Ten Tigers of Canton

The Ten Tigers of Canton or the Ten Tigers of GuangdongKim, Sun-Jin. Tuttle Dictionary of the Martial Arts of Korea, China & Japan. [1996] (1996). Tuttle publishing. Korea. ISBN 0804820163.] (zh-c|c=廣東十虎) were a group of ten of the top Chinese martial arts masters in Guangdong (Canton) towards the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). They were reputed to be the best fighters in all of Southern China. Much of their existence has been embellished by legends and stories passed down from generations to generations.

Ten Tigers

The Ten Tigers of Canton were directly connected to the Southern Shaolin Monastery at the Jiulian Mountains in Fujian province, which is a branch of the main Shaolin Temple in the Song Mountains of Henan province. Most of the masters of the Ten Tigers of Canton were directly from the Songshan Shaolin Temple in Henan hence their similar styles of kung fu to the Shaolin forms.

Wong Fei-hung

Wong Fei-Hung (zh-c|c=黃飛鴻), is the son of Wong Kei-Ying. He is not a member of the Ten tigers. Due to his heroic efforts in defending China's pride during a period when Chinese morale was at an all time low. Wong Fei-Hung himself was known rather as the "Tiger after the Ten Tigers."

Cultural reference

Films

The Ten Tigers were featured in a 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days, the indie cult film Mad Cowgirl and more notably in the 1980 Shaw Bros studio film "Ten Tigers of Kwangtung" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080002/Guangdong shi hu xing yi wu xi] ] which featured a star-studded cast of Shaw Bros. actors; most notably The Venoms, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng.

TV series

A Cantonese TV series named "Heroes Ten Tigers of Canton" (英雄廣東十虎) was shown on ATV in 2007.

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