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Lake Washington is the largest lake in Seattle, and it has beautiful scenery. Therefore, one of the most famous cemeteries in the United States was built in the West Bank, and most of the people buried here have made great contributions to society, such as Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's tomb is located on the south side of the cemetery, and it is easy to find when you look around. A reddish-brown marble tombstone is Bruce Lee's tomb. On Bruce Lee's tombstone, there are not only his photo, but also his English name and Chinese name (Li Zhenfan), and the year and month (November 27, 194-July 2, 1973). On the right side of Bruce Lee's tomb is the tomb of his eldest son, Brandon Lee. The tombstone is black irregular marble, which is a silhouette of a man from the side. In front of the graves of the father and son, there are a lot of flowers and fruits. According to the cemetery staff, there are tens of thousands of people who mourn Bruce Lee every year, which is enough to show Bruce Lee's influence in the world.
In the eyes of readers, especially those who practice martial arts, Bruce Lee is not only an idol, but also a god-like existence. Some people even say that although Bruce Lee died, his spirit lives on forever. According to records, Bruce Lee's real name is Li Zhenfan, and his ancestral home is in Shunde, Guangdong. In 193s, Bruce Lee's father Li Haiquan fled to Seattle with his wife, and Bruce Lee was born in Seattle soon after. Bruce Lee grew up in the Chinese community in Seattle, so he was exposed to China Kung Fu, and he had a great talent in Kung Fu since he was a child. He could understand many difficult moves once he saw them. Later, Bruce Lee returned to China with his parents, which was the first time he went home after his birth. At the age of 14, he fell under the door of Ip Man and began to learn martial arts systematically.
Bruce Lee not only learned Wing Chun, but also came into contact with other martial arts, such as Tai Ji Chuan, Hongquan and Shaolin Boxing, etc. Soon, Bruce Lee became a young talent in Guangdong martial arts. Later, Bruce Lee returned to the United States, and at the same time, he promoted China Kung Fu in the United States. From the earliest opening of the martial arts school to the later filming, such as Jingwumen, the Raptors Crossing the River and enter the dragon, Bruce Lee became a world-class Kung Fu superstar. However, just as Bruce Lee was becoming popular, he died suddenly in Hongkong at the age of 33, which shocked the whole country for a time.
Bruce Lee's death was sudden, so the cause of his death is still a mystery. To sum up Bruce Lee's short life, there are three main contributions: First, he made China Kung Fu really go abroad for the first time, and pushed China Kung Fu to the whole world. Some experts even said that Bruce Lee made one third of the people in the world know China Kung Fu, so today Bruce Lee's fans are all over the world. Secondly, Bruce Lee started a new chapter in martial arts movies, because few people would watch kung fu movies before Bruce Lee, such as love and war movies were the mainstream at that time, so the appearance of Bruce Lee changed the sluggish state of kung fu movies. Thirdly, Bruce Lee founded Jeet Kune Do, which is not only a martial art, but also a philosophical thought of practicing martial arts and discussing Taoism.
It is worth mentioning that there is a sentence written on Bruce Lee's tombstone, "Infinity is the limit, and there is no law", and this sentence is also the core essence of Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do. Modern martial arts experts say that the word Jeet Kune Do can be understood separately, in which "interception" means interception and blocking, "fist" means attacking with fists, and "Tao" means method, and comprehensive understanding is the method of cracking the opponent's moves, and this method is "taking infinity as the limit and taking the impossibility as the law". The so-called "infinity" and "finiteness" are a set of philosophical concepts. People's ability is "finite", but Wushu itself is infinite. The so-called "impossible" and "law" are a set of methodological concepts. The human method is "law", but the martial arts method is "impossible".
For martial arts practitioners, practicing Jeet Kune Do should integrate their limited self into the infinite martial arts; No matter how capable a person is, his methods are limited, so he can't stick to his own laws, but should see the impossibility of Wushu itself. For us ordinary readers, because we have no experience in martial arts, it is difficult to understand the mystery, but we can understand it by putting it another way, that is, as the ancients said, "to achieve the realm of no self."
Now, Bruce Lee has been away from us for a long time, but his movies, his martial arts and his spirit have always inspired countless people who practice martial arts to forge ahead. Even a person who does not practice martial arts is full of admiration for Bruce Lee.
References:
Biography of Bruce Lee Author: Jie Zheng, Press: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press
Wen Xiu Cai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, this article was written by a special historical writer: Liu Lijiang's.