Posts Tagged ‘Talks on Chinese Characters’

Kungfu Master Donnie Yen

datePosted on February 22nd, 2012 by China Wiki

Name Donnie Yen Born 27 July 1963, Canton, China Background Born to a newspaper editor and a martial arts master, Yen began practising tai chi and wushu at the age of four. At 16 he [Read More...]

Mismatched Couples

datePosted on February 22nd, 2012 by China Wiki

1985 (Lead) This lightweight comedy capitalized on the breakdancing phenomenon. A very young Donnie Yen tries to romance an upper class girl while also arranging a match for his sister. In the [Read More...]

Ode to Gallantry

datePosted on February 20th, 2012 by China Wiki

Ode to Gallantry (侠客行) is a Chinese Wuxia novel by Louis Cha. It was first published in 1965. The novel got its title from a poem of the same title writOde to Gallantry (侠客行) is a [Read More...]

Writing of Chinese Characters

datePosted on February 20th, 2012 by China Wiki

Every Chinese character is composed of several strokes, which include the horizontal stroke, vertical stroke, a long left-falling stroke, dot, right-falling knife-shaped stroke, short right-rising [Read More...]

Bandits from Shantung (1972)

datePosted on February 20th, 2012 by China Wiki

Directed by Huang Feng Written by Huang Feng Starring Chang YiPai YingHu ChinSammo HungChin Yuet SangTien MiYee YuenChow KongWilson TongCham Siu Hung Country Hong Kong Language Mandarin Bandits [Read More...]

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

datePosted on February 19th, 2012 by China Wiki

2 Directed by Liu Chia-Liang Produced by Mona FongRun Run Shaw Written by I Kuang Starring Gordon LiuLo Lieh Music by Chen Yung-Yu Cinematography Huang Yeh-tai Editing by Geung Hing LungLi [Read More...]

Satan Returns

datePosted on February 17th, 2012 by China Wiki

1996 (Lead/Action Director) (Selected: Fantasia Festival, Montreal, Canada) Also known as Devil 666, the movie is Wong Jing’s version of Seven combined with Evil Dead and Silence of the [Read More...]

Bodhidharma and the martial arts

datePosted on February 17th, 2012 by China Wiki

In the south Indian state of Kerala (the homeland of kalaripayat), Bodhidharma is remembered as both a kalari master and as the "father of Han-Chinese Shaolin Fist"[50]. The Yi Jin Jing [Read More...]

Avenging Eagle (1978)

datePosted on February 16th, 2012 by China Wiki

Directed by Chung Sun Produced by Sir Run Run Shaw Starring Ti LungAlexander Fu ShengKu FengWang Lung WeiEddie KoAustin Wai Distributed by Shaw Brothers Studio Release date(s) 1978 Country Hong [Read More...]

Iron Monkey (1977)

datePosted on February 16th, 2012 by China Wiki

Iron Monkey (“School of Shaolin (USA)”, Bloody Monkey Master) is a Shaw Brothers martial arts film directed by, and starring Chen Kuan Tai, as a Shaolin Temple trained Monkey Kung Fu [Read More...]

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