolfhounds. The British were therefore even more arrogant, saying that Chinese were not even as good as dogs. After Huang Feihong learned of this incident, he resolutely stepped forward in order to save the dignity of the Chinese people. He killed the big wolf dog on the spot with a monkey walk and beat the Englishman, which was very gratifying.
Third, he is also a "widower" who has been married four times.
Huang Feihongkong has a heart to serve the country, but he cannot exert it. It can be said that his martial arts career is unambitious. Similarly, his marital feelings were extremely unhappy. He does not have a confidant like the "thirteen aunts" in the movie, but he has four wives in succession.
Huang Feihong and Aunt Thirteen in the film and television drama
Huang Feihong had been married four times, and his wife's surname was Luo. Roche died three months after his marriage, and Wong soon became widower who lost his wife. Later, he remarried to Ma Shi, and the two had two sons. Unexpectedly, Ma Shi died of illness again. Huang Feihong had to marry Cen again. Surprisingly, Cen also died of illness, and Huang Feihong became a widower again. The first three wives all died young, which made Huang Feihong suspect that his life was too hard, and he "killed" his wives.
In 1915, Huang Feihong met his fourth wife, Mo Guilan. At that time, Huang Feihong was performing a martial arts performance, and accidentally flew out of the cloth shoes he was wearing, just hitting Mo Guilan, who was watching the performance. Mo Guilan herself also loves to learn martial arts, and her temperament is straightforward, so she slaps Huang Feihong when she goes up. Huang Feihong was beaten so badly that Mo Guilan angrily scolded, "What famous boxer, performing so carelessly, hit his shoes on the heads of others, if the weapon is out of hand, will it not hurt people's lives?" ”
In the film and television drama, Huang Feihong used a stunt without shadow feet
After this incident, Huang Feihong, who was living in widowhood, was obsessed with Mo Guilan and entrusted people to act as a matchmaker. Although Mo Guilan beat Huang Feihong, he was very impressed with Huang Feihong's personality, and the two eventually married.
Probably afraid of "killing" his wife, Huang Feihong never gave Mo Guilan the title of "wife" and only regarded her as a "concubine". Mo Guilan once said bluntly that Huang Feihong had general feelings for her. She was only 19 years old when she married Huang Feihong, who was already in his 50s. In fact, they are not like husband and wife, more like masters and apprentices. Under the guidance of Huang Feihong, Mo Guilan learned clematis, mother knife, cross plum blossom sword and other kung fu. As a result, she also has a lot of achievements in martial arts.
Mo Guilan in his later years
Today, with the broadcast of the movie, a generation of martial arts masters, Huang Feihong, has become a cultural symbol. Novels, Cantonese operas, movies, TV series, etc. with Wong Fei Hung as the theme are too many to count. It is said that there are more than 100 films about Huang Feihong alone, which have been included in the Guinness Book of World Records.