Mok Kwai-lan

Mok Kwai-lan
Born	15 October 1891(1891-10-15) Nanhai, Guangdong
Died	11 March 1982(1982-03-11) (aged 90) Hong Kong
Style	Chinese martial arts Hung Ga, Mok Gar
Occupation	Martial artist
Spouse	Wong Fei-hung

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mok.

Mok Kwai-lan
Traditional Chinese	莫桂蘭
Transcriptions Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Mok Kwai-lan

Mok Kwai-lan (Chinese: 莫桂蘭) was the fourth spouse of Lingnan martial arts grandmaster Wong Fei-hung. A native of Nanhai in Guangdong she married Wong when she was 19 and he was 60. Since Wong's previous wives had died young, he considered himself to be a hex on his wives and had sworn never again to take a wife; therefore although she would be his only spouse from the time of their marriage to his death, her union with him was as that of a concubine and not wife.

She moved to Hong Kong in the 1930s, continuing to school students in Wong's martial arts. From 1944 to 1969 she taught martial arts at the "Wong Fei-hung National Art Society" located on Gloucester Road in Hong Kong's Wanchai, later she would teach at the "Wong Fei-hung Physical Fitness Institute" until its close in 1980.

Portrayal in modern media

• Wong Fei Hung – Master of Kung Fu played by Rain Li
• Grace Under Fire played by Liu Xuan

References

• This article's content is based on that from the corresponding article on the Chinese Wikipedia.
• RTHK, Hong Kong Story, episode 12 (Cantonese)

Persondata
Name	Mok, Kwai-lan
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Short description
Date of birth	15 October 1891
Place of birth	Nanhai, Guangdong
Date of death	11 March 1982
Place of death	Hong Kong