At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was defeated, it fought with foreigners, and signed various unequal treaties. These treaties pierced the hearts of some Chinese like thorns, and Huang Feihong was one of them. The symbol of Huang Feihong is not only the braid on his head and his long robe, but also his Chinese kung fu. He is a traditional Chinese. He believes that Chinese people have to look like Chinese people, and he is not willing to wear suits. Most of the Chinese people in the movie call foreigners foreign devils, and those who have stayed abroad are called fake foreign devils. Obviously, they still retain the ideology and culture of the Celestial Kingdom, but the modern civilization hits like a flood, engulfing this no-one. The traditional culture of binding the power of chickens. Even traditional Chinese like Wong Fei-hung have finally embraced modern civilization. Yan Zhendong in the film is very well designed, known as the iron cloth shirt, and he also showed his iron cloth shirt in the duel with others before. He broke two guns with his throat, but he was the "iron man" who died under the foreign guns of foreigners. Before he died, he said, "I iron cloth shirt!" Yes, the iron cloth shirt was also defeated by the foreign guns. Furthermore, before dying, I realized that no matter how strong the iron cloth shirt is, it can’t stop the attack of foreign guns, and no matter how deeply rooted traditional culture is, it can’t stop the impact of modern civilization. This is traditional culture admitting defeat under modern civilization. However, with the emergence of new things like modern civilization, can it really outperform traditional civilization and replace it? cannot. Traditional culture just cannot resist the impact of modern civilization, but the film and the facts affirm the absolute status of traditional civilization. In the film, people's understanding of modern civilization comes from bloodshed, and their acceptance of modern civilization comes from cruelty. What has civilization brought now? It brought tanks, atomic bombs, poisonous gas, technology, and killing... And those rare flashes of humanity in the film come from traditional culture, such as respecting teachers and respecting Taoism, and doctors. Be kind, convince people with virtue...
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