On January 10, 1989, Master Hai Lantern died in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, at the age of 87. After the death of Master Hai Lantern, many people came to wreaths, sent condolences, etc., but the Shaolin Temple did not react at all? Why? This has to start with the controversy over the Sea Lantern Mage. More than 30 years after the death of the Sea Lantern Mage, the controversy over him still does not stop.
swindler? master? A true master? This is the focus of controversy over the Sea Lantern Mage. After becoming famous, Master Hai Lantern repeatedly expressed his proficiency in multiple kung fu in public, such as Five Elements Gong, Dharma Gong, Shaolin Jingquan, Shaolin Stick Method, Zilong Gong Method, Qinglong Sword Method, Nine-Step Continuous Fist, and Single and Double Bench Fists.
Hai Lantern Master, formerly known as Fan Wuyi, was born in 1902 in Jiangyou, Sichuan Province, and studied martial arts in his early years and had a certain degree of kung fu. The fame of the Sea Lantern Mage begins with a documentary. In 1979, the documentary crew of "Sichuan Strange Fun" was looking for strange people and strange things in Sichuan, and when they heard that there was a septuagenarian (77 years old at the time) in Jiangyou who could perform two-finger Zen handstand, the old man was the Master of Sea Lantern, when he opened a martial arts hall in Chonghua Town, Jiangyou City, so he invited him to perform in the crew.
After the documentary was broadcast, the Sea Lantern Master became famous, but the two-finger Zen handstand was indeed fake. Li Zhenhuan, a photographer for the documentary "Sichuan Strange Fun", also admitted after the death of Master Hai Lantern that he had filmed the two-finger Zen handstand, saying: "At that time, Master Hai Lantern's cerebral vessels hardened, and even walking had to be supported. And the hands and feet were shaking very badly. So when he shot it, he used a rope to hang his foot, so that he didn't actually have any force on his fingers. ”
What really made Master Hai Lantern popular throughout the country was because the "Shaolin Temple" movie played by Jet Li was popular, and the popularity of this movie at that time was unimaginable. The movie is popular, Shaolin Kung Fu is popular throughout the country. At this time, Xiao Dingpei, the disciple of the Sea Lantern Master, wrote an article about the origins of the Sea Lantern Master and the Shaolin Temple.
As soon as the article was published, coupled with the hype of the media, the Sea Lantern Master and the Shaolin Temple were firmly tied together. Since then, Master Hai Lantern has frequently attended social activities, and everywhere he goes, there are many people, just like big stars. With the popularity of the Sea Lantern Mage, controversy also began to appear. The first to question Master Hai Lantern was Jing Yongxiang, a reporter from Sichuan Daily, in 1988, a year before master Hai Lantern's death, who thought that the report on Master Hai Lantern was too exaggerated.
Jing Yongxiang said, "This propaganda is too much, and it is completely different from the current situation I witnessed in the interview." Ninety percent of these propaganda are grossly inaccurate. After Jing Yongxiang's questioning voices were issued, more and more doubts began to appear, including the revelations of the aforementioned documentary photographers.
Due to the increasing number of doubts, the Shaolin Temple also came forward to refute the rumors, denying the claim that the Sea Lantern Master claimed to be a Rufeng Shangren. So, does the Sea Lantern Mage have kung fu? For example, on April 15, 1986, Master Hai Lantern was hired as the chief instructor of martial arts of the People's Liberation Army Scout. As for the sea lantern mage's kung fu, it may not be as powerful as reported.
References: "Sichuan Strange Fun", "Sea Lantern Master"