In 1973, Taiwanese actress Ding Pei's home, a well-known kung fu superstar at home and abroad, died suddenly here.
He was Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee is a label of the times, and his works "Jingwumen" and "Raptor Crossing the River" are still classics to this day.
The year Bruce Lee died, at the age of 32, the cause of death is a mystery.
Why did a martial arts superstar, who was physically strong, suddenly die in the prime of his life?
For this question, people from all walks of life have made a lot of discussions.
Bruce Lee died in the home of Taiwanese actress Ding Pei, and some people think that Ding Pei's suspicion is the biggest.
According to the records, in Ding Pei's home, Ding Pei had given Bruce Lee painkillers, and these ordinary painkillers became the biggest evidence that these people suspected Ding Pei.
There is also another theory that the Hong Kong underworld killed Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee has been living in the United States, and the disciples he has received include people from all walks of life in various countries, forming a small gang of his own, perhaps moving the cheese of others at some point, and with Bruce Lee's usually strong personality, it is also possible to secretly make enemies without knowing it.
The last statement also seems plausible – Bruce Lee's own physical causes.
Bruce Lee is very strict with his own requirements, the training intensity is extremely high, and each training must exceed his own potential and break through the limits of human beings again and again. In addition, Bruce Lee used some extreme methods in order to maintain a low body fat rate, which caused great damage to many organs of the body.
Bruce Lee's autopsy report pointed out that Bruce Lee had intracranial hypertension and his heart and lungs were squeezed by excessive pressure. And all of this may be the cause of Bruce Lee's sudden death.
Years have passed, and the real cause of Bruce Lee's death is unknown. In order to bid farewell to Bruce Lee, in 1973 everyone held a grand funeral for Bruce Lee.
The funeral was very solemn, attended by well-known people from all walks of life, and countless people cried bitterly in the streets to send Off Bruce Lee. And the six mysterious people who supported Bruce Lee's spirit at the funeral were even more prominent.
Next, let's get to know these six prominent spirit supporters!
Fu Ling: During the transportation of the coffin of the deceased, the coffin is carried forward by a person close to the deceased to escort the deceased on its last journey, a process called Fu Ling.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > the father of Taekwondo in the United States - Li Junjiu</h1>
Li Junjiu is an excellent martial artist and a wide circle of people who like martial arts.
Bruce Lee and he were friends of the United States for a long time, and in 1964, the two met at a karate competition. When neither of them was famous, they often studied martial arts together, Bruce Lee represented Chinese martial arts, and Li Junjiu was a taekwondo enthusiast.
Martial arts is a discipline that combines the strengths of each family and constantly improves and perfects them. Li Junjiu is more passionate about innovation and researching new martial arts moves, he often learns Chinese boxing techniques from Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee also likes to learn taekwondo kicking skills from Li Junjiu.
Li Junjiu once held the National Youth Martial Arts Competition and founded the World Wushu Education Federation. In the competition, he attracted all kinds of martial arts talents to participate in the competition, regardless of which one was the master, but only to cultivate outstanding all-round martial arts talents in all aspects, for which he himself also made a speech:
"I pinned my hope that martial arts could break the barrier between the East and the West, so I established this association to promote the development of martial arts in the United States."
It is precisely because Li Junjiu has such a pure belief in martial arts that he can become a friend with Bruce Lee. The two broke the traditional boundaries between them, shared a common belief in martial arts, and were called the friends of gentlemen in the martial arts world.
Many people should remember the movie in which Bruce Lee took off and kicked off the plaque with the words "The Sick Man of East Asia" written on it.
And this special skill of flying in the air, such an unfathomable leg technique, benefited from Li Junjiu's guidance. Success is never achieved overnight, it needs to accumulate over time, and Bruce Lee benefited a lot from the years of talking about martial arts with Li Junjiu.
