{"id":1978233,"date":"2023-07-20T07:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fans-flock-to-hong-kong-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-bruce-lees-death\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:38:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:38:28","slug":"fans-flock-to-hong-kong-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-bruce-lees-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fans-flock-to-hong-kong-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-bruce-lees-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans gather in Hong Kong to commemorate Bruce Lee&#8217;s death, 50 years later."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffans-flock-to-hong-kong-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-bruce-lees-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978233&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Fans \u2063Gather to Pay\u2063 Tribute to Bruce\u200c Lee on 50th\u200d Anniversary of His Death<\/h2>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>By\u200c Joyce Zhou and\u200d James Pomfret<\/p>\n<p>HONG \u200dKONG (Reuters) \u2013 Fans \u200dfrom Hong\u2063 Kong and around the\u2063 world gathered \u2063at \u200dthe feet\u200d of\u2062 a Bruce \u2063Lee statue\u200d on Thursday\u2062 to \u2064pay\u2064 tribute to\u2062 the late \u2063kung fu \u2062legend \u2064on \u2062the\u2064 50th \u2064anniversary of\u200c his untimely death.<\/p>\n<div \u200cid=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height:\u200c 50px;  text-align: center;\"> \u200c \t<script> \u200d \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\u200d googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u2062 });  \t<\/script> \u2063\u200c <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Standing \u2063in front of the \u200blife-size\u2062 bronze statue with Hong Kong\u2019s Victoria Harbour\u2064 behind them, a stream of \u2063fans snapped \u200cpictures,\u2064 bowed \u2062and laid\u200c down flowers. <\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Others performed moves from \u2063Lee\u2019s own brand\u200b of kung \u200cfu:\u200c \u201cJeet \u200bKune Do\u201d, \u2062and \u2064threw \u201cnunchucks\u201d \u2013 a chained double\u200c truncheon \u2062weapon that\u2062 was popularised by Lee in several\u2062 films.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Those who traveled \u2062to Hong\u2063 Kong for the anniversary  included people\u2063 from \u2063mainland\u2062 China, Asia and \u200cEurope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2062 have\u200b loved \u200cBruce Lee\u200c since\u200b I was very\u200c young,\u201d \u2062said Bruce Shin from South Korea who sported a \u2063brush cut and\u200b large framed \u2062sunglasses,\u2063 imitating\u2063 Lee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis\u200d body and figure was so\u200d mysterious. I wanted\u2062 to be\u200b like\u200c him \u200cand\u2063 did weight \u200ctraining for 50 years,\u201d Shin added \u200cwhile \u200cmaking high\u2063 pitched \u2063yelps \u2062and unleashing rapid-fire punches. <\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Lee,\u200d who \u2063was\u2062 born\u200d in\u2064 San Francisco but raised in\u2063 Hong \u200cKong, passed \u200baway \u200dat the age\u200c of 32 \u200bon July 20, 1973 from\u2062 a brain swelling, just days before\u2062 the \u200brelease \u200bof\u2064 his \u200dglobal blockbuster movie \u2062\u2018Enter the \u2064Dragon\u2019.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s contributions\u2063 to\u200b martial \u2063arts \u200band \u2062popular culture have inspired legions of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/k-pops-biggest-music-label-hybe-looks-to-lift-language-barrier-with-ai\/\" title=\"HYBE, K-pop's top label, aims to overcome language barriers using AI.\">global \u200dfans<\/a>. But some \u200csee\u2062 his legacy as\u200c a relic of the\u2063 past\u200b in \u200dthe former British colony.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 Wing Chun style of\u2063 Kung\u200b Fu that\u200b Lee \u200blearnt\u2062 from his former grandmaster \u200dIp Man,\u2064 is \u200dstill taught in \u200ba number\u2062 of schools, \u200bbut it has been a struggle\u200b to win new disciples\u200b in the \u2062high-octane, \u200bskyscraper stacked metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>One of \u200bLee\u2019s\u200c most famous maxims, \u201cBe water, my friend,\u201d from an\u2063 interview in \u20641971,\u2062 inspired\u2063 Hong \u2063Kong\u2019s\u200b 2019\u2019s\u2063 pro-democracy \u2062movement.<\/p>\n<p>It provided \u2064a template for months\u200b of wildcat, city-wide\u2063 protests against Beijing\u2019s \u200btightening\u2064 grip\u2063 of the global financial\u2062 hub, which returned \u2062to Chinese\u2063 rule \u2062in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you\u2064 have \u2064ever imagined that after half \u2063a century, one person could \u2063be remembered all\u2062 around\u200b the world?\u201d \u200dsaid\u200d Wong Yiu-keung, the chairman of the local \u200dBruce \u200bLee Club.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie \u2064Uekawa, from \u200dJapan, said Lee \u200ctranscended any \u2064one place.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s\u200d Chinese but he\u2019s cosmopolitan,\u2064 he\u2019s not bounded by \u200ba \u200dborder. He\u200c is\u200d a \u200bhuman \u200dbeing under \u2064the\u200c sky \u2026 We have \u2062to \u2063tell \u200bthe new generation about\u2063 him\u200c and \u200dwe\u2063 have to \u2064carry \u200con his \u200cspirit\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 (Writing by\u2062 James Pomfret; Editing by Emma Rumney)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/fans-flock-to-hong\/attachment\/file-photo-a-chinese-actor-performs-a-flying-kick-in\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/fans-flock-to-hong\/attachment\/file-photo-bouquets-of-flowers-offered-by-fans-for-the\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u200d  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Featured Stories:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u2062  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>CEO and President of 40\u200c Days\u2064 For Life, Shawn \u2064Carney discusses\u2062 DOD policy \u2062on abortion being \u201ccritical\u201d to military\u200d readiness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u2064 class=\"entry-content\"> \u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Ralph\u200c Norman discusses the two tiered \u200djustice system and his\u200b proposal to\u200b end\u200c \u201cDEI\u201d \u200boffices \u200din \u2064the\u200b U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Filmmaker and Co-Founder, The \u200bTruth About Cancer, Charlene\u2062 Bollinger \u200bdiscusses her\u200d new series \u201cRemedy\u201d \u200dcoming out on\u200d July \u206426th. 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