Wong Fei-hung | |
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Born |
Foshan Town, Nanhai, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Qing Empire |
9 July 1847
Died | 25 March 1924 Fangbian Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China |
(aged 76)
Style |
Chinese martial arts Hung Ga |
Teacher(s) | Wong Kei-ying and others |
Rank | Grandmaster |
Occupation | Martial artist, physician, revolutionary |
Spouse | Ms. Luo (m. 1871) Ms. Ma (m. 1896) Ms. Cen (m. 1902) Mok Kwai-lan (m. 1915) |
Notable students | Leung Foon Lam Sai-wing Dang Fong Ling Wan-kai |
Wong Fei-hung | |||||||||||||||||||||
The entrance of the Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall in Foshan
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Traditional Chinese | 黃飛鴻 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 黄飞鸿 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Fēihóng |
Bopomofo | ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟㄏㄨㄥˊ |
Wade–Giles | Huang Fei-hung |
IPA | [xwǎŋ féixʊ̌ŋ] |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Hwáng Fēihúng |
IPA | [wɔ̏ːŋ féihʊ̏ŋ] |
Jyutping | Wong4 Fei1-hung4 |
Wong Fei-hung or Huang Feihong (9 July 1847 – 25 March 1924) was a Cantonese martial artist, physician, and folk hero, who has become the subject of numerous martial arts films and television series. He was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts. As a physician, Wong practised and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in Po Chi Lam (宝芝林; 寶芝林; Bǎozhīlín; Bou2-zi1-lam4), a medical clinic in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. A museum dedicated to him was built in his birthplace in Foshan City, Guangdong Province.
Among Wong's students, the more notable ones include Lam Sai-wing (Lin Shirong), Leung Foon (梁寬; Liang Kuan), Dang Fong (Deng Fang), and Ling Wan-kai (凌雲階; Ling Yunjie).
Wong is sometimes incorrectly identified as one of the "Ten Tigers of Canton". His father, Wong Kei-ying, was one of the ten but Wong himself was not. Wong is also sometimes referred to as the "Tiger after the Ten Tigers".
Wong's original given name was Sek-cheung or Xixiang (锡祥; 錫祥; Xīxiáng; Hsi-hsiang; Sek3-coeng4) before it was changed to Fei-hung (Feihong). His courtesy name was Dat-wan or Dayun (达云; 達雲; Dáyún; Ta-yun; Daat6-wan4).