All the past, now that I think about it, it is all a memory, the deceased has gone, Li Junjiu, as Bruce Lee's former friend, but also as a spirit supporter, finally bid farewell to his old friend.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > Bruce Lee's disciple Danny Inoshandu</h1>
Bruce Lee was very strict with himself in martial arts, and at the same time, he was also very strict with the disciples he accepted, and most of Bruce Lee's disciples were later top martial arts masters. And to be able to become a disciple of Bruce Lee, Danny Inoshandu also has a certain ability.
Inoyamadu was born into a filipino martial arts family and is a Filipino-American. Inosando began to learn Filipino martial arts at the age of ten, and also learned Japanese martial arts, drawing on many strengths, and laying a solid foundation for him to create outstanding comprehensive martial arts in combination with Bruce Lee's Chinese martial arts.
At the same 1964 karate competition, Bruce Lee went to watch the game as a guest and met the distraught Ino Santo in the lounge.
It turned out that in this game, Inosando's opponent was the burly Luo Lishi, and under the oppression of his huge body, Inoshandu had always been at a disadvantage.
It may be the fate between two people, or it may be predestined in the dark.
When Bruce Lee learned of this, he instructed Inoshandu on a few tricks. Sure enough, under the guidance of Bruce Lee, Inosando in the game had divine help and directly defeated The Loris who had been crushing him.
Inosando's opponent, Lorishi, wondered why Inosando had become so powerful in such a short period of time.
Ino Shandu did not stingy in the face of the opponent's questioning, he told Luo Lishi that Bruce Lee taught him the method - the Chinese art of war in the sound of east and west, in the situation that the strength is not as good as the other side, can not be hard to fight, to learn to be flexible, good at flexible fighting, finger up and down, to win with wisdom.
After this incident, Inoshandu also admired Bruce Lee, and he saw the other side of martial arts, who had always believed in strength. Inosando became curious about Chinese martial arts, and he decided to learn Chinese martial arts under Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee also praised InoShandu, whose martial arts and comprehensive quality met the requirements of Bruce Lee's apprenticeship and was also very hard in martial arts practice. In the end, Bruce Lee decided to take Inosando as an apprentice and allowed Inosando to worship under his disciples and become his own disciples.
Inoyamadu also shared the Filipino martial arts and Japanese martial arts he learned with Bruce Lee, and the two masters and apprentices were also teachers and friends, and they made progress together in this square martial arts gym.
Inocando even shared his own double-knuckle stick and short stick method with Bruce Lee without reservation, which also contributed to Bruce Lee's countless classic moves in the film.
For example, the fierce two-knuckle stick fight between the master and the apprentice in "Game of Death" has become a classic martial arts scene that has been handed down since then.
Inoyamadu fully inherited Bruce Lee's martial arts and his philosophy, and was one of Bruce Lee's most proud and favorite protégés.
Upon receiving the news of Bruce Lee's death, Inoyama was deeply saddened. At Bruce Lee's funeral, Inoshandu sent his master on his last journey as a spirit supporter.
After Bruce Lee's death, Inoshandu took on the responsibility of spreading Bruce Lee's martial arts. It also contributes to the inheritance of Chinese martial arts and contributes its strength on the other side of the distant Pacific Ocean.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="40" > Hollywood tough guy martial arts star Steve McQueen</h1>
In 1973, a movie called "Babylon" became a hit in the United States, and not only that, but the film was also enjoyed by audiences in many countries. "Babylon" has harvested a large number of fans around the world, and has been praised by these fans as "the greatest prison escape movie of all time".
The film's producer, Steve McQueen, is also known to the world.
Steve and Bruce Lee met because they were both actors, friends and rivals.
The beginning of a friendship often begins with the phrase "I think you are so cold".
When the two met, Steve was already a well-known A-list star at the time, and Bruce Lee was just a fledgling martial arts rookie.
Steve admired Bruce Lee's talent, even as a first-line star did not put up a high shelf, he is also a martial arts enthusiast who loves martial arts, seeing Bruce Lee's amazing legwork, he wants to ask Bruce Lee to teach him kung fu.
So Steve, who was a household name in the United States at the time, took the initiative to find Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee's personality is slow and hot, and he is somewhat difficult to adapt to Steve's warm invitation, and bruce Lee does not accept when Steve throws an olive branch.
