Chan Heung
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Chan Heung (23 August 1806 — 20 August 1875) was the founder of the
Biography
Chan was born on August 23, 1806 (corresponding to the 10th day of the 7th month of the
At age seven, Chan Heung's uncle Chan Yuen-Wu (Chinese: 陳遠護), a boxer from the Qingyun temple near Dinghu Mountain[2] started teaching him Fut Gar, literally "Buddha Family," which specializes in palm techniques. Chan Yuen Woo had received his training from Du Zhang Monk. When Chan Heung was fifteen, Chan Yuen-Wu took him to Li Yau-San (Chinese: 李友山), Chan Yuen-Wu's senior classmate. Li Yau San had trained under Zhi Shan Monk (Chinese: 独杖禅师).
Chan Heung spent the next four years learning the
Choy Fook lived as a recluse on
One morning, when Chan Heung was practicing his
When he was twenty-eight, Chan Heung left Choy Fook and returned to King Mui village in 1834, where he revised and refined all that he had learned. In 1835 Choy Fook gave Chan Heung advice in the form of a special poem known as a double couplet.
- 龍虎風雲會, The dragon and tiger met as the wind and the cloud.
- 徒兒好自爲, My disciple, you must take good care of your future.
- 重光少林術, To revive the arts of Shaolin,
- 世代毋相遺. Don't let the future generations forget about this teaching.
In 1836, he formally established the
Popular culture
In 1988, Hong Kong broadcaster TVB adapted a wuxia TV series of the life of Chan Heung, featuring Meng Fei. The title of the series is called "The Rise Of A Kung Fu Master" (Chinese: 南拳蔡李佛). Its first airing was on 18 January 1988 and currently features 20 episodes.
References
- ISBN 978-0-86568-062-3
- ^ "Fut Gar Kuen/Fojia Quan, 庆云佛家拳". Taipinginstitute.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
- ISBN 978-962-7284-41-3