Film still of The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part 1: Wong Fei-hung's Whip that Smacks the Candle (1949)

The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part 1: Wong Fei-hung's Whip that Smacks the Candle, released in Hong Kong on 8 October 1949, was directed by Wu Pang and produced by Yongyao Film Company. This is the first film about the martial arts master Wong Fei Hung in Hong Kong cinematic history. The picture shows Kwan Tak Hing (as Wong Fei Hung) holding a three-sectioned steel whip and Tso Tat Wah (as Leung Foon) holding a red-tasselled spear.