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"Shaolin Shaolin, how many heroes Haojie have come to honor you; Shaolin Shaolin, how many magical stories have spread you everywhere; superb martial arts are unparalleled in the world, and the Shaolin Temple is mighty..."
This song sounded, evoking the memories of countless people, and the movie "Shaolin Temple" was unprecedented, with a dime ticket price, the box office reached hundreds of millions.
"Shaolin Temple" made Jet Li on fire, and at the same time, Yu Chenghui, who played the villain Number One, set off a martial arts boom at that time.
Yu Chenghui's performance in "Shaolin Temple" is his first time in the film and television circle, he has become an old predecessor in the hearts of many people with his real kung fu, countless fans.
He is the sword saint in everyone's heart, a sword, a pair of white long hair, the shape of the fairy wind Dao bone, even if you don't know his name, you have seen the character image he plays.
He is Wang Renze of "Shaolin Temple", Feng Qingyang of "Smiling Proud of jianghu", Huang Yaoshi of "Divine Eagle Hero", and he is also the great hero of "Yellow River Hero".
After becoming famous, he always has a hat, a loose denim shirt, and a vest, and is kind like the uncle next door.
He has always adhered to the cause of martial arts, indifferent to fame and fortune, and his mind is completely focused on improving martial arts, and his two-handed sword has not been surpassed by anyone so far.
Someone said, "Really big people, they all look ordinary." ”
Yu Chenghui is such an ordinary person, but his bones are full of chivalry.
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Yu Chenghui was born in 1939 in Penglai, Shandong, a city of "fairyland on earth", which also made him carry a breath of immortal wind and bone.
After he became famous, he returned to his hometown, and the neighbor's 94-year-old grandmother, thinking back to his childhood, couldn't help but say: "This child was too naughty when he was a child, never walked, and walked on the wall." ”
You can imagine how naughty he is. And the reason why he did this was because he had a martial arts dream in his heart.
When he was a child, his favorite thing was to listen to the commentaries, "Three Heroes and Swords", "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses", "Yue Fei Biography", etc., so that this "hero" word was deeply rooted in his heart.
Yu Lao once said: "Because I listened to the commentaries, I had a special love for martial arts and began to practice martial arts. He felt that chivalry and martial arts were inseparable.
Yu Chenghui, who had a dream of martial arts, entered the Qingdao Amateur Sports School at the age of 12 and began to learn martial arts.
He has always adhered to the "chivalrous" learned in the commentary, learning martial arts, not to find others to fight, with kung fu, and will not go to others to try their skills.
He was just immersed in the world of martial arts, studying the essence of martial arts, refining his martial arts, and making martial arts flourish.
At the age of 24, he won the championship in martial arts competitions with a set of "drunken swords", and he was very happy, so that young people had such an honor.
Obsessed with martial arts, he felt that with the training of time, he would definitely achieve greater results, and he trained himself more diligently.
Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and unfortunate things happen.
It was the year of the award, during high-intensity training, that he injured his knee, could not continue his martial arts dreams, and had to leave the martial arts team and become a paper worker.
The dream of folding wings is painful, and Yu Chenghui falls into a deep depression.
Before long, he felt that the hero should not be, so he was overthrown, and the spirit of the hero should be brave.
People should have dreams, but also should insist on dreams, the hero should not be depressed, but in the face of difficulties, do not give up, he began to have a plan to restore his martial arts.
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If his heart was in the dream, the pain did not stop him from practicing martial arts, let alone block him from the door of success.
Yu Chenghui said: "Martial arts is a way of life for me, self-cultivation, family unity, governance of the country, and peace in the world. ”
The chivalrous spirit in martial arts made him understand life.
No one's life is smooth sailing, everyone has encountered difficulties, some people have sunk, and some people have faced difficulties like Yu Chenghui.
Learning martial arts at the age of 12, injured at the age of 24, and reaching the age of 36, in the two cycles of life, he persevered in his efforts and made the efforts fruitful.
Late one night, while he was studying swordplay, a sudden thunderstorm caused lightning and thunder between heaven and earth to flash and rain down.
In the wind and rain, he saw a praying mantis that was not afraid of thunder and lightning, wielding a huge axe to fight with the sky, splitting the rain and cutting the fog.
The mantis's move inexplicably brought inspiration, allowing Yu Chenghui to have an epiphany, to give the poem "Wu Sword Chapter", and to create the mantis through the forest sword method, and the lost two-handed sword returned to the martial forest.
This can't help but make people sigh, in martial arts novels, the protagonist encounters a martial art, and the adventure that will happen will occur, but it appears in reality and let the divine skill be born.
The two-handed sword, as the name suggests, is a sword with two hands, and Yu Lao said: "Two hands are strong enough to initiate speed in an instant." ”
However, there were many people in the martial arts community who did not recognize his swordplay, and in order to be recognized by the two-handed sword, he once again participated in martial arts competitions.
