Travel China-Wuyi mountain Roaring Tiger Rock & A Ray of sky 武夷山
From Xiamen or FuZhou (Fujian provice, China) to Wuyi mountain, can take train or fligh. It was rated as a must go place amount the best tourism spot at China. As Chinese saying: You have no interesting on other mountains after you had climbed Wuyi mountains.
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Wuyishan Hot Attractions
The Wuyi Mountains are a mountain range located in the prefecture of Nanping, in northern Fujian province. The mountains have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for cultural, scenic, and biodiversity values since 1999. There are many sites here: Heavenly Tour Peak; Nine Bend River; Big Red Robe; Tiger Roaring Rock...
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Lianshi Boat Boxing, Four Gates Spear
Liànshì Chuán Quán, Sì Mén Qiāng
(Lianshi city Boat Boxing, Four Gates Spear)
Lianshi Town is located in Hangzhou prefecture along the Jianghang canal between lake Taihu and Hangzhou bay.
The Yangtze delta area is rich in terms of fish and rice production as well as being known for it's artisans and craftsmen and it's position as a major hub of trade.
The local martial arts show many influences from various areas of China. It is not uncommon to see martial arts forms from as far north as Henan or Shandong or south from Fujian and Zhejiang. Because of this the local martial arts show a wide range of forms and influences from all across China.
This area is crisscrossed with swamps, rivers, streams, canals, ponds, and lakes.
Traditionally boats have always been the main form of transport in this region and many of the cities are built along bodies of water and have series of small canals leading into the city to connect them to the rivers, and canals which serve as roads in the area.
In this region the various native martial arts practiced in the canal or river towns and along the coast are often referred to as Chuan Quan Boat Boxing.
Outside this area many people are confused about this term and believe it refers to a specific style of martial arts. However it is actually used across a wide area spreading for hundreds of miles around the area surrounding Yangtze river delta as a general term for the martial arts practiced in the various towns and villages built on the waterways, coast, or islands.
Generally the term is followed by the name of the locality, in this instance Lianshi Chuan Quan (Lianshi Boat Boxing) meaning the native martial arts practiced in Lianshi city.
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Wudang SiMing NeiJia Quan
SìMíng NèiJiā Quán,
This claims lineage from the Ming Dynasty teachings of Zhang SongXi, located in the Ningbo Area of Zhejiang.
This lineage contains many forms of boxing, weapons, and neigong. Interestingly they also have a form called Nán Bīng Quán which is the 32 posture form Qi Jiguang taught to his soldiers. According to local folklore general Qi had recruited Zhang SongXi and 12 of his martial brothers and students in Ningbo to help instruct his troops, although this is not likely and is not supported by historical evidence or local records.
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Humble Administrator’s Garden (Suzhou, China)
Humble Administrator’s Garden / 拙政园 / 拙政園 is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
On the garden's site was first built a garden during the Shaoxing period (1131-1162) of the Southern Song Dynasty. Afterwards it changed ownership, and was destroyed or modified continually. It was the residence and garden of Lu Guimeng, a Tang Dynasty scholar. Later in the Yuan Dynasty it became the Dahong Temple's garden.
In 1513, Wang Xiancheng, an Imperial Envoy and poet of the Ming Dynasty, created a garden on the site of the dilapidated Dahong Temple which had been burnt during the Ming conquest. In 1510, he retired to his native home of Suzhou on the occasion of his father's death. He had experienced a tumultuous official life punctuated by various demotions and promotions, and gave up his last official post as magistrate of Yongjia county in Zhejiang province, and began to work on the garden. This garden, meant to express his fine taste, received close attention from the renowned artist, Suzhou native, and friend, Wen Zhengming. The garden was named (first evidence around 1517) after a verse by the famous scholar official of the Jin Dynasty, Pan Yue, in his prose, An Idle Life, I enjoy a carefree life by planting trees and building my own house...I irrigate my garden and grow vegetables for me to eat...such a life suits a retired official like me well. This verse symbolized Wang's desire to retire from politics and adopt a hermit's life in the manner of Tao Yuanming. In the Xianju rhyme-prose, he writes 'This is the way of ruling for an unsuccessful politician'. It took 16 years until 1526 to complete. Wen Zhenming wrote an essay Notes of Wang's Humble Administrator's Garden, and painted Landscapes of the Humble Administrator's Garden in 1533 including 31 paintings and poems to commemorate the garden. Wen produced a second album of eight leaves showing sites in the garden in 1551, with different views but the same poems as in 1533.
