In the 1980s, the famous Hong Kong director Zhang Xinyan made a movie "Shaolin Temple", which made the entire Shaolin Temple and a kung fu boy named Jet Li famous in the world.
After more than ten years, another kung fu boy named Wu Jing once again entered the eyes of director Zhang Xinyan, only to see that this young man was outstanding in kung fu and his face was full of heroism, Zhang Xinyan saw the potential of this young man, and was ready to continue to tailor a TV drama work for this guy from the most familiar field of kung fu works, hoping to reproduce the miracle of the movie "Shaolin Temple" that year.
Director Zhang Xinyan chose to start with the taijiquan theme that the Chinese people are most familiar with, and invited Yuan Heping, the premier martial arts instructor in the Chinese-speaking world, to serve as the director of the TV series. The name of the TV series is set for "Tai Chi Grandmaster", and it is obvious that this grandmaster naturally refers to the character set for Wu Jing- Yang Yuqian, the tai chi master who carries forward Yang's tai chi.
In order to film this drama into a high-quality drama, and in order to elevate the martial arts realm and spirit of Taijiquan to a new height in the play, the "Taiji Grandmaster" crew, in addition to inviting Wu Jing, who is skilled in kung fu, to play the protagonist, also invited many well-known actors with high status in the martial arts world, such as Yu Hai, who once participated in "Shaolin Temple" with Jet Li.
The TV series tells the story of Yang Yuqian from a young man who likes kung fu, smart and witty, brave and kind, after step by step, he has grown into an outstanding martial arts master and tai chi master, and when he participated in the role of Yang Yuqian, Wu Jing was only in his early twenties, whether in terms of mentality and personality, he had to deduce the growth and progress of a martial artist after training, and these were further reflected through his martial arts moves. In order to convey this martial arts mystery from the inside out, during the filming process, the martial arts instructor Yuan Heping repeatedly instructed Wu Jing to speculate and ponder every martial arts action, and it is precisely this refined requirement that makes "Tai Chi Master" different from ordinary martial arts TV series, but raises the thinking and cognition of martial arts to a new height.
The most wonderful part of the play is the clip of Yang Yuqian breaking through the pass alone and losing several masters in the world, it can be said that every duel and every action is carefully designed by director Yuan Heping, plus the clever interpretation and integration of Wu Jing and the opponent actors. Therefore, when "Tai Chi Master" was broadcast that year, it achieved a very good reputation, and the audience received rave reviews. It has become the premier existence in martial arts-themed TV dramas so far.
After more than twenty years, let's see what are the well-known actors who participated in this drama with Kung Fu Boy Wu Jing?
Wu Jing plays Yang Yuqian
At that time, Wu Jing had just entered the acting world, and in his early twenties, he was full of sunshine and freedom, and he learned a good martial art at the Beijing Wushu School, and was regarded by director Zhang Xinyan as the next kung fu superstar who could compete with Jet Li. And Wu Jing also lived up to expectations, doing his best in this "Tai Chi Master", playing a performance, and laying a good foundation for his acting career. However, next, whether it is "Little Li Flying Knife" or "Kung Fu Kid Breaks through", all these TV works define Wu Jing as the setting of "Kung Fu Kid", and even for a period of time, Wu Jing went to Hong Kong to develop, participated in more gangster movies, played some fierce "thugs" and "killers", Wu Jing was obviously not satisfied with such a drama. After a short period of confusion, Wu Jing finally re-explored a new path of acting for himself, that is, to rely on his kung fu foundation to shape the glorious image of Chinese soldiers and shape the Chinese heroes that the Chinese people truly recognized. After some hard work and hard work, Wu Jing really succeeded. Now, he doesn't need to be the "second Jackie Chan" or "the second Jet Li", he can be completely himself, and he has broken out a sunny avenue for himself.
Recently, the Internet has broken out that Wu Jing's films have been scheduled for the next ten years, basically all of which are excellent works, which also shows the recognition of Wu Jing by all walks of life.
Fan Yimin plays Chen Shaoqi
Fan Yimin, a well-known actress in Hong Kong and also a Hong Kong sister, played the daughter of Yang Yuqian's wife and tai chi master Chen Zhengying. After participating in this drama, Fan Yimin began to go to the mainland to start his new acting career, but today, it has gradually faded out of the show business circle.
Yu Hai plays Chen Zhengying
Yu Hai played the role of Jue Yuan's master in the movie "Shaolin Temple" that year, which can be said to be known and known to everyone. In "Tai Chi Grandmaster", Yu Hai once again works with wu Jing, a kung fu actor in the new era, to perform the story of the inheritance of tai chi, which really makes people feel the long history of Chinese martial arts.
Wang Qun plays Chen Zhengzhou
Wang Qun, a well-known martial arts actor in China, played Chen Zhengying's younger brother Chen Zhengzhou, who secretly taught Yang Yuqian Taijiquan and played a great role in Yang Yuqian's growth. Wang Qun is even more senior in the domestic martial arts community, he is also jet Li's brother, and jet Li co-studied with Jet Li under the Beijing martial arts instructor Wu Bin. Wang Qun is not only superb in kung fu, but also has strong deductibility, and has participated in many popular film and television works, such as the well-known martial arts movie "Invincible Mandarin Duck Legs", Wang Qun played the male number one Wu Jiatai.
Wang Qun plays Wu Jiatai in "Invincible Mandarin Duck Legs"
Billy Chow plays Duan Wangye
The tall and mighty Zhou Billy played a duan wangye who can be called a martial artist, and continued to continue his fierce and sharp style of martial arts movements.
Xu Xiangdong plays Dong Hancheng
Xu Xiangdong is known as the most highly educated "hero" in the kung fu industry today, and has obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Paris No. 7 in France.
"Big Fool" Cheng Kui'an plays Yang Yuqian's father
It turns out that "big fools" can also act in a serious way.
Liu Xun plays Prince Rong
Liu Xun, a well-known veteran actor in Hong Kong, played a prince Full of joy and wisdom.
Kou Zhanwen plays Kanamo
Kou Zhanwen, who was also a martial arts athlete, played one of the masters of the duel with Yang Yuqian in the play, Anduna Mo, because of his tough appearance, his kung fu is also good at the foreign hard kung fu monument thunderbolt hand.
Through understanding these actors, it is not difficult for us to find that "Tai Chi Grandmaster" almost gathered the best kung fu actors in China at that time, so what they performed was real kung fu, not a flower rack, and therefore "Tai Chi Grandmaster" can be called the most wonderful kung fu TV series in China so far.
More than twenty years later, this drama will still be remembered by the audience. Because it not only allows the audience to see the real martial arts performance, but also to appreciate the spirit and meaning of Chinese martial arts culture.