In recent years, Chinese costume fairy dramas have become more and more popular, and the Sansheng III series and Xiangmi are all very popular. Looking at these unreal immortal dramas, everyone may have gradually forgotten the martial arts and classic martial arts dramas handed down from China, and it should be known that most martial arts dramas are built with historical figures as their original form, such as "Huo Yuanjia" and "Young Huang Feihong".
In fact, in addition to these well-known martial arts masters, there are other 8 martial arts masters in the late Qing Dynasty, new friends please pay more attention, let's take a look at who are the top ten martial arts masters of the late Qing Dynasty?
The first, Dong Haichuan, was born in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and was a native of Hebei. Bagua palm is the essence of his lifelong learning, of course, this martial art was not created out of thin air, but through continuous exploration.
Dong Haichuan was very strong from an early age, his body was stronger than his peers, influenced by the social environment at that time, Dong Haichuan was very obsessed with martial arts since he was a child, and after an accident that injured people, he left his hometown and drifted all the way to Anhui.
As the founder of bagua palm, Dong Haichuan is also ready to pass it on, but bagua palm is a martial art that has just been founded, and there must be many flaws in itself, so Dong Haichuan in order to improve his martial arts, he looks around for people to compete, improve the loopholes in his own martial arts one by one, and gradually cultivate the Bagua palm. Later, he entered the Su King's Mansion as an errand boy, and after the confrontation with Taijiquan did not fall behind, his identity as a martial arts master was exposed, at this time, he and his Bagua palms established themselves and began to make a name for themselves. Dong Haichuan still maintained the gesture of the Bagua palm until the day he died of exhaustion, which shows his deep attachment to this set of martial arts.
Also from a poor background was Wang Zhengyi, whose weapon he was good at was the big knife, and his alias was Wang Wu, so after he became famous, he got the title of "Big Sword King Five".
Wang Wuwang's family was poor, and he had to do all kinds of housework from an early age, and as the only man in the family, Wang Wu had to share the burden for his mother. It is precisely because of such a long period of work and the guidance of master Xiao Hecheng that Wang Wu has a solid foundation for learning martial arts.
Most boys have dreamed of being a hero since childhood, and Wang Wu is no exception. With a good foundation in martial arts, Wang Wu began to expect a higher martial arts realm, and it just so happened that in their hometown of Cangzhou, there was a double-sword hero named Li Fenggang. This made Wang Wu excited at the same time, but also very headache. It turned out that this Li Fenggang did not want to take in apprentices, and although Wang Wu visited him many times, he was not moved. However, Wang Wu did not give up on this, and it was also his perseverance that impressed Li Fenggang.
After becoming Li Fenggang's apprentice, Wang Wu always kept his teachings in mind, and in just a few years he was able to compete with Li Fenggang without falling behind.
Wang Wu finally completed his studies, and Li Fenggang was also very satisfied with Wang Wu, so he recommended him to his brother as a dart master. After several years of training, Wang Wu had his own understanding of the dart, and at this time, he also took out all his savings and opened his own dart game: the Yuanshun Dart Bureau, and its fair and moral price made a name for itself in a short period of time.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Wu and Tan Si were good brothers at that time, and because of the wrongs of Tan Si's death, Wang Wu organized many assassination activities for Tan Si Tong and wanted to avenge him. Regrettably, none of these assassinations were successful. Later, Wang Wu of the Boxer Rebellion also actively participated, but was later killed, and the end was ugly, and his severed head was buried with the help of Huo Yuanjia.
The ending of the Great Dao King V is tragic, but his own justice and martial arts cannot be ignored, and the essence of his death for justice should also be remembered.
The third, Huang Feihong, has been exposed to martial arts since he was three years old, and his father is also a martial arts master. As Huang Feihong grew up, he gradually began to sell art with his father to survive. In order to improve his martial arts, Huang Feihong became Lin Fucheng's apprentice and began to learn clematis, flying thallium and other stunts. Unlike Wang Zhengyi, Huang Feihong opened a martial arts gym, attracting many people who loved martial arts to come to learn, and later, he was hired as a martial arts instructor of the Guangzhou Water Division at that time, which was also a glorious lintel at that time.
However, Huang Feihong himself did not have much obsession with the officialdom, and he soon left the army and became the owner of a pharmacy "Baozhilin".
In 1925, Huang Feihong died of illness, but the Hongquan era he represented did not end there. During the time when Huang Feihong opened the martial arts gym, he spread his martial arts on a large scale, and his Hong Fist, Clematis, and I-Word Fuhu are still world-famous kung fu. Nowadays, not only in Guangdong, but also in Singapore, Malaysia and other places can see the shadow of Huang Feihong's kung fu.
The fourth, Huo Yuanjia, and Wang Wu are both from Cangzhou, although they are all related to the dart master, but Huo Yuanjia grew up in the dart master family since childhood, and Wang Zhengyi only joined it later. Several other martial arts masters were strong and strong, but Huo Yuanjia was a weak person from childhood, so his father forbade him to practice martial arts. It's just that Huo Yuanjia was born in a martial arts family, and it was impossible to give up martial arts because of his father's words. He quietly practiced martial arts, insisted on practicing, and after being discovered by his father, he promised not to compete with others to get the opportunity to learn with his brothers in the family.
