Huo Yuanjia

1. Characters

Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910)

A famous patriotic martial artist in the late Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name is Junqing. His ancestral home is Anletun, Dongguang, Hebei Province (belonging to the Cangzhou area). He has lived in Xiaonanhe Village, Jinghai, Tianjin (now part of Tianjin City). He is the founder of the Jingwu Sports Association. He had outstanding martial arts skills and a strong sense of justice. He inherited the unique skill of "Mizong Quan" inherited from his family. He became a powerful figure in the Western world in Tianjin and Shanghai. He was a well-known hero. Although his life was short, it was vigorous and full of legends. color.

Life

Huo Yuanjia was born into a family of Mizong Quan (also known as Yanqing Quan, which is said to have been created by Liangshan heroes Lu Junyi and Yan Qing). His father, Horndy, works as a bodyguard. Huo En had three sons: Huo Yuanqing, Huo Yuanjia, and Huo Yuandong, with Yuanjia ranking second. It is said that Huo Yuanjia was frail when he was young, and his father Huo Endi did not allow him to practice martial arts. However, Huo Yuanjia practiced in secret and defeated a foreign master at the age of 24. This legend was made into a TV series.

When he became an adult, Huo Yuanjia ran a medicine store in Tianjin, and later went to Shanghai to organize the "Jingwu Sports Association" (Jingwu Sect), making great contributions to the promotion of Chinese martial arts. In Shanghai, he once defeated the Russian strongman in the ring (according to data, the Russian strongman was not defeated by Fearless himself, but when Fearless agreed to compete, the Russian boxer gave up the competition.) Once, a Japanese boxer The strongman group came to China to ask for a competition. Due to illness, Huo Yuanjia sent his disciple Liu Zhensheng to compete and defeated the Japanese strongman. "Jingwu Sports Association" is a martial arts gym founded in Shanghai in 1910 by Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia died within a few months of founding the Jingwu Sports Association. Yuan Jia was poisoned by the Chamber of Commerce and died.

Huo Yuanjia was weak and sickly when he was young. His father, Horndy, was a famous secret boxer. He was worried that Yuan Jia's martial arts practice would damage the Huo family's reputation in the future, so he refused to teach him the skills. But Yuan Jia has high aspirations, he pays attention every day, inspects everything, and steals the opportunity of passing down skills from his father to his brothers. He practiced hard in the secluded jujube forest outside his house. Later, he was informed by his father and was blamed. Yuan Jia promised not to compete with others in martial arts and not to disgrace the Huo family's reputation, so Fang Zhun's father and brother practiced martial arts together. Yuan Jia is talented and has amazing perseverance. His eldest brother is highly skilled in martial arts and is outstanding among his brothers. Seeing this, his father changed his old mind and passed on his skills to him with all his heart. Hou Yuanjia used martial arts to make friends, integrated the strengths of each family, and developed the ancestral "Secret Boxing" into the "Mizong Boxing", bringing the ancestral boxing skills to a new peak.

In the 22nd year of Guangxu (1896), Shandong hero Liu Zhensheng came to Tianjin to worship Yuan Jia. Huo was impressed by his integrity and accepted him as his disciple. This broke the precedent of Huojiaquan "passing it on internally but not externally". Yuan Jia is brave and brave. In the 24th year of Guangxu's reign (1898), Tan Sitong was killed during the political reform. Wang Wu (Wang Zibin) of Da Dao took refuge in Jinmen. He fell in love with Yuan Jia at first sight and became close friends. Later, Wang Zibin was killed in Beijing and his head was displayed in public by the Eight-Power Allied Forces. Yuan Jia and Liu Zhensheng sneaked into the capital and stole the head back. With the help of Liu E, the author of "Lao Can's Travels", they buried the martyr's body together, fulfilling the duty of a friend.

