"New Shaolin Temple" is only covered with the skin of a Shaolin Temple. There is no Shaolin Kungfu, no Shaolin spirit, and no Shaolin Temple tradition and atmosphere.
Jackie Chan is the biggest flaw and flaw in "New Shaolin Temple". Jackie Chan's unwillingness to shave his head for "New Shaolin Temple" is actually not important, nor is it important that Jackie Chan speaks a strange Tianjin accent in Dengfeng dialect, the important thing is that as soon as Jackie Chan appeared on the stage, the Shaolin Temple was startled: Shaolin monks don't eat vegetarian food and eat wild boar? Shaolin monk cherishes his life with compassion, why bother to dig a trap? If "New Shaolin Temple" is a pot of soup, Jackie Chan's first sentence is that mouse shit.
"New Shaolin Temple" still doesn't have Shaolin boxing. I wrote a blog post called "Seven Little Fortunes Will Completely Defeated in Shaolin Temple", and now "New Shaolin Temple" has been endorsed. Yuan Kui, Yuan De, and Jackie Chan are all the main creators of "New Shaolin Temple". At the press conference before the film started, I also asked Yuan Kui, Wu Jing and Shi Yanneng how to show Shaolin boxing. At that time, they didn't understand Shaolin Boxing, which was understandable. It's a pity they didn't know anything about Shaolin Boxing after the movie was drawn. Although, the TV series "Shaolin Monks and Soldiers" starring Sammo Hung and his son Yuan Biao also made this mistake in the TV series "Legend of Shaolin Temple".
Standing on a wooden stake to practice kicking up to the sky, standing upside down and going down the steps are all forms of performing arts and singing operas. The Seven Star Boxing that "New Shaolin Temple" has always talked about and advertised is not Shaolin Kungfu at all - don't take "Shaolin Kungfu out of the world" to cover up your shame. The hand, eye, body and footwork of Qixing Boxing is completely different from that of Shaolin Boxing, and there is no such technique in 1008 sets of Shaolin Boxing. According to our research, before 1987, no one in the Shaolin Temple could play Qixing Boxing. It is not true that the Shaolin fire caused a fault in the martial arts in 1928. After liberation, the Shaolin abbot Shi Zhenxu was a famous martial arts monk, and his martial arts teacher was It was Shi Henglin, a kung fu master before 1928. Zhenxu does not know Qixingquan. The Seven Star Boxing has never been passed down in the Shaolin Temple. The most authentic Qixingquan in Dengfeng is Wang Dingyi from Tagou Village. Both Wang Dingyi and Liu Baoshan had studied martial arts with Ling Dou, a folk boxer in Mogou. The strange thing was that Ling Dou didn't know Qixingquan either.
There is a martial arts school called "Fohanmen" in Yuncheng, Shandong. Qixingquan has been passed down from generation to generation. When I was young, Wang Dingyi often traveled to Shandong to make grievances or make friends. It is not difficult for us to figure out the route map of Qixingquan. As for Diao Shanduo's father, although he once became a monk in Shaolin Temple, no one has seen him practice Qixingquan, and Diao's family is in Guodian Village (Tagou is affiliated to Guodian). As for Shaolin Qixingquan, it is one of the foundations of Shaolin martial arts. It is completely unfounded in the same category as Changhu Xinyimen. Among the 18 Shaolin gates, there is no Qixingmen at all. To be precise, Qixingquan and Changhu Xinyimen are Tagouquan. It is also the housekeeper of Tagou Wushu School, the largest martial arts school.
In addition, in the whole movie, you can't see how the monks beat their opponents with Qixingquan, which means they didn't open the punches, or in other words, they didn't know the use of Qixingquan. flower shelf.
The audience has seen enough of the wide opening and closing of raising their feet and punching. Those who practice martial arts know that raising their feet and looking at their knees and raising their knees and looking at their arms are the basic skills of leg work, because only in this way can they grasp the balance and then attack the enemy. The most notable feature of Shaolin Kungfu is the natural ability to attack and defend.
As for Shi Yanneng, an actor who has always been proud of his master Shi Deyang, and followed his name by the name of Shi Xingyu, and later worshipped Shi Yongxin as his teacher, it is self-evident how much he understands Shaolin. Two of his poses in the movie "New Shaolin Temple" are quite striking: the posture of the sleeping Arhat is too deliberate, and the posture of the double sword is too Shi Deyang.
