Huo Yuanjia's name is believed to be a household name in China.
From 65438 to 0983, the Hong Kong TV series "Hero Huo Yuanjia" was a hit in China, and it was sought after all over the country.
The classic theme song has been circulated, "The Great Wall will never fall, and the Yellow River will flow for thousands of miles."
Although Huo Yuanjia was famous, his real martial arts level was not the best at that time.
A busybody made a list of martial arts heroes in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and Huo Yuanjia only ranked third. The most powerful is broadsword Wang Wu.
Martial arts is not the best, why is it the most famous? Do you think it's really because of the film and television drama? Moreover, among many contemporary Wulin heroes, Huo Yuanjia is not the only one who has participated in film and television dramas.
There are many fictional elements in Huo Yuanjia's TV series, and the real Huo Yuanjia is very different from the TV series. Huo Yuanjia's father worked as an escort agency. Influenced by his father and family, Huo Yuanjia practiced martial arts since childhood and created a set of lost fists. From these experiences alone, there is nothing strange about Huo Yuanjia.
Later, Huo Yuanjia went to Tientsin and was said to have defeated the Russian Hercules. In Shanghai, I also defeated the British Hercules. Since then, the reputation has been greatly shocked. At that time, China people were bullied by foreigners. Huo Yuanjia defeated foreigners twice, which was a great inspiration to Chinese people in spirit. The reputation of "national hero" has become the standard of Huo Yuanjia.
Old photo: Shanghai Jason Wu Sports Association was founded.
Did Huo Yuanjia become an internet celebrity because he defeated outsiders? It seems to have something to do with it, but Huo Yuanjia is not the only martial arts hero who has defeated foreigners. For example, Wang Ziping, the "king of thousands of pounds" in Cangzhou, has defeated foreign countries many times and won.
Prince Ping and Huo Yuanjia are both martial arts families, Huo Yuanjia is good at Fan Wei boxing, and Wang Ziping is good at bouncing legs. Huo Yuanjia defeated Russian and British strongmen in Tianjin and Shanghai, and Wang Ziping defeated Russian and American strongmen in Beijing and Shanghai. Not only that, Huo Yuanjia has never been an official in his life, and Wang Ziping has also been a Shaolin master and curator of the Central Martial Arts School. After 1949, he was the vice chairman of the National Wushu Association and a member of Shanghai CPPCC.
Prince Ping and Huo Yuanjia not only have the same glorious history, but also are officials in martial arts, while Wang Ziping is unknown. People only know Huo Yuanjia, but no one knows Wang Ziping.
Is it because movies and TV series made Huo Yuanjia popular? Not exactly. Although Huo Yuanjia's fame is blessed by TV series, such as Huo Yuanjia, Zhen Chen, Huo Dongge, and the movie Huo Yuanjia starring Jet Li. But Huo Yuanjia is not the only one who has been put on the screen. Broadsword Wang Wu, Swallow Li San and Huang Feihong are also celebrities in film and television dramas.
Wang Wu broadsword has a movie with the same name, which is familiar to many people. The same is true of Swallow Li San. Needless to say, Huang Feihong is more famous, with all kinds of TV dramas and movies, even more than Huo Yuanjia. But Huang Feihong is still not as famous as Huo Yuanjia.
As far as martial arts is concerned, as I said before, Huo Yuanjia is not the best. Ahead are broadswords Wang Wu and Sun Lutang.
Sun Lutang is also a native of Hebei Province. He studied Xingyiquan and Bagua Palm. Later, he traveled half of China and had many contests with Shaolin, Wudang and Emei. On the basis of learning from others, he created Sun Shi Tai Ji Chuan. Man's strength lies in that Sun Lutang once fought against various sects, all of which ended in his victory.
Wang Wu, who is known as the first broadsword in Wulin, is good at using broadswords and skillful in knife cutting. Wang Wu, the broadsword, traveled in Tianjin and Peking, and at first he was also an escort in the Escort Agency. Finally, I am also the boss of the escort agency. What makes broadsword Wang Wu more valuable is that he once taught Tan Sitong martial arts. When Tan Sitong was arrested, broadsword Wang Wu also actively rescued him.
Compared with broadsword Wang Wu who started his own business as a boss, Huo Yuanjia had the same experience. Huo Yuanjia founded the "Jason Wu Games" in Shanghai and became the "Wujingmen". Both have a common feature, that is, patriotism.
The same is patriotism. Why is broadsword Wang Wu not as good as Huo Yuanjia?
Wang Wu, the broadsword, opened his own escort agency, and after getting the money, he began to pursue new things. He is very interested in politics and has done many heroic deeds. The most typical thing is that he strongly supported the political reform and reform, not only taught Tan Sitong martial arts, but also directly served as a bodyguard for him, even responsible for Tan's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Wang Wu is the boss, willing to invest. After Tan Sitong and others were beheaded in the food market, broadsword Wang Wu was determined to be at odds with the Qing court and actively engaged in underground assassination activities.
When the Boxer Rebellion rose, Wang Wu took an active part, burning churches with the Boxer Rebellion and killing foreigners. In the end, his guards were jointly encircled by the Qing army and Eight-Nation Alliance, and the broadsword Wang Wu was killed. Wang Wu's head and broadsword were hung in the downtown area, and Huo Yuanjia helped to retrieve them in the middle of the night and buried them.
Wang Wu the broadsword is patriotic. That's right. But he made the wrong choice. The nature of resisting the imperial court is revolution, and it is a great sin to try to overthrow the regime. As a boss, he should stay away from politics and be close to the government. But Wang Wu, the broadsword, did not stay away from politics or be close to the government, but took up the broadsword and opposed the government. Not only was he finally killed, but the enterprise also went up in smoke.
In contrast, Huo Yuanjia's situation is obviously different.
The same is entrepreneurship. Wulin people are keen on running escort agencies. It looks like a red sea. Huo Yuanjia, however, found another way, took a far-sighted view, plunged into the blue ocean and founded the "Jason Wu Gymnastics School". This so-called "Jason Wu Gymnastics School" is equivalent to the present martial arts school. Traditional routines are nothing more than recruiting students, practicing martial arts and making money. However, Huo Yuanjia did not take the usual road, and the gymnastics school was soon upgraded to a gymnastics club and sports meeting. It is also a school in name, but it has the nature of a community. At that time, it seems that there was no popular idea of community registration.
Unfortunately, Huo Yuanjia died young. However, Jason Wu Sports Association has continued to carry forward and established its own core values, namely, "patriotism, self-cultivation, family harmony and helping others", which is also the spirit of Jason Wu. Enterprises with values have an extraordinary realm. After Jason Wu Club raised the banner of "patriotism", all parts of the country responded one after another, and Tianjin and other big cities also set up Jason Wu Club one after another. Shenzhou red, the whole country is right.
Wang Wu and broadsword Huo Yuanjia are both patriotic, but their level is obviously different.
Wang Wu fought against the imperial court, while Huo Yuanjia skillfully grasped the national pain point of "the sick man of East Asia" and took patriotism as his career, which was not only politically correct, but also broad and promising.
Can this Huo Yuanjia not be popular?