As a masterpiece of Martial Arts films in Hong Kong, China, "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" carries many people's childhood memories, the film was released in 1994, directed by Wang Jing, starring Jet Li, Qiu Shuzhen, Xie Miao, Ji Chunhua, Chen Songyong, Ye Dexian, Liu Songren and so on. As soon as it was released that year, it set a high box office revenue and audience praise.
"The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin" tells the story of Hong Xiguan (Jet Li), a disciple of the Shaolin layman, who was betrayed by his fellow disciple Ma Ning'er (Ji Chunhua) and lost his family. Later, Hong Xiguan and his youngest son Hong Wending (Xie Miao) protect the Five Ancestors of Shaolin with a treasure map on their backs and send them to the Heaven and Earth Society, and finally fight the story of Ma Ning'er.
In addition to the main characters such as Hong Xiguan, Hong Wending, Hongdou, Ma Ning'er, Zhu Xiaoqian, Ma Jiashan, etc., there is also a very positive role that appears very popular and the box lunch is also led by the box lunch - Chen Zongruo. His appearance was very dazzling, dozens of subordinates opened the way, stepping on the knife domineering appearance, but in a short while he was killed by Ma Ning'er.
Today, we will not talk about how Chen Zongruo is mastering martial arts, but only talk about his identity, whether it is Chen Jinnan of the Heaven and Earth Association or Chen Jialuo of the Red Flower Society.
In the film, It is explained that Hong Xiguan and his party look for the Red Flower Pavilion, where they meet with the agreed Master Chen. Hong Xiguan said that Chen Jinnan had always been a trustworthy person and very punctual. It was clearly stated that this Chen General Helmsman was Chen Jinnan of the Heaven and Earth Society. There seems to be some controversy here, though.
Chen Jinnan did have his own person in history, his real name was Chen Yonghua, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, who established the Anti-Qing and Ming Restoration Organization Heaven and Earth Association, and had many disciples throughout the qing dynasty. There are many legends about him in Jin Yong's novel "Deer Ding", and he also accepted Wei Xiaobao as an apprentice.
And Chen Jialuo seems to be just a fictional character in Jin Yong's novel "Book of Swords and Vengeance", there seems to be no character archetype in history, the novel describes that Chen Jialuo is the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Society, and although the Red Flower Society and the Heaven and Earth Society are different organizations, their common goal is to reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming. According to legend, Chen Jialuo and the Qianlong Emperor were still brothers.
So, who is the helmsman of Chen in the film? We know that Hong Xiguan was a figure during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Jinnan was a figure during the Kangxi period, and they did not intersect, but Hong Xiguan obviously said that the person who waited for him was Chen Jinnan, which is inconsistent.
In addition, the place where Hong Xiguan and his party waited for General Chen's helmsman was actually called The Red Flower Pavilion, do you understand what it means, the Red Flower Pavilion, the Red Flower Society, seems to imply that this Chen General Helmsman is Chen Jialuo of the Red Flower Society. This makes sense again in terms of time.
However, whether it is the archetype of historical figures or completely fictional characters, history is relatively far away from us, and the records in it are true and false. "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" is likely to merge Chen Jinnan and Chen Jialuo into one character. This is well explained in the film, because at the end of the film, Fang Dahong's father came to pick up his son, and Fang Dahong's father (Played by Wang Jing) was actually called Fang Shiyu, of course, this Fang Shiyu was not fang Shiyu.
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