Statue of Bruce Lee (Los Angeles)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Bruce Lee statue
File:Bruce Lee statue in Los Angeles.jpg
The statue in 2015
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Location Chinatown, Los Angeles
Material Bronze
Height 7 feet
Opening date June 15, 2013
Dedicated to Bruce Lee

A statue of Bruce Lee is located in Chinatown, Los Angeles, commemorating the martial artist of the same name.

History

The 7-foot bronze sculpture of Bruce Lee was created by an unknown artist in Guangzhou, China and depicts Lee in a martial arts stance and holding nunchucks.[1] It was transported to Los Angeles, California after a five-year effort by Lee's daughter Shannon, and is the only statue of her late father in the United States. Its unveiling occurred on June 15, 2013 to a crowd of hundreds, including ground-breaking Asian American actor James Hong. It was permanently installed on a commemorative pedestal and unveiled on September 28, 2018 at a ceremony attended by Shannon Lee and California State Senator Kevin de Leon.[1] Its permanent installation will not occur until the erection of spectator seating and a concrete plinth.[2]

Although born in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Lee opened a martial arts school in Los Angeles' Chinatown and was a fixture there during the filming of the 1960s television series The Green Hornet.[3] The statue is located near the pedestrian intersection of Sun Mun Way and Jung Jing Road in Chinatown's Central Plaza, not far from the life-size 1961 bronze statue of Sun Yat-Sen.[4] Weighing in at about 1,595 pounds (723.47 kg), the Bruce Lee statue has become a cultural mecca for Lee's fans, who are regularly seen taking selfies while poised in martial arts stances.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Bruce_Lee_(Los_Angeles)&oldid=727504123"