The two people are both actors and martial arts enthusiasts, and in training, there are often times when they meet. Steve thought that once or twice wouldn't work, the three Gu Maolu would always work.
Time can change a lot, and the friendship between these two people is built during the time they train together.
Bruce Lee is a person who is particularly strict with himself, will set some high-intensity goals for himself, and will do his best to complete these goals, and this every move is seen by Steve.
"I feel like he's a guy who will never give up!"
This is Steve's assessment of Bruce Lee.
But in the same circle, two people inevitably compete, and it is inevitable that they will love and kill each other.
Bruce Lee's goal is to become a Hollywood superstar, but Steve is reluctant to let Bruce Lee borrow his fame and begin to suppress Bruce Lee everywhere in his acting career.
To this end, a widely circulated anecdote was also produced between Steve and Bruce Lee.
One day, Steve drove Bruce Lee out for a ride, and he was good at racing in addition to martial arts, and even won awards.
Steve enjoyed the freedom of the wind, deliberately driving the car as fast as the car, but Bruce Lee could not adapt to this speed, but he also knew that it was Steve's prank on him, chafed but did not remember the hatred.
Since then, the two people will still talk about martial arts, but they are also more and more secretly competing with each other in the film world.
Friends don't have to be angels who think for you and bring you relief, and they may compete with you and make you angry, but it still doesn't affect the resonance between you. Bruce Lee and Steve can be said to be such a relationship.
Steve had thought that this friendship would come to a bald end, but Bruce Lee withdrew halfway through. At Bruce Lee's funeral, Steve came to carry his coffin to bid farewell to their precious friendship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="59" > Oscar winner James Cobain</h1>
Born in 1928, James Cobain was a native-Born American who grew up studying acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, with the ambition to become a great actor.
Years later, james Cobain, who had become famous, also had a place in the American Hollywood film industry at that time, and was able to meet Bruce Lee.
Compared to the above, James's martial arts may not be so strong. His slender stature and rheumatoid arthritis also make him a suitable seedling for martial arts training.
But the feelings between people are very strange, not only people with the same interests and hobbies will attract each other, sometimes, communication between people often needs to complement each other.
The most prosaic years of James Cobain's acting career were when he and Bruce Lee met.
Although Bruce Lee felt that James Cobain was not a martial arts practitioner, he taught him some simple kung fu to strengthen his body. The two would sometimes practice together, and James Cobain would teach Bruce Lee some acting knowledge.
The martial arts taught by Bruce Lee temporarily eased James Cobain's unhappiness at the time, and the acting knowledge that Bruce Lee learned from James Cobain also helped him tremendously in his future film career.
At that time, Bruce Lee and James also crossed the ocean to India together and discussed making a movie in India. The two people are ambitious, and they feel that with the efforts of the two people, this movie will definitely become a hit. But before they could start their shooting, Bruce Lee left the world.
At the funeral, James Cobain also became one of the spirit supporters, looking at the photo of his best friend, James shed tears, for Bruce Lee's departure, but also for the two of them did not reach the plan, here sadness is more than regret can be expressed!
Years later, James Cobain began to love martial arts under the influence of Bruce Lee. At the same time, James Cobain also shot many wonderful film and television works, and also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, taking away the little golden man.
But in his heart, the inspirational film that brewed in India and Bruce Lee is the best movie in his heart forever.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="73" > Bruce Lee's "tomb keeper" - Takeyuki Kimura</h1>
Listening to the name, you know that this spirit-helping man is a Japanese.
In the 1960s and 1970s, racial discrimination in the United States was very serious. Caucasians were noble in their eyes, and yellow-skinned and dark-skinned people made them disdain to be with them.
During World War II, Kimura was imprisoned in a U.S. internment camp for five years because of his Japanese status.
As a Japanese, Takeyuki Kimura was often blinded and suffered in the American lockdown camp, and even had a very low self-esteem until he met the noble man of his life, Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee has such a unique temperament that can make people produce a sense of admiration.
