On this day, 116 years ago, on April 27, 1909 (March 8, 1909, the lunar calendar), Huo Yuanjia made a sensation on Shanghai Beach. Huo Yuanjia In the spring of 1909, American strongman Opiyin went to Shanghai to perform his skills and announced that he would wrestle with the Chinese. The newspaper disclosed that "Shanghai people were in an uproar", and some martial arts comrades immediately sent a quick letter inviting Hebei martial artist Huo Yuanjia to Shanghai to compete in skills. Huo took his student Liu Zhensheng to Shanghai and made an appointment to set up a competition with Opiyin at Zhang's Chunwei Garden on Jing 'an Temple Road, and signed a life-and-death document with him. As the game approached, Opiyin quietly fled and did not know where he was going. At this time, two other boxers were going to fight Huo. Huo Shiling competed with Liu Zhensheng, and the result was one win and one draw. The next day, Huo personally stepped in and defeated the boxer who drew with Liu Saicheng; later, he defeated a Japanese martial arts master living in Shanghai, making Huo famous. In order to retain Huo and his disciples to teach in Shanghai, martial arts enthusiasts set up a "Jingwu Gymnastics School" in Huangjiazhai, Zhabei, with Huo as the chief teacher and Liu Zhensheng and Zhao Hanjie as teachers. Stills of the TV series "Huo Yuanjia"