The Republic of China is an era of martial arts masters, and there are many martial arts masters.
For example, Huo Yuanjia, Sun Lutang, Li Jinglin, Han Muxia, Du Xinwu, and so on, they all have real kung fu, relying on hard practice, not some fancy fancy racks.
Casually flipping through some martial arts anecdote books of the Republic of China period, this kind of martial arts master with extraordinary skills and flying cornices abounds.
Martial arts were practiced during the Republic of China period
Today we come to talk about the martial arts master of the Republic of China, Han Muxia, a figure with the same name as Huo Yuanjia.
Han Muxia
Han Muxia, formerly known as Han Jinyong, came from a poor peasant family, and by chance, he and his father were recommended to work as a maid in the home of Hai Zhangwu, the chief salt affairs manager, and the father and son were mainly responsible for serving the nursing home guard Zhou Binyi of the master's family.
This was also the time when Han Jinyong first came into contact with martial arts.
Learn from a teacher
Han Jinyong is shrewd and diligent, hard-working, and his service to Zhou Binyi is very in place, and Zhou Binyi also likes this diligent child, seeing that he is also smart and sensitive, he accepts him as an apprentice.
Han Jinyong also knew that this opportunity was not easy to come by, in addition to doing his job well, he spent his spare time with Zhou Binyi to learn martial arts with his heart, and his progress was quite fast.
Zhou Binyi slowly discovered that Han Jinyong was indeed a rare martial arts talent, so he recommended him to Zhang Zhankui, a martial arts master of the famous Zhen Wulin.
Zhang Zhankui
After Han Jinyong worshiped under Zhang Zhankui's door, he practiced martial arts even harder, and his martial arts progressed rapidly.
Later, the Jiuhuashan Daoist came to Tianjin to exchange martial arts, and zhang Zhankui's superb martial arts admired him, and he asked Han Jinyong to worship him as a teacher on the spot.
Zhang Zhankui also took the initiative to find several masters for Han Jinyong and teach them stunt skills.
In 1906, under the encouragement of his master Zhang Zhankui, Han Jinyong traveled extensively to famous mountains and rivers to visit famous masters.
Subsequently, Han Jinyong visited the Bagua Palm Master Ying Wentian, worshiped him as a teacher, and followed Ying Wentian to learn the art for four years, and did his best to obtain the mystery of the Bagua Palm.
Before his death, Ying Wentian taught Han Jinyong the stunt serial transformation palm and gave him the name Han Muxia, hoping that he would be able to perform heroic deeds and achieve a great cause.
Opened for apprenticeship
In 1912, Han Muxia, who had learned martial arts, returned to Tianjin and began to open a museum with the help of his master.
With the aim of strengthening the body and revitalizing China, free apprenticeship is implemented.
Han Muxia is a master of a hundred schools of erudition, integrates the kung fu he has learned, and deliberately innovates on the basis of inheritance, which is unique and excellent in art.
Later, at the invitation of The Japanese judo nine-dan master Heisaburo Togo, he boarded the ring set up by the Japanese in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin and easily defeated Togo Heizaburo.
For a time, Han Muxia's reputation became famous, and more and more people came to Han Muxia's martial arts hall to worship him, and Han Muxia became a famous martial arts master.
Nankai coaching
In the winter of 1915, when Yan Xiu, the trustee of Nankai School, and Zhang Boling, the principal of Nankai School, studied the work of the school, they decided to add a national art class to promote the all-round development of students' morality, intellect and body.
Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling were very excited by the news that Han Muxia had defeated Dongxiang Heisaburo, and they decided to hire Han Muxia as a martial arts instructor at Nankai School.
In the early days of the Republic of China, social turmoil was turbulent, and learning martial arts was a trend of students, not to mention the famous martial artist Han Muxia.
On the day that Han Muxia gave a lecture at Nankai School, the venue was full and full.
When Han Muxia was teaching, he found that among the students was a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, brilliant talent, and mighty and handsome, who practiced very seriously, was willing to endure hardships, and learned quickly. When I asked, I learned that the young man's name was Zhou Xiangyu (i.e. Zhou Enlai).
At that time, Zhou Enlai came to Tianjin with his uncle Zhou Yigeng and was admitted to Nankai School, where he was studying.
Zhou Enlai, who has had great ambitions since childhood, has more sense of distress than his peers, and knows better that sports are a must for a strong country.
Therefore, zhou Enlai was even more pleased with the martial arts master Han Muxia's coming to the school to teach.
On the second day of Han Muxia's teaching in Nankai, he met this prestigious martial arts master, hoping to learn martial arts with him.
For this young man in front of him, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an ordinary blue shirt that could not cover his heroic spirit, Han Muxia also had a good feeling, so he accepted it.
In this way, Zhou Enlai became a disciple of Han Muxia, and every night he came to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts rain or shine.
Mentorship
In 1917, Zhou Enlai, who had the idea of saving the country and the people, chose to study in Japan.
Han Muxia knew that Zhou Enlai was in financial difficulties, so he told him: "You can rest assured, I will fund your tuition, you have to study hard, and come back to do a big career." ”
After Zhou Enlai left, Han Muxia continued his martial arts teaching, paving the way to national salvation with martial arts.
Later, when Zhou Enlai returned from studying in Japan, Zhou Enlai participated in a series of patriotic movements, including the "May Fourth" student movement, and Han Muxia gave him the greatest support.
Whampoa goodbye
Later, the Whampoa Military Academy was established, Zhou Enlai entered the Whampoa Military Academy as the director of the political department, and Han Muxia was hired as the chief instructor of the National Arts.
Fate led to this, while Carrying out the revolutionary cause, Zhou Enlai continued to learn martial arts from Han Muxia.
Han Muxia's martial arts have also become more and more sophisticated, and the famous "Big Knife Team" is the martial arts team he teaches.
Chivalry circulates
In 1947, at the age of seventy, Han Muxia died of illness in the midst of poverty, supporting so many revolutionary causes but not waiting for the founding of New China.
In the second year of Han Muxia's death, Han Muxia's son Han Shaoxia joined the People's Liberation Army, and the following year he went to the Korean battlefield to kill the enemy.
In 1981, Han Shaoxia, who inherited Han Muxia's martial arts, was already in his prime. Under the pseudonym Han Qi, he returned to Wulin and began to receive apprenticeships, so that Chinese martial arts could be passed on from generation to generation.