In the 27th year of Guangxu's reign (1901), a Russian came to Tianjin to perform in a theater. He placed an advertisement in a newspaper, claiming to be the world's strongest man and capable of defeating all Chinese enemies. Huo Yuanjia saw the advertisement and heard that the Russians were talking nonsense on the spot and insulting the Chinese people's incompetence. He was extremely angry and immediately invited the owner of the Huaiqing Hall Nong Jinsun and his apprentice Liu Zhensheng to the theater and saw the Russian strongman bragging about himself on the stage. He is the "World's Strongest Man", and if anyone from the "Sick Man's Country" is capable, he can compete on the stage. Huo Yuanjia could not sit still in the audience. Regardless of everyone's dissuasion, Huo Yuanjia jumped onto the stage with great strides and said straight to the point: "I am the 'Sick Man of East Asia' Huo Yuanjia, and I am willing to compete with you on this stage." At this time, the translator informed the Russians of Huo Yuanjia's life story. The Russian heard about Huo Yuanjia's reputation and did not dare to neglect him. He quickly asked Huo Yuanjia to go backstage. , we must get rid of the statement that the Russians are "number one in the world"; the second is to require the Russians to publicly admit their mistakes in insulting China and apologize in public; otherwise, it is the third condition: I, Huo, will fight with them and He was ordered to make a decision immediately. How dare the fierce-looking Russian warriors dare to compete in the competition, so they had to agree to the first two conditions, willing to publish corrections in the newspaper and publicly admit their mistakes of contempt for the Chinese, and thus left Tianjin in despair.

In the first year of Xuantong (1909), the British strongman Oppin placed an advertisement in Shanghai, insulting me as the "sick man of East Asia". Huo was invited by a friend to go to Shanghai for an appointment to compete. Frightened by the power of Huo Yuanjia's fist, the other party threatened him with 10,000 gold as a deposit. With the support of his friends, Yuanjia agreed to put up 10,000 gold as a deposit. The other party kept delaying, so Yuan Jia published an advertisement in the newspaper. The article said: "The world has ridiculed our country as a country of sick men. I am a sick man in a country of sick men. I am willing to give it a try with the healthy people in the world." He also stated that he specializes in recruiting foreign strongmen. Although Brass muscles and iron bones, nothing to worry about! Huo Gong's prestige made Opiyin flee without daring to fight. Even the notary and the organizer also fled.

On June 1, 1910, Huo Yuanjia, with the assistance of Nong Jinsun and other martial arts colleagues, founded the "China Jingwu Gymnastics Association" (later renamed the Jingwu Sports Association) in Shanghai. Mr. Sun Yat-sen praised Huo Yuanjia's belief that "in order to make the country strong, everyone must practice martial arts" and his high moral integrity in making Huo Jia Quan public to the world. He wrote the four characters "Martial Spirit" in his own handwriting and donated it to the Jingwu Sports Association. . In September 1910, the president of the Japan Judo Association led more than ten martial arts masters to compete with Huo and were defeated by Huo.

The Japanese held a banquet and saw Huo coughing during the banquet. They recommended a Japanese doctor for treatment. Huo Gong lived an upright life, but he was unexpectedly poisoned and died on September 14. Aged 42.

After Huo Yuanjia's death, the disciples of the Jingwu Association and patriots in the Shanghai martial arts community held a grand funeral for Huo Yuanjia, dedicated an elegiac couplet of "Being benevolent and seeking righteousness", and was buried in the northern suburbs of Shanghai. The following year, his disciple Liu Zhensheng carried the coffin back home and moved it to the south of Xiaonanhe Village. The Shanghai Jingwu Association is taught by Yuan Jia's younger brother Yuan Qing and his second son Dongge. Branches were established in various places one after another. A dozen years later, there were 43 Jingwu branches at home and abroad, with more than 400,000 members.

It is said that after Huo Yuanjia was poisoned and killed by the Japanese, his beloved disciple Chen Zhen avenged him. This legend was first brought to the screen by Bruce Lee in the late 1960s and early 1970s (in the movie "Fist of Fury", Bruce Lee played Chen Zhen). But in fact, there is no such person as "Chen Zhen" in history.

