Chinese Kung Fu is world-famous, but many people think that those powerful Chinese kung fu only exist in film and television works or martial arts novels.
So what are the facts? Is there really such a powerful kung fu in the mainland?
Today, we will learn how powerful Chinese kung fu is from the story of the last master of the Qing Dynasty in the mainland.
A peerless master who retreats to the countryside
In 1900, the Qing Dynasty not only failed to stop the Eight-Nation Alliance, but when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, it left behind the people of the city and fled in a hurry.
At that time, among the people in charge of escorting Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, there was a courtier named Gong Baotian.
Gong Baotian was one of the most loyal courtiers of the Qing government, although the Qing Dynasty was crumbling, but as a courtier, Gong Baotian has always adhered to his responsibilities.
Not only is he diligent on weekdays, but he also guards the safety of the Forbidden City in the palace guard box at night, just to protect the Forbidden City and complete his mission.
As the top master at that time, Gong Baotian successfully escorted Cixi and Emperor Guangxu out of Beijing.
Therefore, in order to commend Gong Baotian, Emperor Guangxu also gave Gong Baotian a yellow coat and a gold medal.
To be able to get such a reward from the emperor can be said to be infinitely beautiful.
But looking at the cowardly and incompetent Qing Dynasty, Gong Baotian no longer wanted to continue to work for the Qing government.
In the face of a crisis, the rulers of the Qing government actually chose to flee, for Gong Baotian, such a government is useless, and it is not worth fighting for them anymore.
So Gong Baotian excused himself to be seriously ill and wanted to return to his hometown to recuperate.
In this way, the last master of the Qing Dynasty left the imperial court and silently returned to his hometown.
In his hometown, Gong Baotian began a rural idyllic life in a secluded place.
For Gong Baotian, it is probably this kind of life that allows him to concentrate more on the study of martial arts.
At the same time, Gong Baotian also began to recruit disciples and teach them martial arts, hoping that his martial arts could be passed on, and Gong Baotian's martial arts were inherited from a master named Yin Fu.
Yin Fu is a teacher of Dong Haichuan, and Dong Haichuan has a unique skill, that is, gossip swims in the chain palm.
When he was young, Gong Baotian's family was poor, and he was thin and small, in order to supplement the family, Gong Baotian often went to the palace to deliver rice.
In this way, Gong Baotian met Yin Fu, and Yin Fu liked this motivated young man very much, so he accepted Gong Baotian as his apprentice.
Fortunately, Yin Fu's master Dong Haichuan also likes Gong Baotian.
Even Dong Haichuan personally taught his martial arts secrets and gossip to Gong Baotian.
Gong Baotian also lived up to the expectations of his master, and became the best disciple in a few years.
At the age of twenty-three, Gong Baotian was already the number one in the world.
In 1897, Gong Baotian, who was twenty-seven years old at the time, became the head of the guard of the Qing Dynasty because of his superb martial arts.
Gong Baotian once had some expectations for this court, but later the actions of the Qing Dynasty government made Gong Baotian completely desperate.
So Gong Baotian decided to stay away from the imperial court from now on, be good to himself, and study martial arts with peace of mind.
But in that troubled era, Gong Baotian, a master of martial arts "the best in the world", can he really be in a corner of peace and be alone?
It is difficult to be enthusiastic but to go out of the mountain again
In 1922, Gong Baotian, who was over fifty years old, was remembered again.
At that time, Zhang Zuolin, the largest warlord in the Northeast, didn't know where he heard that the number one master in the Qing Palace was still alive.
Such a peerless master, of course, Zhang Zuolin wants to win him over.
Because Gong Baotian is a martial arts master, Zhang Zuolin specially sent a Taoist priest to invite Gong Baotian out of the mountain.
Later, the Taoist priest found Gong Baotian and said that Commander Zhang Zuolin sent him, and Commander Zhang wanted him to be a martial arts instructor in the army.
At the same time, Zhang Zuolin also wanted Gong Baotian to be his bodyguard to protect his safety.
Gong Baotian listened to the words of the Taoist priest and frowned, he didn't expect his peaceful life to be broken like this.
Then Gong Baotian told the Taoist priest that he had to think about it.
After the Taoist priest left, Gong Baotian thought about it, and he swore that he would never contaminate the world again.
But Gong Baotian also understands that in this troubled world, there is no way to be good to himself.
Even if he really rejected Zhang Zuolin this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to get peace in the future.
Gong Baotian was also afraid that angering the big warlord would bring disaster to his master and apprentices.
So Gong Baotian left the other apprentices behind and told them to practice hard, and he took two apprentices and set off for Zhang Zuolin.
And because Zhang Zuolin has never seen Gong Baotian's martial arts, he doesn't know whether Gong Baotian's martial arts are as rumored to be.
Zhang Zuolin, who wanted to test Gong Baotian, ordered a grand reception banquet for Gong Baotian.