By chance, Takeyuki Kimura learned that his friend Jesse Glover was a disciple of Bruce Lee and asked his friend to introduce him, and in this way, Takeyuki Kimura met Bruce Lee.
The first time he met Bruce Lee, Takeyuki Kimura was impressed by Bruce Lee's unique temperament, and he made a promise in his heart that he would follow Bruce Lee to learn Chinese martial arts and spend his life following this man.
At that time, Bruce Lee was not very famous in the United States, living in a dilapidated basement, eating cheap food, but still working hard for martial arts and his hollywood superstar dream.
Bruce Lee's embarrassment is seen by Takeyuki Kimura, who is more than a teenager older than Bruce Lee, and his feelings for Bruce Lee are more like the heartache of a big brother who does not meet young people.
In order to support Bruce Lee's dream, Takeyuki Kimura sold his supermarket and tavern, monetized his family property, helped Bruce Lee build a martial arts museum, and supported his movie dream.
Gradually, Bruce Lee gradually came to prominence in Hollywood, usa through his own efforts. Takeyuki Kimura was also behind the screen, silently cheering for him.
On that day, while Takeyuki Kimura was still studying the Chinese martial arts that Bruce Lee had taught him, the bad news came that Bruce Lee had died. Takeyuki Kimura couldn't believe it for a long time, and the sadness in his heart could not be calmed for a long time.
However, the Scythians are gone, and no one can change their lives against the sky. Takeyuki Kimura also attended Bruce Lee's funeral and became one of the six spirit-bearers.
In the decades after Bruce Lee's death, Takeyuki Kimura did not use Bruce Lee's fame for fame. Takeyuki Kimura is very low-key, and he devotes all his efforts to studying the Chinese martial arts left to him by his master.
In honor of Bruce Lee, Takeyuki Kimura cleans bruce Lee's grave every week and speaks to Bruce Lee. Because of this move, Takeyuki Kimura was known as Bruce Lee's "tomb keeper".
Takeyuki Kimura taught the Chinese Kung Fu he learned from Bruce Lee to his son, and told him that his son would pass it on from generation to generation to live up to Bruce Lee's cultivation!
When Takeyuki Kimura was in his 70s, he learned that Bruce Lee had won the "Martial Arts Superstar Award". In his 70s, he still personally went to Beijing to receive the award for his mentor.
When receiving the award, Takeyuki Kimura was extremely excited:
"This is the requiem of my mentor, Bruce Lee!" It is full of human feelings, and it also reflects the importance of benevolence and righteousness among our martial artists and the immolation of old human feelings. ”
On January 7, 2021, Takeyuki Kimura left this world at the age of 96.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="89" > Bruce Lee's most mysterious spirit-bearer, Peter Qin</h1>
According to the photographs at Bruce Lee's funeral, bruce Lee had a total of six spirit supporters. Five of them showed their faces, and we introduced them all. And this sixth is very mysterious, and there is only a vague back in the photo.
As for the identity of this mysterious person, everyone has different opinions.
The first thing that can be determined is that the mysterious man is a man.
This mysterious man stands first, and can also become a spirit supporter, and is certainly one of the most important people in Bruce Lee's life.
Later, according to the guest list, it was learned that the mysterious man was named Peter Qin.
Some speculate that he may have been a benefactor to Bruce Lee (Bruce Lee had a period of poverty) or a friend he met when he worked at a restaurant.
But the more believable speculation is that this Mr. Qin Peter was supposed to be a disciple of Bruce Lee. Because if it is Bruce Lee's friend, there should be records of Bruce Lee before his death, but there is no information to mention this friend, so this Qin Peter should be a disciple of Bruce Lee's own family and low profile.
Who is Peter Qin? The people who can answer this question are gradually leaving us, and the truth is unknown. But don't heroes always have some mysterious colors!
Bruce Lee, as a label of the times, is destined not to be forgotten. Although the hero is dead, his spirit is not destroyed. Bruce Lee kicked and smashed the plaque of "Sick Man of East Asia" with his own strength and carried forward Chinese martial arts, which is destined to be recorded in history and the spirit will last forever!