Huo Yuanjia’s Former Residence Memorial Hall

It is located in Xiaonanhe Village, Xiqing District, Tianjin. In 1986, the Xiqing District People’s Government of Tianjin renovated the former residence of Huo Yuanjia and built the Huo Yuanjia Cemetery. , to commemorate this famous patriotic martial artist at home and abroad. In 1997, the Former Residence of Huo Yuanjia was renovated again, and the Cemetery of Huo Yuanjia was expanded and turned into the "Memorial Hall of the Former Residence of Huo Yuanjia". The Memorial Hall of the Former Residence of Huo Yuanjia consists of two parts: the Former Residence of Huo Yuanjia and the Cemetery of Huo Yuanjia. The former residence was built in the early years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. In 1997, it was rebuilt into a three-heyuan courtyard with blue bricks and tiles on its original site. Stepping into the gatehouse of the small courtyard, there is a screen wall inlaid with the word "福". Behind the screen wall are five main rooms, one light and four dark. There are one wing room on the left and right of the small courtyard. The portrait of Huo Yuanjia hangs in the main room in the middle. On both sides are the condolences written by Huo Dongge after Huo Yuanjia was killed. "A lifetime of chivalry and an unparalleled hero." On the wall of Huo Yuanjia's study in the West Room hangs Sun Yat-sen's inscription for the Jingwu Sports Association: "Martial Spirit." The former residence displays some weapons used by Huo Yuanjia when he practiced martial arts and cultural relics such as the flag of the Jingwu Association, as well as relics used by Huo Yuanjia during his lifetime. Huo Yuanjia Cemetery is located in the south of Xiaonanhe Village, covering an area of ??nearly one hectare. The overall building adopts an axis-symmetric layout. It is composed of Shinto, stone lions, Xiangdian, stone archway and dormitory garden. The cemetery also has an exhibition hall of Huo Yuanjia's life and deeds. The exhibition consists of four parts: 1. Youyan's first appearance; 2. Working hard with wisdom and courage to avenge the national humiliation; 3. Creating Jingwu to strengthen the country and strengthen the species; 4. Carry forward the patriotic spirit. Huo Yuanjia's coffin was moved and buried here on April 29, 1989.

Since the day of its completion, tens of thousands of patriots have come to visit the Memorial Hall of Huo Yuanjia’s Former Residence to relive the legendary deeds and touching spirit of this patriotic hero. Today, the memorial hall has been listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Tianjin and a patriotism education base for Tianjin youth.

His legend has been made into movies and TV series many times. (Including in the 1980s, Li's TV's "Heroes Fearless" (Huang Yuan-shen plays Huo Yuanjia), Asia Television's "Chen Zhen" (Donnie Yen plays Chen Zhen) Kaohsiung plays Huo Yuanjia, the recent movie "Fearless" Jet Li plays Huo Yuanjia Yuan Jia)

2. Movie

Director: Yu Rentai

Starring: Jet Li/Dong Yong/Sun Li

Release year: 2006

Box office revenue: 101.58 million (No. 3 in Mainland China in 2006)

Language: Mandarin/Tianjin/Japanese/English

Official website:

Country/Region of Production: China

Plot Summary

The film begins when Huo Yuanjia was a child. With the help of his teenage friend Nong Jinsun, he secretly learned martial arts. When he grew up, Huo Yuanjia beat his opponent to death in a martial arts competition, but was chased by his opponent's family. Both his mother and daughter were brutally killed. Huo Yuanjia fell into despair and fled to the countryside. , with the help of Yue Ci, Huo Yuanjia lived here anonymously for three years. During these three years, he and Yue Ci developed feelings. Under the influence of her maternal charm, The quiet and peaceful pastoral life also allowed him to think deeply about the true meaning of martial arts to a person and a nation, and gradually realized the true meaning of martial arts. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, Huo Yuanjia borrowed the power of Nong Jinsun to go to Shanghai. He successfully challenged the Strongman and then opened the Jingwu Gymnasium, but was poisoned by the Japanese shortly after and died young.

Highlights:

Compared to 20 years ago. In the TV series version, today's filming techniques and technologies can give the audience new visual stimulation. The film invites Yuan Heping to serve as the martial arts director, and invites Thai boxing champions, Spanish swordsman masters, top Australian wrestlers, and world free fighting champions***. "Martial arts is not the focus of the film. In fact, there is no highest martial arts." Jet Li, who personally serves as the producer, said, "As long as you have the courage to go to the end of your life, it is the performance of a strong person." It is the last kung fu movie of the "Kung Fu Emperor". Relevant people from the crew revealed to reporters that "Fearless" is Jet Li's last martial arts movie. He has always hoped that Chinese martial arts can become an official competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. project, Michelle Yeoh was specially arranged to play the role of an Olympic Committee official to express the long history and profoundness of Chinese martial arts

Historical heroes should not be joked

1. Movie: Huo Huo. The family only has one son, Huo Yuanjia, and Huo Yuanjia has only one daughter. At the end of the film, Huo Yuanjia dies in the ring, and the Huo family is "unprecedented."

Reality: Huo Yuanjia has an older brother and a younger brother. Nowadays, the Huo family is prosperous. Huo Yuanjia has two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Except for Huo Yuanjia, all the Huo family live long lives.

2. Movie: The Huo family is a famous family in Tianjin. They live in a deep compound and have many servants to take care of their daily life.

