Speaking of Wong Fei Hung

Not that martial arts movies have much to do with history but I mentioned Wong Fei Hung in the last post, and realized that the library does have at least three movies with him as a character:
Once upon a time in China & America DVD CHINESE FICTION ONC. This is part six in the series. The first three are pretty good, but I haven't seen 4-6.

Last Hero in China DVD CHINESE FICTION LAS aka Wong Fei Hong's Iron Rooster vs. Centipide. Also starring Jet Li (1993).

Drunken Master III DVD CHINESE FICTION DRU. Staring Willie Chi as Fei Hong. Apparently Liu Chia-Liang (director of the first Drunken Master) made this film to get back at Jackie Chan for not letting him direct Legend of Drunken Master (aka Drunken Master 2). I haven't seen this, but apparently it's mediocre.

An extensive list of movies about Wong Fei Hung is here. To my personal taste Drunken Master, Legend of Drunken Master, Iron Monkey and Once upon a Time in China are better choices than the three that the library has (although I recall Last Hero in China was good). Also Fong Sai Yuk 1 &2 (aka The Legend and The Legend 2), which is about Fong Sai Yuk, not Wong Fei Hung, but star Jet Li and are both excellent.

Oh, and unrelated to Chinese Folk Heroes is:
The Legend of Zu DVD CHINESE FICTION LEG which is pretty excellent (although not as good as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain). and
Shaolin Soccer DVD CHINESE FICTION SHA.