At the reception banquet, Gong Baotian also saw that Zhang Zuolin doubted his ability, and Gong Baotian simply offered to teach Zhang Zuolin's marksmanship.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was taken aback.
Zhang Zuolin looked at Gong Baotian with a confident look, and it was not easy to refuse.
In this way, Gong Baotian got up and stood about twenty steps away from Zhang Zuolin.
Then Zhang Zuolin took out a pistol and aimed it at Gong Baotian, but after a few shots, Gong Baotian was unharmed.
Everyone was taken aback, a sharpshooter like Zhang Zuolin didn't hit a single shot, and he was a little anxious.
Just when Zhang Zuolin wanted to shoot again, he only heard a panicked sound, and then Zhang Zuolin's eyes turned black.
It turned out that Zhang Zuolin's eyes had been blindfolded by Gong Baotian, Zhang Zuolin couldn't see it, how could he shoot.
Zhang Zuolin was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
"That's good! He's really capable!
In this way, Gong Baotian completely gained Zhang Zuolin's trust to become the head coach of Fengjun and served as Zhang Zuolin's personal bodyguard.
In his position, since Gong Baotian promised to protect Zhang Zuolin, he was very responsible.
And this is not the first time Gong Baotian has saved Zhang Zuolin.
Later, Zhang Zuolin had Gong Baotian, a master, by his side, and he was able to turn danger into a disaster several times.
But in 1928, Zhang Zuolin wanted to return to Shenyang, in order to protect his son Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zuolin left his most trusted Gong Baotian to take care of his son.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Zhang Zuolin was killed on the way and passed away.
Later, Gong Baotian, who felt guilty, told Zhang Xueliang that he was old and wanted to return to his hometown to teach his apprentices.
Zhang Xueliang also understood Gong Baotian very well, so he agreed to let Gong Baotian leave.
But the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and Gong Baotian finally understood that as a Chinese and a martial arts master, the most important task is to save the country, not to study Xi martial arts.
What did Gong Baotian do later? Let's go on.
The patriotic heart of Ouchi's No. 1 master
Later, Gong Baotian returned to his hometown and set up a "boxing room" with great fanfare.
For those who want to learn their own martial arts, Gong Baotian will teach them all.
At the same time, Gong Baotian also told all his disciples: The great man of chivalry, for the country and the people, the great enemy is at present, and the only mission of all Chinese is to drive the Japanese devils out of China.
Therefore, many disciples taught by Gong Baotian later joined the army and used the martial arts they learned to kill the enemy and serve the country.
In this process, many generals of our army also heard of Gong Baotian's name, so in 1941, Xu Shiyou, a martial arts master in our army, also came to visit Gong Baotian.
After meeting, the two of them first exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Xu Shiyou euphemistically proposed that he wanted to learn Xi Bagua Boxing, and wanted to learn the mystery of Bagua Boxing with Gong Baotian.
Gong Baotian just smiled lightly when he heard this, and said: The main feature of Bagua Boxing is that it is graceful like a dragon, like a dragon, and a combination of rigidity and softness.
Knowing that Xu Shiyou was curious, Gong Baotian also deliberately demonstrated.
Gong Baotian asked the comrades brought by Xu Shiyou to splash water on him, and he could block all the water with only one knife.
This seemed almost impossible, but it turned out that no matter how our comrades tried their best, not a single drop of the water spilled fell on Gong Baotian.
The most strange thing is that all the water was blocked back by Gong Baotian.
The person who was splashed was covered in no water, but the person who splashed the water was soaking wet.
Seeing this, the soldiers cheered and applauded again and again, and everyone present was extremely admired, knowing that this Ouchi master really deserved his reputation.
Next, Gong Baotian also used his peerless martial art "squatting method" to compete with the fighters, and won the same easily.
Later, Gong Baotian also learned martial arts with Xu Shiyou and tried his sword skills.
After some exchanges, Xu Shiyou praised Gong Baotian's virtues again and again.
He praised Gong Baotian not only for his superb martial arts, but also for being able to use his martial arts to create boxing techniques, teach apprentices martial arts, and let the big guys learn martial arts well and save the country and the people.
Xu Shiyou even said to everyone: The most difficult thing in the world is not peerless martial arts, but the excellent quality of loving the country and the people, which is really good kung fu.
When Xu Shiyou proposed that he wanted Gong Baotian to serve as the teacher of the training class of the Jiaodong Military Region and teach martial arts to the soldiers, Gong Baotian agreed.
In this way, Gong Baotian, who is already 71 years old, continued to save the country and the people in his own way.
Later, Gong Baotian stayed in the training class of the Jiaozhou Military Region until the Japanese army purged in 1943 before leaving, and died of illness soon after.
The great man of chivalry, for the country and the people.
This is China's real martial arts master and real hero!
Although Gong Baotian has long passed away, his disciples are still passing on his martial arts from generation to generation, this is the real martial arts master!