Reality: Huo Yuanjia is an ordinary farmer with little education. In addition to farming, he also goes to the city to do small business in his spare time.

3. Movie: Huo Endi (Huo Yuanjia’s father) was defeated by his opponent in the ring and later died of illness earlier than Fearless.

Reality: Brother Huo En died 7 years after Huo Yuanjia passed away.

4. Movie: Nong Jinsun and Huo Yuanjia grew up together. Whenever Huo Yuanjia was in trouble, Nong Jinsun always helped.

Reality: Nong Jinsun is not from Tianjin, but a son of an official. He is Huo Yuanjia’s confidant, but not his childhood friend.

5. Movie: Huo Yuanjia showed his skills as an "all-round martial arts champion". He used knives, guns, sticks, and swords to defeat the masters of the four countries.

Reality: Huo Yuanjia fought twice, but the foreign strongmen who were preparing to fight both times fled after hearing the news. Huo Yuanjia won without a fight.

3. Music album

Singer: Jay Chou

Language: Mandarin album EPCD

Company: Sony Boardman

Date: 2006.01.20

The world is unpredictable, but music is rare!

The arena is waiting, whose in the world is it?

Chinese music hero Jay Chou's first music single "Fearless" in 2006

The theme song of international martial arts hero Jet Li's latest movie masterpiece "Fearless" in 2006

< p>⊙ Jay Chou dances with martial arts! The MV combines Chinese and Western elements into the "Martial Fan Dance"

"Huo" is out! Jay Chou learned from Jet Li and performed the "three-section stick" heroically

The first Chinese event in 2006 was undoubtedly the first confrontation and collaboration between Jet Li and Jay Chou! Chinese music hero Jay Chou wrote the theme song of the same name for international martial arts hero Jet Li's movie "Fearless". In addition to directing the MV himself, Jay Chou also performed a whole hip-hop fusion Chinese-style dance "Martial Fan Dance" in the MV! Jet Li's scene in the movie "Fearless" where he played with a three-judged stick also inspired Jay Chou in the MV. He took out the three-judged stick that he had collected for 2 years and played it bravely in the MV. For his idol Jet Li, Jay Chou could It was said that everyone was "huo" out!

Jay Chou is the idol of many people, but the idol Jay Chou also has his own idol. This time he is extremely cautious in cooperating with his idol Jet Li. In addition to being inspired to write the movie of the same name "Fearless" recently, Jay Chou The theme song also reminded the lyricist Fang Wenshan that the lyrics should be in line with the essence of the movie. Sure enough, the lyrics include "Who is the first in the world, so what? Stop fighting, we uphold martial virtue." or "Live proudly..." and so on, They all demonstrate the spirit that Kung Fu Emperor Jet Li wants to convey in this movie and the message to awaken young people to cherish life! Jay Chou's interpretation of the high-pitched female voice in the song is delicate and distinctive. It can be said to be the masterstroke of this song! He said with a smile: "When I meet my idol, I must write a dick song. I am personally very satisfied with this song! My rap skills have reached a higher level, because no one understands it."

< p>The theme song of the "Fearless" movie is a Chinese-style hip-hop song, and the MV also combines Chinese and Western styles! Everyone will see Jay Chou perform a whole "Martial Fan Dance" in the MV! Jay Chou, who is also the MV director, said: "This is a dynamic song. I wanted to add some energy to this MV, so I specially asked a teacher to choreograph this dance. This dance took a week and I practiced it for two days. My My dancing ability is not very good, but fortunately there are dancers to help. "This dance is derived from Locking, which is a dance evolved by Westerners based on Chinese martial arts. The choreographer chose the closest hip-hop style. The lock dance of Oriental martial arts is the main dance theme throughout the song. This innovative dance step was designed with reference to Jet Li's film works. In addition, Jay Chou's special creativity of pairing it with a fan added a Chinese flavor, so this set was developed The new dance that combines Western hip-hop and Chinese martial arts is an unprecedented new style!

The scene where Jet Li played the three-knuckle stick in the movie "Fearless" also inspired Jay Chou. He said with surprise: "The three-knuckle stick I bought two years ago can finally be put to use!" This three-section stick had been placed in Jay's dressing room after he bought it. Until Jet Li had a scene where Jet Li was playing with a three-section stick in the movie "Fearless", Jay Chou carefully found it and used it in the MV. Slow down and carefully study Jet Li's movements in the movie, and he performs the three-judge ball with great grace in the MV! Jay Chou said: "Jet Li fought beautifully in the movie! I don't think the loser will lose. Although I am not a strong martial artist, I still hope that the MV will be a little more similar to the movie clips." In the MV, Jay Chou "dances" again and again. "Martial", the picture is dazzling! For the sake of idol Jet Li, it can be said that everyone is "huo" out! "Fearless EP" will be released on January 20. This MV plus the 12 MVs and 13 music videos in the "Chopin in November" album will be available to fans for collection at once.

