the REAL wong fei hong?

[CrushingFist]

I've heard so little about the REAL wong fei hong...except he did hung gar, was a doctor, and a very righteous person..and had several sons but none of them learned kung fu or something? can anyone tell me ANYTHING more about him, from any famous stories or abilities he was said to have had, anything at all?

[South Paw]

Huang Fei-Hong / Wong Fei Hung
(1847 - 1924)

Born in 1847 in Xiqiao village, Nanhai county in Guangdong province, Huang Fei-Hong was a famous and respected martial artist of Southern China; he died in 1924 at the age of 77 years.
Although Huang was popularly believed to have been one of the 'Ten Tigers of Guangdong', research has revealed that it was actually his father, Huang Qijing (Cant. Wong Kai Ying), who bore that title.

In his youth, Huang made his living from performing martial arts in the street with his father; he was later engaged as martial arts instructor of the 5th Regiment of the Guangdong army and the Guangzhou Civilian Militia. His last years were devoted to the running of his fathers's martial school (Cant. Kwoon) the Bao Zhi Lin (Cant. Bo Chi Lam)
Huang, who was one of the province's best lion dancers, was known around Guangzhou as the 'King of the Lions'; he was a disciple of the Hong School of Shaolin martial arts (Cant. Siu Lam Hung Gar Kuen) and an expert in the 'Iron Wire Fist' (Cant. Tit Sin Kuen), 'Five Forms Fist' (Cant. Ng Ying Kuen), ' Tiger Vanquishing Fist' (Cant. Fok Fu Kuen), and the 'Shadowless Kick', as well as being skilled in the use of his favourite weapon, the flying plummet. Very little information about Huang's actual deeds has survived and, unfortunately, Mo Guilan (Cant. Mok Kwei Lan, his last wife) has proved to be of little help in this area since she was only a teenager when she married the already elderly Hang. What we know of Huang's exploits has been aptly summed up by Woshi Shanren, author of the Huang Fei-Hong martial arts novels: 'Huang was much revered in his lifetime, but little is actually known of him'.
At their peak of popularity, Huang Fei-Hong novels were serialised simultaneously in as many as seven newspapers. However, many of these publications were fictional accounts, coloured and exaggerated through their author's imagination but unsupported by facts. According to scriptwriter and director Wang Feng, these novels formed only part of the basis for the films which, like the television series, relied largely on specially written material.

Huang Fei-Hong taught several disciples including Lin Shirong (Cant. Lam Sai Wing), Gui Jiaoqi and Liang Kuan.

South Paw

See also:web page (http://www.ehga.org/eng/masters.html)

[PM]

Hungga United is preparing a detailed bio of Wong Feihung, containing a lot of info never published in English before - stay tuned to www.hungga.net (http://www.hungga.net)

PM

[South Paw]

http://www.huangfeihong.com.cn/

This is the Chinese website with info on Wong Fei Hung, for those that can read Chinese.
You can translate it with:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Just try it, and have fun translating.
Otherwise just wait for CPS and PM to come out with their new updates.

South Paw