"New Shaolin Temple" does not understand the spirit of Shaolin. Even at the film's world premiere, when it comes to Shaolin Spirit, the creators still use "Chan Wu" to fool us. Chan Wu is a distinctive feature of Shaolin, but it is not spiritual. Shaolin spirit is a kind of feeling: the feeling of the world. In the small, it is the banner of Chinese Buddhism, in the large, it is to save all living beings, use force in troubled times, use Zen in prosperous times, help the relatively righteous side, and save people in the world. Martial arts is just a means or a way of teaching meditation, and meditation is only a means or a way of teaching to seek enlightenment and liberation of sentient beings.
I have always believed that only true Buddhists can perform Shaolin Temple movies well. In "New Shaolin Temple", Andy Lau's folded palms and salute are more Buddhist than "abbot" Yu Hai. Andy Lau's "death" in the hands of the Buddha is a wonderful picture, but it is also a flaw: there should not be another layer above the Buddha in the Mahavira Hall. If there is, who can go up? Stepping on a Buddha statue under your feet should probably be regarded as slandering the Buddha.
"Times Weekly" published Huang Yong's article "Shaolin Temple where the truth is hard to find", telling the reporter's experience in Shaolin Temple. The experience is very real, the opinion is very naive. Huang Yong said that Shaolin Temple had no status in Chinese Buddhism in history, which means that he did not know that Master Xuanzang had been to the king of Tang for many times and wanted to go to Shaolin Temple to translate scriptures; he also did not know that Master Xuyun worshipped Shaolin when he was young; Back then, the great Zen masters such as Xiaoshan and Haikuan gave a great sensation in the capital. Huang Yong said that after Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty banned folk martial arts, the systematic inheritance of Shaolin Kungfu in the temple has long since disappeared. This is absolutely and absolutely mentally retarded. The monk group is a very special group. Those who are familiar with the monastery know that "it is better to lead a thousand soldiers than a monk". This sentence does not mean that it is difficult for monks to lead, but that the monk group is completely different from the secular world. When the country comes forward, it will tell itself everything, and will not prove it because others doubt it. This is precisely the fundamental reason why it was difficult for Jet Li to find Shaolin Boxing when he filmed "Shaolin Temple".
Since the Shaolin Temple is not so cooperative with the government and is not good at exhibiting, it is better to find some folk boxers, so Zhang Yaoting, secretary of the Dengfeng County Party Committee in the 1980s, later became the chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association.
The reporter does not understand Shaolin Temple, so does Shi Yongxin also understand Shaolin Temple? Why is "New Shaolin Temple" authorized by Shaolin Temple so shallow and free?
Shi Yongxin once said to me: "Movies produced by industrial production lines are difficult to become classics, but they will not be too bad." Shi Yongxin also discussed kung fu movies with Jia Leilei. He seems to be very I agree with Jia Leilei's point of view: Breakthroughs in kung fu movies are difficult and require a long period of preparation and foreshadowing.
I don't think Shi Yongxin can fully represent the Shaolin Temple, let alone the spirit of Shaolin. In the 1500 years of Shaolin Temple, how many abbots have been established, and how many are really remembered by history?
"New Shaolin Temple" has a head start, like Nicholas Tse's ill-fitting "dragon robe", will Shaolin Temple-themed movies continue to rot, or will they continue to accumulate and eventually become classics?
We don't know.
"World Wuzong", Shaolin Shame To
make a Buddhist movie, or to make a Zen movie, Shaolin Temple is the best choice. That is to say, only Shaolin Temple-themed films can win audiences and markets while expressing Buddhism or Zen.
"New Shaolin Temple" has undoubtedly assumed such a function, but unfortunately the Buddhist classics have not been brought to life, but have been directly and bluntly moved out.
The sayings that the holy land of martial arts and the world of martial arts come from Shaolin are just people's praise for Shaolin. Shaolin Temple cannot be conceited and show off. "New Shaolin Temple" actually hangs the plaque of "World Wuzong" on the Hall of Heavenly Kings. What is the difference between this and a rich man sticking money on his face?
Thirty years later, there is still nothing convincing in the Shaolin Temple, which surprises Jet Li. (The old version of "Shaolin Temple" was filmed in 1980 and released in 1982). ——In terms of martial arts alone, "New Shaolin Temple" is far inferior to "Ip Man".
It's a pity, apart from the chaotic logic, the blunt script, the plot full of loopholes, the overflowing explosives, and the mythical stick, all we see from "New Shaolin Temple" is disappointment and disappointment.
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