Wuxia resources

[Zenshiite]

Good article. I was pleasantly surprised to see it when I logged on yesterday.

[ghostexorcist]

I started a thread a while back about a book called Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts Novel, which lays out the origin of the wuxia novel.

See here:

http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/foru...051#post946051

I never finished reading the book, though. It was just so darn scholastically dry that I lost interest in it. And when I say dry, I mean Sahara desert dry. I read alot of scholarly books, so I know all about the various levels of literary aridness and this book tops the chart.

[SimonM]

I discovered an interesting Wuxia fansite.

Check it out.

http://sevensages.genreverse.com/

[TenTigers]

I happen to really prefer the wu xia Mo Hop Peen to the more modern types of film. I like the fantasy mixed with martial morality, and fantastic powers/prowess.
These come to mind:
Heaven Sword Dragon Saber,
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Condor Heroes
Swordsman
What are your faves? Recommendations?

[mickey]

Hi TenTigers,

Of the new era swordplay movies, I enjoyed the Chinese Ghost Story films.

I did like Swordsman because it did not portray women as bit players. I also enjoyed the scene when the defeated master lost his tooth biting the food: "Am I biting this or is it biting me?"

I prefer some of the earlier stuff:

Sentimental Swordsman parts one and two

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Killer Constable



mickey

[Jimbo]

Off the top of my head:

Last Hurrah For Chivalry.

Kid With the Golden Arm (actually more of a kung fu/wuxia pian).

The B@st@rd Swordsman.

Return of the B@st@rd Swordsman.

The One-Armed Swordsman (original).

The Deadly Breaking Sword.

The House of Traps.

The Sword.

The Bells of Death.

The Sentimental Swordsman.

Return of the Sentimental Swordsman.

The Flag of Iron (could be loosely considered a wuxia pian).

Brothers Five.

[mickey]

Well,

Since Jimbo widened the field, I will have to add:

Clutch of Power

Gang Master



mcikey

[jethro]

Some great ones listed. My favorite is Sword Stained with Royal Blood with Yuen Biao. Some others not listed yet-

Avenging Eagle
The Magic Blade
5 Element Ninja
Shaolin Prince
Shaolin Intruders
Face Behind the Mask
Miraculous Flower
Hero with Jet Li
House of Flying Daggers
Green Snake
Bride with White Hair

[SimonM]

Want to try your hand at writing some wuxia short fiction?

Check this out: The official page for the Wuxia Anthology.

[SimonM]

So anybody thinking about submitting?

[ngokfei]

http://www.ancientchinese.net/index.php

[SimonM]

Nice find, thanks.

[GeneChing]

Wuxia writing & whiskey. wow.

Chinese tourist pays $10,000 for a single whiskey shot at Swiss bar
BY ALEX LINDER IN NEWS ON AUG 10, 2017 4:50 PM



How much would you pay for a shot of whiskey? $10? $100? How about, $10,000?
Because that's apparently how much one Chinese tourist forked out to gulp down a shot of Macallan at the luxury Waldhaus Hotel's Devil's Place Whiskey Bar in Switzerland last week.
The whiskey was made in 1878 by the revered Scotch maker Macallan. As the last of its kind, it could be the most expensive whiskey in the world.



Meanwhile, the wealthy whiskey enthusiast wasn't just any deep-pocketed tourist, but Zhang Wei, China's highest-paid online novelist, beloved by fans for his series of wuxia novels. Last week, he stunned Weibo with a post describing how he had paid 9,999 Swiss francs ($10,331) for just a single shot of whiskey.
“I was in Switzerland and saw a 100-year-old whiskey. I didn’t spend long weighing up whether to get it,” he wrote. “In a nutshell, it tasted good. I was drinking not so much the whiskey but a lot of history.”
Zhang also noted that the 139-year-old whiskey was older than his 82-year-old grandmother who he had brought along for his trip to Switzerland.



After reports of Zhang's extravagant purchase went viral, rumors started to circulate that the Macallan was, in fact, a forgery, prompting the hotel to submit its bottle of 1878 Macallan for "extremely rigorous" testing, a process which could take several months.

[GeneChing]

NOT 10K after all.

World's priciest whisky bought by Chinese millionaire revealed to be fake


Zhang Wei, centre, splashed out £7,600 on the world's most expensive whisky shot in the Waldhaus am See hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland CREDIT: SANDRO BERNASCONI

Nicola Smith, taipei
2 NOVEMBER 2017 • 12:48PM

When Chinese millionaire, Zhang Wei, splashed out £7,600 on the world’s most expensive whisky shot in a Swiss bar, he boasted to his fans that it was the same age as his great, great grandmother would have been – 139 years old.

Unfortunately for the martial arts fantasy writer, the headlines generated not only admiration, but suspicion by experts who doubted the authenticity of the spirit’s true provenance when they spotted discrepancies in the bottle’s cork and label.

An analysis from Scottish experts has now confirmed that Mr Zhang was unwittingly duped into buying a fake dram, and the Waldhaus am See hotel in St Moritz has recently flown its manager, Sandro Bernasconi, to China to reimburse him, reported the BBC.


Analysis has shown the whisky was not as advertised CREDIT: DAVID CHESKIN/PA WIRE

The whisky had been poured from an unopened bottle labelled as an 1878 Macallan single malt, and Mr Zhang’s shot is believed to have been the largest sum ever paid for a poured dram of Scotch. Had the bottle been genuine, it would have been worth £227,000.

When doubts emerged about its provenance, the hotel sent the whisky to specialists in Dunfermline who carried out carbon dating tests that showed it was probably made between 1970 and 1972. Further lab tests revealed it was probably a blended a Scotch and not a single malt.

Mr Bernasconi flew to China to break the bad news to Mr Zhang and to pay him back but he said the author was not angry. “He thanked me very much for the hotel’s honesty,” he told the BBC.

Wuxia writing + whiskey = fake