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Real Kung Fu
''Real Kung Fu'' is a Hong Kong television series first broadcast on TVB in October 2005. The series is shown to celebrate TVB's 38th anniversary. It aired every weeknight at 10:05 to 11:05 pm (Hong Kong Time Hong Kong Time (abbreviation: HKT; ) is the time in Hong Kong, observed at UTC+08:00 all year round. The Hong Kong Observatory is the official timekeeper of the Hong Kong Time. It is indicated as Asia/Hong_Kong in the IANA time zone database. ...). Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' Viewership ratings References External linksTVB.com''Real Kung Fu'' - Official Website {{in lang, zh TVB dramas Martial arts television series Television series set in the Qing dynasty 2005 Hong Kong television series debuts 2005 Hong Kong television series endings Television shows set in Guangdong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao (born Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has also worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. He was one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School along with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Yuen Biao has appeared in over 130 films. He has played roles in eight television series for the Hong Kong channel TVB. Early life Born Ha Lingchun () in Hong Kong in 1957, he was the fifth child in a family of eight children. At the age of six he was enrolled at the Peking Opera School ''The China Drama Academy''. He was given the stage name Yuen Biao (Little Tiger) and trained alongside schoolmates Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah and several others, under master Yu Jim-yuen, who would later become famous in Hong Kong cinema. He quickly showed a talent for acrobatics. According to Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Wah-bo
Wong Wah-bo was a martial artist and an opera singer of the late Qing Dynasty. Wong Wah-bo is a notable figure in development of martial art Wing Chun, which is known for its poorly documented history, and is recognized as being part of various contemporary Wing Chun lineages' history. Background Not much was known about his childhood life except that he was born in Heshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire during the late Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. From the Daoguang to Xianfeng period, Wong made a living as an opera singer of the Red Boat Opera Company, often played as Guan Yu, and was first trained by Leung Lan-kwai (梁蘭桂) in an unnamed martial arts boxing skill and later with Leung Yee-tai (梁二娣) in exchange for his Six-and-a-Half Point Pole skill. He retired at the age of 60 and moved to Qingyun Street, Kuai Zi, Foshan. At Foshan he trained his students, whom included Leung Jan, whom he was introduced by Yee-tai. Due to both of them were from Gulao (古勞) Villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Hong Kong Television Series Debuts
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Television Series Set In The Qing Dynasty
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival stora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Arts Television Series
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. In these short, witty poems he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances, and romanticises his provincial upbringing. He wrote a total of 1,561 epigrams, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. Martial has been called the greatest Latin epigrammatist, and is considered the creator of the modern epigram. Early life Knowledge of his origins and early life are derived almost entirely from his works, which can be more or less dated according to the well-known events to which they refer. In Book X of his ''Epigrams'', composed between 95 and 98, he mentions celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday; hence he was born during March 38, 39, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The Company was incorporated on July 26, 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was Chairman from 1980 to 2011, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is known primarily for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Wu
Jack Wu Lok Yin (born 23 August 1977) is a television actor and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB. Jack debuted as a singer by joining singing competition and released two albums in 1997 before joining TVB as an artist. Personal life Jack Wu was born on 23 August 1977. His name Lok Yin is artist name. He came from a simple family where his dad was a fireman and his mom was a seamstress. He has a little brother. Romantic sparks between him and his wife, June Chan (who was also a TVB Artist, now Social Media Influencer) during the filming of ''The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow ''The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow'' () is a Hong Kong comedy television drama produced by Siu Hin-fai and TVB. It originally aired on TVB Jade from 27 January to 21 February 2003. According to legend, Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing dynasty may n ....'' They got married in 2009 and have 3 children now. Filmography TV Series TV Show (Host) Discography References External linksOfficial TVB Blog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmaine Li
