The Hong Kong Heritage Museum will honour the kung fu legend Bruce Lee this month with a pop-up exhibition. It is featuring items related to the star. It will also hold a day camp for primary school pupils.
The five-day camp will be part of the "Bruce Lee: a Timeless Classic" exhibition at the Sha Tin museum, which opens today. It pays tribute to the Hong Kong star who died on July 20, 1973.
Museum director Brian Lam says "Camp Bruce Lee", which starts this week, will be a great opportunity for children to find out more about the legend's life and thinking. It will also be a way to build friendships with other participants.
"Camp Bruce Lee usually takes place in different cities in the United States. We have been working with the Bruce Lee Foundation and making the camp happen in Hong Kong for the first time," he says.
The camp will include workshops on the star's philosophy of "be water, my friend" using sand arts.
It will explain jeet kune do, a martial arts philosophy Bruce Lee invented, including basic postures, punches and kicks. The participants will meet Lee's daughter Shannon online to share what they have learned on the last day.
30 lucky winners
Brian says the museum received about 100 applications in June, and chose 30 Primary Four to Six students to take part.
"We set a small number because it will be the first time Hong Kong hosts the camp. We intend to host more camps in the future," he says.
Brian says the biggest challenge in making the pop-up display was not to make it the same as "A Man Beyond the Ordinary: Bruce Lee", a showcase of 400 exhibits which is already at the museum.
The pop-up display focuses on popular culture inspired by Lee – from films, comics and animation to action figures, including a life-size statue of the star holding nunchucks.
Youth and experience
Bruce Lee started acting when he was just a boy. The film The Kid, in which he played a badly behaved orphan, will be shown at 2pm on July 22 at the museum. A talk will be held afterwards for 300 people.
Lee paired up with old actor Yee Chau-shui in The Kid, creating a contrast between youth and experience. The movie shows that kindness can exist in a harsh and dangerous world.
Actress Alice Fung and film fan Sam Ho will host a discussion on the movie's plot, and share their stories and views on filmmaking methods and Bruce Lee's acting career. All the events are free of charge.
Fun facts
Bruce Lee is famous for making Chinese martial arts popular in Europe and the United States. He did this by acting in a series of movies in the 1970s. He also taught martial arts to many people.
Quick questions
- Where is the Heritage Museum?
- Which martial arts weapon is mentioned in the story?
- How many years is it since Bruce Lee died?
Photo: Shutterstock
