preface:
"Huo Yuanjia", a film based on a true story that combines patriotic and martial arts themes. Even after all these years, there are still people who want to remake this classic. What is surprising is that Huo Yuanjia was actually victimized by the adulterer and died without fulfilling his ideals. Fortunately, in the sequel, Huo Yuanjia's disciple Chen Zhen avenged the master's hatred and also calmed the audience's emotions slightly.
However, Chen Zhen is not a real historical figure, but a character created based on a number of martial artists.
Chen Zizheng is one of the prototypes of Chen Zhen.
The martial arts are exquisite and the prestige of our country is exalted
In 1921, a German Hercules came to Hong Kong, claiming to fight all over the world without fear of anyone, and set up a ring in Hong Kong, which was bound to compete with Chinese martial arts.
At that time, there were indeed many martial artists in Hong Kong who went to challenge, but unfortunately they did not succeed, and even many people were seriously injured in the ring.
In this way, the German Hercules was more arrogant, taking more and more heavy shots at Chinese, and looking down on Chinese martial arts even more.
After hearing the news, Chen Zizheng came directly to Hong Kong to challenge the German Hercules, and after a few rounds, Chen Zizheng directly threw the arrogant German to death in the ring.
This victory of Chen Zizheng struck a blow to the arrogance of the Germans, while also spreading Chinese martial arts. More importantly, the eagle claw skill he used in the battle against the Germans was created by Chen Zizheng himself, and after this ring, the eagle claw gong and Chen Zizheng were famous at home and abroad.
A year later, Chen Zi was coming to Singapore's Jingwu Club to teach martial arts, just in time for a British boxer to swing the ring. Chen Zizheng was only half a round on the stage, and the boxing master was defeated.
It was also in this year that Chen Zi was fighting an American Hercules. Facing the opponent's fast fist that went straight to the front door, Chen Zizheng quickly flashed and directly grabbed it with an eagle claw fist, hitting the American Hercules to a broken bone.
In the course of these several battles with foreign warriors, Chen Zizheng took his self-created eagle claw gong to strike at the arrogance of foreigners, while also making the power of Chinese martial arts famous overseas.
Although Chen Zi is the prototype of Chen Zhen, it should be noted that Chen Zizheng is not Huo Yuanjia's apprentice, but a famous warrior who was famous at the same time as Huo Yuanjia.
Chen Zizheng, whose combat effectiveness exploded
Chen Zizheng's hometown is in the current Xiong'an New District, formerly known as Li Linzhuang Village. Bandits were once plagued here, so most of the nearby villagers were fierce and martial, and Wu Zhuangyuan and Wuju people were emerging in an endless stream.
Chen Zizheng, who grew up in this environment, naturally also had a heart for learning martial arts.
In 1900, the Qing army burned and plundered the people of our country in a frenzy, committing countless evils. When the claws of the devil reached out to Li Linzhuang Village, Chen Zizheng and others sent women, children, old and children to a secret location, while the strong men faced the Qing army together.
Under the leadership of Chen Zizheng, the Qing army not only failed to take advantage of the village, but was beaten by Chen Zizheng and a few people, and finally simply abandoned the original plan, and was beaten by Chen Zizheng and fled.
In 1909, after Huo Yuanjia was killed, he urgently needed someone to raise the banner of the Jingwu Society, and Chen Zizheng resolutely accepted the invitation to go to the Jingwu Society as vice president, shouldering the heavy responsibility of spreading martial arts.
In 1912, there was an officer who disdained traditional martial arts, believing that no matter how fast they were, there was no gun. After knowing the officer's thoughts, Chen Zizheng said solemnly: "When the gun is still on the body, it is impossible to fight against traditional martial arts." ”
"No way, let's try it and see if I can pull out my gun fast or if you can shoot fast."
Finally, under the witness of everyone, Chen Zizheng's speed was better than the speed of the officer's gun. If you are on the battlefield, you may have lost your life before the gun is pulled out.
The next year, a group of five bandits was instructed to come and rob Li Linzhuang's belongings, and just happened to be bumped into by Chen Zizheng, who immediately began to chase after the five bandits.
When they ran out of the village, the five people found that only Chen Zizheng was chasing, so they relaxed their minds and began to fight back. As a result, Chen Zizheng uprooted a tree next to him as his weapon, and repelled the gang of thieves in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, even though Chen Zizheng had such a strong martial art, he still failed to complete his dream of contributing to the country.
There is no way to serve the country
In 1915, Chen Zizheng was already teaching in the Beiyang government. Yuan Shikai signed various unequal treaties with the imperial powers for his own selfish purposes.
Chen Zizheng was very cold after learning of Yuan Shikai's behavior, and directly led his apprentices to bid farewell to the government, and refused to be retained by others, and went to the northeast to establish a school and spread martial arts.
After the Japanese army came to China in 1931, Chen Zizheng was very angry at the behavior of the Japanese army, and repeatedly led people into the Japanese military camp, killing the Japanese army and taking away the guns.
After the Northern Expedition began, Chen Zizheng sent his disciples to the Whampoa Military Academy and various armies to teach in order for the army to be available, hoping that the disciples would contribute to the unification of the country.
Regrettably, after not getting the opportunity to go to the battlefield for a long time, Chen Zizheng spent all day drinking to dispel his sorrows, and eventually died of anxiety.
Although Chen Zizheng unfortunately died early, his spirit still affected many people. Until now, Chen Zizheng's hometown still advocates martial arts, and his self-created eagle claw skills have also been well inherited.