When it comes to the Qing Dynasty, everyone's impression of this history is very different. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, due to the corruption of the Qing government's rule, coupled with the changes in the world situation and the times, the backward Qing Dynasty was long inferior to the great powers of various countries. At that time, the Qing Dynasty under the rule of the Qing government was like a big cake in the eyes of the great powers of various countries, and the backwardness of the Qing Dynasty's economy and the corruption of the system also put the people in deep trouble.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the great powers from all over the world knocked on the door of China with the use of cannons. In the Qing Dynasty at that time, most people, whether soldiers or civilians, did not construct the idea of using firearms. As we all know, Chinese martial arts are broad and profound, but in the face of the jianchuan cannon, it is still like "egg smashing stones".
Even so, the Chinese people in the late Qing Dynasty were still slow to "open their minds" and wanted to use the omnipotent Chinese martial arts to resist the Western powers. The best example of this is the Boxer Rebellion at that time. Although a group of patriots gathered under the slogan of "supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreigners", they intended to use the most traditional fist and foot kung fu to overthrow the great powers. The Boxer Rebellion gave the great powers a legitimate reason to invade the Qing Dynasty, so when the Boxer Rebellion broke out, the Great Powers could no longer sit still, formed the Eight-Nation Alliance, and invaded the Qing Dynasty in a mighty way.
And Cheng Tinghua, known as the "first martial arts master of the late Qing Dynasty", this martial arts master who was deeply known for the true transmission of gossip palms was well aware of the chaotic situation. Although Cheng Tinghua had a great understanding of his own, he knew that his fist and foot kung fu were no match for the long guns and short cannons of the great powers, so he did not go out with the large troops of "helping Qing Qing and destroying the yangs", but chose to retire in the city well.
An ordinary-looking optical shop is the "hermitage" opened by Cheng Tinghua, although he is pregnant with gossip and palm, master Cheng Tinghua is still making mirrors and selling mirrors as a profession, and is determined to be an ordinary person. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi, who had experienced three generations of emperors, was also frightened by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and before the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and fled with the Guangxu Little Emperor, Cixi had found Cheng Tinghua and hoped that Cheng Tinghua would serve as her personal bodyguard.
Needless to say, Empress Dowager Cixi and her people not only behaved in an extremely pedantic manner, but also believed that Chinese fists and feet could rival long guns and short cannons, and after she passed out of school on Cheng Tinghua's body, she offered a huge bounty and official position as a reward. However, Master Cheng Tinghua did not agree to Cixi's request, although he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his protégés were all over the world, but Cheng Tinghua was well aware of the danger of refugees in the country and the deep social situation, which was the inevitable result of the change of the times.
When the Eight-Power Alliance invaded the Qing Dynasty, Cheng Tinghua chose not to hide anymore and walked on the streets of the capital. At that time, the sergeant of the German army was bullying and humiliating a little Chinese girl, and Cheng Tinghua resolutely stepped forward, rescued the little girl, and let her escape. However, Cheng Tinghua himself died under the spear of the Eight-Power Alliance at the age of 52, which is lamentable.