Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, November 27th, Wire title: Bruce Lee's martial arts and art: 80 years of spiritual life
Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Fei
On November 27, Hongkong Post launched a special stamp titled "Bruce Lee-Martial Arts Inheritance".
This day is the 80th anniversary of Bruce Lee's birth.
In this set of six stamps, there are still photos of Bruce Lee's four films and images of Jeet Kune Do and philosophy.
Hong Kong Zhenfan Jeet Kune Do Association's president, Lu Lu, "is deeply convinced" that "Bruce Lee is a martial artist, actor and philosopher".
He said that Bruce Lee "integrated philosophy with martial arts" and achieved his own Jeet Kune Do with his unique "yin and yang monism".
In 1974, the year after Bruce Lee's death, Lu Lu who was studying in a middle school in Hong Kong accidentally came into contact with Wing Chun.
This young man who had watched all Bruce Lee movies in the theater did not expect to become a "kung fu master student" at the time, nor did he expect to become Bruce Lee's nephew in Wing Chun and a student of Jeet Kune Do in the future.
"At that time, I was fascinated by Wing Chun, so I suggested that the school organize a Kung Fu meeting and practice it in my spare time." Lu said that he did not aspire to formally learn Kung Fu until he graduated from university.
Like Bruce Lee, Lu Lu also learned Wing Chun first.
On the other hand, Lu's teacher is Huang Chunliang, Bruce Lee's brother.
Later, Lu became a Wing Chun master, and learned Jeet Kune Do from Bruce Lee's mid- and late-stage disciple Huang Jinming. In 2000, he set up the "Zhen Fan Guoshu Museum" under the authorization of Huang Jinming to teach kung fu and promote the essence of the country.
In the 1960s, during Bruce Lee's study in the United States, he opened his first martial arts gym in Seattle, whose name was "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum".
"Zhen Fan" is Bruce Lee's real name, which means "to wake up and shock foreign nations."
At that time, Bruce Lee mentioned in his letter the reasons for the establishment of the martial arts gym, one of which was "hoping to let the world understand the profoundness of Chinese martial arts."
Gradually, Bruce Lee founded and developed Jeet Kune Do.
"Je Kune Do and traditional martial arts are the opposite in terms of theoretical connotation, movement moves, and force-generating methods." Lu said that traditional martial arts send strength from the waist to the hands through the spine after a steady pace. In Jeet Kune Do, the hands first exert force, then the waist and the horses are driven.
Bruce Lee once said: "What is Jeet Kune Do? There is no doubt that it is Chinese martial arts! A Chinese martial art that has no sects and opposes letting martial arts become a formality and liberating from traditional models."
Later, Bruce Lee wrote an article titled "Liberate Yourself from Traditional Martial Arts", and revised 8 versions, all included in his book "The Artist of Life".
Bruce Lee summed up his martial arts and philosophy as "the law is the impossibility, and the infinity is the finite", which was printed on a business card and hung in the "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum" in the United States.
Today, these 12 characters are also printed on land's business cards and hung in the "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum" in Hong Kong.
"I read less, don't lie to me"-this line in Bruce Lee's movie has become a "stalk" on the contemporary Internet.
In fact, Bruce Lee reads a lot, and he has a lot of books, who loves to read.
Bruce Lee, who had studied philosophy in college, was even more "integrating philosophy with martial arts." Philosophy brought his Jeet Kune Do into a new realm of martial arts, and Jeet Kune Do also brought him into a new field in the film industry.
During the 18 years of living in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee participated in 23 films, which was "pure pastime" for him.
In his early years, Bruce Lee was invited by Hollywood in the United States to take part in some roles, but Bruce Lee believed that these roles were not suitable for him, because as a yellow-skinned Chinese, it is impossible to become a white idol, let alone arouse the emotions of his compatriots. He decided to return to Hong Kong "to do his part for the development of Chinese film".
After returning to Hong Kong, Bruce Lee successively took the lead in the early 1970s and took the lead in filming "Big Brother Tangshan", "Jing Wu Men", "The Dragon Crossing the River", "Dragon Fighting Tiger" and other films, with a national declaration that the Chinese should not be bullied and a strong patriotic consciousness. Harmony and national spirit have resonated in the Chinese world, and set off a worldwide "Kung Fu fever", which has changed the outdated image of the Chinese as "weak" and "backward" in the eyes of Westerners.
"Bruce Lee's kung fu movies are very different from the martial arts movies I have seen before. His kung fu is more real and his movements are more beautiful." Recalling the days when he was watching movies in theaters as a child, Lu said that Bruce Lee's movies have changed many audiences to martial arts. The view of the film also promoted the improvement of the standard of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies at that time.
He kicked and smashed the "Chinese and dogs are not allowed" sign and shouted "Chinese are not sick men in East Asia"... In 1972, Bruce Lee's "Jing Wu Men" won the Hong Kong box office runner-up that year.
At that time, in Hong Kong under British colonial rule, the political status of Chinese was far lower than that of foreigners.
Overseas, the Chinese have suffered discrimination for a long time.
Lu Lu, who was passionate about "Jing Wu Men" in the theater, said that the reason why Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong from the United States to film is because he felt the discrimination and injustice in the white world.
From beginning to end, Bruce Lee recognized that he was a Chinese and affirmed that he was practicing Chinese Kung Fu, and his films also showed patriotism and national spirit.
In fact, several other Bruce Lee films also reflect the same theme-the Chinese never bow their heads in front of foreigners. Fighting is just a manifestation of this spirit.
Today, 80 years after Bruce Lee was born, the whole world is commemorating him: American Standard Collection released a set of newly restored Bruce Lee movie Blu-ray commemorative collections; Tianjin People’s Publishing House and Houlang Publishing Company jointly launched a commemorative edition of Bruce Lee’s 80th birthday. Letters: Kung Fu, Performance and Life"; Hong Kong Heritage Museum extends the exhibition "Wu·Art·Life-Bruce Lee"...
Today, there is a bronze statue of Bruce Lee on the "Avenue of Stars" by Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, telling his story silently.
In the "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum" on land, Bruce Lee's martial arts and martial ethics are being passed on as his fists rise and fall.