It was also to be able to learn martial arts in a bright and upright way, Huo Yuanjia also got the opportunity to compete with people, and he only took 5 minutes to defeat this person who had defeated the strong and strong. Seeing this, Huo Yuanjia's father also suddenly found that although his son was physically weak, he was a down-to-earth martial arts wizard. As a result, Huo Yuanjia received his father's full cultivation. And Huo Yuanjia did not live up to his father's expectations, and he even developed his own Secret Sect Fist into a lost art.
With the improvement of martial arts, Huo Yuanjia still walked the rivers and lakes, and his reputation for martial arts proficiency soon spread. When he confronted the Russian Hercules Schivanlov, he not only did not have the courage, but even defeated him, completely breaking the curse of the sick man of East Asia. Since then, people from Britain, Japan and other countries have come to Huo Yuanjia to challenge, but in the end they either dare not fight or flee in defeat, it can be said that Huo Yuanjia gave China, which was in a weak position at the time, a round of fierce pull back.
Jealous of talent, Huo Yuanjia's martial arts were jealous of other powers, they assassinated Huo Yuanjia, so that he died at the age of 42, if he could live in the current Taiping dynasty, perhaps he could create a more wonderful martial arts myth.
Fifth place, Prince Ping. Born in a martial arts family, Wang Ziping has loved martial arts since he was a child, and after completing his studies, he also made great contributions to the inheritance of Chinese martial arts, and later became the vice chairman of the Central Wushu Gym. Like Huo Yuanjia, he was also a very patriotic martial artist, and when foreign Hercules challenged China, he actively confronted the battle and defeated Lux Canter from Russia.
After learning martial arts, Wang Ziping used what he had learned in his life to pass on to more people who loved martial arts, and exported many martial arts elites to China.
Sixth place, Du Xin V. Du Xinwu originally came from a family and lived a relatively wealthy life, but since his father died when he was 8 years old, the life of the family began to plummet, helpless, Du Xinwu had to leave home to study, while learning cultural knowledge, he also followed Yan Ke to learn The Southern School of Boxing. Born during the years of China's decline, Du Xinwu also had a fierce patriotic enthusiasm in his heart, and after completing his studies, he joined the anti-Japanese team and was the pillar of the Nationalist government at that time. Although he was an official under Chiang Kai-shek, he always stood on the side of justice, so after liberation, he also served as a member of the CPPCC National Committee in Hunan Province, New China.
Seventh, Han Muxia. Han Muxia came from a poor background, and by chance he was taught by the dart master Zhou Binyi. Following master Zhou Binyi, Han Muxia began to learn swords, swords, etc., and he taught him wholeheartedly for the sake of his master, and also in order to repay his master's teaching kindness, in ordinary life, Han Muxia's service was also very careful, which made Zhou Binyi more willing to accept Han Muxia as an apprentice and teach martial arts.
After completing his studies, Han Muxia returned to his hometown and became a family, and with the support of many friends and others, he founded his own martial arts hall to spread martial arts.
It is worth mentioning that Han Muxia's later son, Han Shaoxia, joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, contributed to the construction of New China and the Korean War, and after retirement, he passed on the martial arts he learned from his father to the next generation, leaving a valuable inheritance for Chinese martial arts.
The eighth, Li Jinghua, Li Jinghua's nickname is Yanzi Li San, and his kung fu is mainly based on dexterity. Usually, his favorite place to patronize is the rich family, after invading these places, he will also leave his own information, that is, Swallow Li San, in his own words, this is the Ming people do not say secret words, he is strong in martial arts, even if everyone has some precautions, he can easily get his hands on it, the common people do not feel anything, but the rich people at that time suffered.
The last two, Guo Yunshen and Sun Lutang, were a pair of masters and apprentices. When Sun Lutang was a child, his family was destitute, and he went out to the rivers and lakes to learn Shaolin boxing by chance, and later he worshiped Li Kuiyuan as a teacher and learned shape and meaning boxing. In just two years, Sun Lutang learned a lot, and Li Kuiyuan also took the opportunity to recommend it to Guo Yunshen.
Guo Yunshen also visited famous teachers from all over the world to learn the essence of the Eight Pole Quan and the Shape Intention Fist, and after receiving Sun Lutang as an apprentice, he taught the Shape Intention Fist without reservation, and Sun Lu Tang was also very interested, and after completing the study, he went to Beijing to find Cheng Tinghua to learn the Bagua Palm.
After learning so many kinds of martial arts, Sun Lutang aimed to spread martial arts, and was hired as the head of the Nanjing Central Wushu Hall, in addition to teaching boxing, he also wrote many works on martial arts, such as "Shape And Intention Boxing", "Bagua Palm Study" and so on. The same is true of Guo Yunshen, in addition to taking a few apprentices, he also passed on his understanding of martial arts into a book.
The introduction of the ten martial arts masters of the late Qing Dynasty is over here, pay attention to this account, and continue to take you to see the strange world.
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