⊙Jay Chou didn’t get a dime for his work on “Fearless”, and Hong Kong Heroes cherished “The Sound Hero”

“It’s very stressful to write songs for idols’ movies, but A kind of sweet load is a turning point in my music!" Jay Chou, the little king of the music industry, showed rare shyness and shyness when facing his idol Jet Li.

Jet Li said: "He sings faster than I can box. I am a music idiot. I am 42 years old and can't chat with my 13- or 4-year-old sisters. But through him, I have the opportunity to let young people listen." Listening to my heart, it feels great, like rekindling the vitality of youth." Martial arts superstar Jet Li spoke of Jay Chou's music creation talent with complete conviction and passion.

⊙ Jay Chou shows off his girl accent

Jet Li's New Year martial arts film "Fearless", the theme song is composed and sang by Jay Chou, which was first exposed in Hong Kong yesterday, "Chou style" The Chinese music style, the most special thing is that Jay Chou showed off a falsetto like a "girl accent". Jay Chou said: "I made this song very quickly. The moment I saw Brother Jie, I was inspired. Listening to Brother Jie talk about movies To express true martial ethics, I immediately told the lyricist Fang Wenshan that the words "not to be the first" and "to live bravely" must be included in the lyrics."

"I have been an idol for 6 years since I debuted. The one who remains the same is Jet Li. I have watched every one of his films, and I have long dreamed of being able to compose the soundtrack for his film. "Jay Chou admitted that he did not get a dime to do the theme song for this movie. It is completely idol worship." , to realize the dream of cooperating with idols, but it is more positive than making any record." Jet Li emphasized, "He really didn't take any money, it was fate and feelings. Jay Chou is the idol of children, and he expresses it through his singing. The meaning of life exceeds the value of money."

As a "young idol", Jet Li said, "Of course I am happy. I also had a young age in my 20s, and now I am here. In middle age, in order to repeat a truth, I have to say a lot of words, but Jay can express what I said for 20 minutes in one line." Jet Li watched the MV that Jay Chou cut for the movie theme song and was surprised to find that "Dr. If you have the passion to be a director, don’t forget to find me as an actor in the future, so that I can play some young and passionate movies without any burden.”

⊙The Kung Fu Emperor is concerned about the problem of youth suicide

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Jet Li said, "An average of nearly 280,000 young people commit suicide in China every year. The problem is quite serious. The big message of the film 'Fearless' is to awaken young people to cherish life." Why is this my last movie? "Martial Arts Film" "Because I was 42 years old when I filmed 'Huo Yuanjia'. I integrated the feelings in life into the era of Huo Yuanjia. I used martial arts and philosophical artistic conception to express my persistence in Chinese culture, explore the meaning of life, and talk about What is martial arts? It summarizes Chinese, Thai, and Japanese martial arts. After filming this film, there is not much to talk about martial arts."

But Jet Li explained: "Action, kung fu,... There is a difference between martial arts and martial arts movies. As long as there is a sense of movement and rhythm, it is considered an action movie. For example, movies about firefighters, the word "kung fu" also has the concept of time. For example, this movie took a long time, and martial arts movies It’s a dream world, and martial arts is a kind of persistence. Just because I say I won’t make martial arts movies anymore doesn’t mean I won’t make action movies or commercial martial arts movies.”

The heroes of “Two Heroes” cherish each other’s heroes. As a gift of "Huo Family Boxing Score" and "Theme Song Score", Jay Chou laughed and said: "If you can't learn the boxing score, just watch the movie." Jet Li said, "The essence and meaning of the boxing score have been captured in the lyrics."

★ Fearless

The theme song of Jet Li's latest martial arts work "Fearless". It is another masterpiece of Jay Chou's creation after "Nunchaku" and "Dragon Fist". It opens with a majestic Chinese drum and is accompanied by a large number of ancient instruments such as guzheng and flute. It is a Chinese-style hip-hop song; the lyrics are rich in martial arts. Spirit, preaching to young people with positive messages and awakening them to cherish life.