On the field, Yu Chenghui, who was slender in stature, held a long sword in both hands, "drawing with clouds to smear, pointing and slashing, twisting and chopping, provoking and hanging wrong washing" after playing a set of sword techniques and reaping the rewards.
His flowing mantis piercing the forest two-handed sword, with a flexible spine like a big dragon, the realm of human sword unity, conquered the referee, and also shocked Zhang Xinyan.
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Director Zhang Xinyan, who was preparing to shoot the movie "Shaolin Temple", specially came to the martial arts competition to select actors in order to be true to the martial arts effect in the film.
Director Zhang asked Yu Chenghui to participate in the movie "Shaolin Temple", but he refused.
He felt that after more than twenty years of deep cultivation in the martial arts world, it was the time to make achievements, and he was already a 40-year-old person, and he did not want to go to an unfamiliar field to re-enter the world.
Under the repeated invitation of Director Zhang, he still joined the filming of the film, so that everyone could enjoy the real martial arts confrontation in the film.
The martial arts action of "Shaolin Temple" is a long shot, and as soon as the actor starts to fight, the camera keeps shooting, which is used in the old saying: "If you stop for a few minutes, the 'potential' will be destroyed." ”
The entire film, from beginning to end, was shot in this way, showing the real martial arts effect, making "Shaolin Temple" stand out among the martial arts films of the time and was deeply loved by the audience.
From here, Yu Chenghui officially entered the film and television circle and opened the way for him to be a martial arts actor, martial arts design, and martial arts teaching.
Yu Lao did not focus on fame, he loved martial arts, he integrated the philosophical ideas of martial arts into swordplay, and added them to martial arts movements.
He said: "Martial arts is a lyrical means. ”
Between every move, martial arts movements have a special rhythm, not only fast, nor can it just play flowers, but also integrate into the spirit, but also coordinate with the body, such as the head and tail of the long snake.
This also created his temperament of a fairy wind Dao bone, so that his image of a full white long hair was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In 2015, the 76-year-old Yu Lao suffered from lung disease, and after a year of fighting the disease, the world still did not retain him.
For the death of teacher Yu Chenghui, many stars sent tributes. Wu Jing, Wu Fan and other stars sent him off, Wu Jing tears spilled on Teacher Chenghui, and there was no real hero in Chinese martial arts films since then.
Jet Li was originally invited by the director to play the role of "Yellow River Hero", but at that time he was busy shooting other films, so he refused to play "Male No. 2 Car Tian", so Jet Li finally missed the fourth cooperation with Yu Chenghui, which became his lifelong regret.
Before his illness, Yu Lao had been active on the screen, shooting "The Trail of Wokou" at the age of 73 and "The White Ape of the Arrow Soldier" at the age of 74, and he could still stand upside down for 30 minutes a day.
These two films are the works of director Xu Hanfeng, not Yu Lao, who was born in the class, and his line skills in the film are very good, and they are all original appearances.
Xu Dao once said: "Looking for him is not to reproduce the traditional martial arts, but more to see the traditional Chinese cultural heritage on him, which is the unique temperament of many years of cultivation." ”
Affectionately known as the "Last Sword Saint", his world is not just a martial arts move, what matters is the inner cultivation.
Many people regretted: "Old Master Yu is gone, there are no rivers and lakes and martial arts." ”
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Actor Chen Shu said: "Ten years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Teacher Yu, and you are a real martial artist! ”
Deng Chao has cooperated with Yu Lao many times: "It is very sad to hear that Yu Lao Xian has passed away. His dedication, his acting skills, and his obsession with martial arts and art are vividly remembered. ”
Huayi Brothers mourn: "Chinese martial arts giant Yu Chenghui has passed away, and "Old Cannon" will be his curtain call. May the sword go all the way, goodbye to the rivers and lakes! ”
Six-year-old children, Xu Haofeng and many others sent condolences: the departure of the martial arts giants is a loss to the film and television industry, but also a loss to the martial arts community.
During his lifetime, he published books, recorded videos, and left a lot of information for swordsmanship, only for the two-handed sword, a martial art that was rediscovered, and no longer lost.
Elder Yu said: "When receiving disciples and teachings, we must attach importance to the investigation and cultivation of the disciples' moral character, practice heroic deeds, fight righteousness, eliminate violence and be good, and oppose competition and victory and bullying of the weak." ”
It can be seen that the spirit of chivalry lies in the old martial arts world, and it is thoroughly understood.
Along the way, Yu Chenghui has always run the chivalrous spirit of martial arts throughout the martial arts from a martial arts champion to a paper mill worker, a martial arts instructor, a martial arts star, a martial arts designer, a film and television screenwriter, and a swordsmanship master.
He once carried a big gun and said to the unchivalrous person in the film: "Do you understand the things of the old ancestors?" ”
This sentence, let us now, see the martial arts feelings left by the ancients, how many people understand it?
Some people say that the two people who exploded in the "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li is only a martial arts athlete, and Yu Chenghui is the one who really got the true transmission of martial arts.