Charmaine Li (born January 8, 1983) is an actress, model, business owner, and spokesperson in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. She had a decade-long career in TVB. Li now focuses on business development and movies. Early life On 8 January 1983, Li was born in British Hong Kong. Li graduated from Belilios Public School. Education In 2004, Li graduated from School of Drama at The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong. Career From 2004 to 2014, Li worked under Television Broadcasts Limited Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB .... After 2014, Li stopped acting to focus on business development. Li is a business woman. Li and her husband Ricky Fan co-invested in an online diamond business. Li and her husband also have business investments in a restau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Wah-shun
Chan Wah-shun ( 1849 – 1913), nicknamed Money Changer Wah (找錢華) and Money Clutcher Wah (爪錢華), was a student of the Wing Chun grandmaster Leung Jan (梁贊). He is noted for being the martial arts teacher of Ip Man. Background Born in Shunde District, Foshan in 1849, Chan ran a currency exchange stall near Dit Da and Wing Chun practitioner Leung Jan's herbal medicine clinic in Foshan. He carried heavy loads of coins every day, and so developed great strength over the years. In 1884, his son Chan Yu-gum (陳汝錦) was born. In 1888, Leung Jan's physical health had begun to decline and his sons, including Leung Bik (梁壁 Liáng Bì; loeng4 bik1) and Leung Chun (梁春 loeng4 cheun1), had left Foshan to make a living. They had no intention of taking over his training hall, named Wing Sang Tong (榮生堂), also known as Jan Sang Tong (贊生堂), which was looked after by his student Lee Wah (李華), nicknamed Woodman Wah (木人華). While searching for a suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timmy Hung
Timmy Hung Tin-ming (born 1 July 1974) is a Hong Kong actor. He is the eldest son of Sammo Hung. Background He was born in Hong Kong as the eldest son of martial arts superstar Sammo Hung and Sammo's Korean first wife Jo Eun-ok (曹恩玉). His younger brothers are Jimmy Hung and Sammy Hung. His only sister is Stephanie Hung. Personal life He married actress Janet Chow in 2012 after a few years of dating, and their son Hung Dai-yan (洪大仁) was born in 2013. In April 2015, they had a second son, Hung King-xi (洪竟琋). Filmography Film Television series References External links * * Timmy Hung Tin-Mingat the Hong Kong Movie Database The Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDB) is a bilingual (English and Chinese) website started in 1995 by Hong Kong resident Ryan Law to provide a repository for information about movies originating from Hong Kong and the people who created them. T ... Hong Kong Cinemagic: Timmy Hung Tin Ming {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung, Timmy 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leung Yee-tai
Leung Yee-tai was a Wing Chun master of the late Qing Dynasty. Background Leung Yee-tai had become associated with Tiandihui and anti-Qing Dynasty resistance. He was a strong boatman who steered a riverboat by pushing a long pole against the river bottom. A Shaolin monk Chi Sin (至善禪師) saw that he was a natural successor to the Southern Shaolin pole fighting skill called ''six and a half point long pole''. He taught Wong Wah-bo his pole fighting skill in exchange for the Wing Chun fist-fighting skill. Though he was a student of Wong in Wing Chun, he was actually Wong's sifu in the pole fighting skill. Wong modified the pole fighting skills using Wing Chun principles. The modified pole skill had since part of Wing Chun skills set. He met Leung Jan of Foshan, a young herbal doctor, when he was sick. He then trained Leung Jan when he was already an old man at over sixty years of age. He went on to introduce Jan to Wong. Because both of Wong and Jan were from Gulao (古� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Shiu
Maggie Shiu (born February 27, 1965) is a prominent Hong Kong actress. Career Her career began in 1985 when she joined Hong Kong TVB. As her career developed, she took on variety of roles in TV series and movies. Hong Kong audiences still remember her first appearance in Jacky Cheung's music video "輕撫你的臉" and her performance as Princess Fragrant in ''Take Care, Your Highness!'' (皇上保重). Overseas, Maggie has gained a wider audience with roles as Xiaozhao (小昭) in ''New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre'' (倚天屠龍刀), Shek Yi-Ming (石伊明) in '' Blood of Good and Evil'' (我本善良), Cin Kiu (展翹) in '' The Breaking Point'' (今生無悔), Wai Hoi-Yi (韋海怡) in '' Conscience'' (第三類法庭), Anson Man (萬安生) in '' Healing Hands'' (妙手仁心), Sylvia Hong (康雅言) in ''The Gem of Life'' (珠光寶氣), Officer Kat in '' PTU'', and Mrs. Big D in ''Election''. Since 2004 Siu has been nominated several times at the Hong Kong Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
