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Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) [2] was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero.His recent fame was due to becoming the protagonist of numerous martial arts films and television series.
Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army, invites Wong Fei-hung on board his ship to watch a lion dance. Sailors on board a nearby French ship hear the sound of firecrackers and mistakenly think that Liu's ship is firing at them so they return fire and injure the dancers. Wong picks up the lion head and finishes the performance.
Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark. Jet Li stars as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. [2]
Wong Fei-hung, along with his father Wong Kei-ying and servant Tso, is on the way home to Canton after a trip to the Northeast when he encounters Fu Wen-chi, a former top candidate in the Qing era's military examination. After an exchange of blows, Wong and Fu accidentally switch the boxes they had been fighting over.
How Wong Fei-hung Pitted Seven Lions against the Gold Dragon. Huang Fei-hong san hu nu biao shi (1956) How Huang Fei-hong Thrice Tricked the Girl Bodyguard (Hong Kong: English) How Wong Fei-hung Thrice Tricked the Lady Security Escort. Huang Fei-hong Shamian fu shen quan (1956) How Huang Fei-hong Vanquished the Terrible Hound at Shamian (Hong ...
Drunken Master features Chan and Yuen Siu-tien as fictionalized versions of martial artists Wong Fei-hung and Beggar So; in the film, Wong is an irreverent young man forced under the fierce tutelage of So, master of the drunken fighting style; although the two do not originally get along, Wong eventually gains humility and respect for So.
Just as Wong is about to leave, a Manchu general, Alan Chengdu, shows up and tells him that the Eight-Nation Alliance has challenged China to an international lion dance competition. The general is eager to recruit Wong to join him in representing China in the competition because Wong was the champion of the national lion dance competition ...
But because we've seen it all so many times before, Heroes Among Heroes seems as fresh as a rice box left in the refrigerator since the last Wong Fei-hung movie was released two months ago." [ 3 ] Another South China Morning Post review said, "Alas, the fight choreography, traditionally one of Yuen's strengths, lacks the crispness of the ...