Eastern Garden (Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside)
Wang's son lost the garden to pay gambling debts, and it has changed hands many times since. In 1631 the eastern garden was divided from the rest and purchased by Wang Xinyi, Vice Minister of the Justice Board. He added many modifications over the next four years, finishing work in 1635. After completion it was renamed Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside (歸田園居). The central garden was purchased by Jiang Qi, Governor of Jiangsu in 1738. After extensive renovations he renamed it Garden Rebuilt. In 1860, it became the residence of a Taiping prince, Li Xiucheng, and it was remodelled, and the current aspect of the garden is said to be inherited from this period. Also in 1738 the Western Garden was purchased by Ye Shikuan Chief Histographer, and renamed The Garden of Books. The Garden of Books was purchased by a Suzhou merchant, Zhang Lüqian, in 1877 and renamed The Subsidiary Garden. In 1949 all three parts of the garden were rejoined by the Chinese government and subsequently opened to the public, then restored in 1952. In 1997 the garden was given UNESCO World Heritage status.
Cao Xueqin, author of the Dream of the Red Chamber, is supposed to have lived at the garden during his teenage years – around 1735. Among Chinese scholars, it is believed that much of the garden in his novel Dream of the Red Chamber was inspired by the scenery of the Humble Administrator's Garden.
The garden contains numerous pavilions and bridges set among a maze of connected pools and islands. It consists of three major parts set about a large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan), the eastern part (once called Guitianyuanju, Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside), and a western part (the Supplementary Garden).
Eastern Garden: Composed of a few buildings around a central great lawn and pond combination. The lawn is ringed by a grove of crape myrtle trees which is an allusion to the Tang Dynasty State Secretariat which was nicknamed the Crape Myrtle Department.
Central Garden: This section is composed of many scenes arranged around the Surging Wave Pond. Within the pond three islands recreate the scenery of the fairy islands of the east sea.
Western Garden: This part is only half the size of the central part, and is also mainly dominated by water. The pond runs from north to south, and at the central part rises an islet. Although small, it is planned with meticulous care and precision. The buildings, though numerous, do not clutter, small mountains and ponds do not give a cramped impression.
Nine River Bend Bamboo Raft at Wuyi Mountain
The raft is made out of bamboo and it is about 1.5 hours in total. The cost is about 100 Yen and 10 per person for tips. You will not forget scenery along the river, simply the most beautiful place in Fujian. Also, please do not litter in the river.
Shaolin marathon in China's Henan Province, cradle of Kung Fu
An international marathon was staged on Sunday around Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Kung Fu, in Dengfeng City of Henan Province in central China.
Some 2,500 runners were off with hundreds of students Kung Fu show who were all from the martial arts schools in Dengfeng city, where more than 100,000 people from all over the world learn Kung Fu.
The route of Shaolin Marathon was ran around Shaolin Temple, Songyang Academy, Huishan Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and all of them were in the World Cultural Heritage List.
Wang Xiaoning won the men's title in 2 hours and 54 minutes.
Humble Administrator’s Garden / 拙政园 / 拙政園 (Slideshow)
Humble Administrator’s Garden / 拙政园 / 拙政園 is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
On the garden's site was first built a garden during the Shaoxing period (1131-1162) of the Southern Song Dynasty. Afterwards it changed ownership, and was destroyed or modified continually. It was the residence and garden of Lu Guimeng, a Tang Dynasty scholar. Later in the Yuan Dynasty it became the Dahong Temple's garden.
In 1513, Wang Xiancheng, an Imperial Envoy and poet of the Ming Dynasty, created a garden on the site of the dilapidated Dahong Temple which had been burnt during the Ming conquest. In 1510, he retired to his native home of Suzhou on the occasion of his father's death. He had experienced a tumultuous official life punctuated by various demotions and promotions, and gave up his last official post as magistrate of Yongjia county in Zhejiang province, and began to work on the garden. This garden, meant to express his fine taste, received close attention from the renowned artist, Suzhou native, and friend, Wen Zhengming. The garden was named (first evidence around 1517) after a verse by the famous scholar official of the Jin Dynasty, Pan Yue, in his prose, An Idle Life, I enjoy a carefree life by planting trees and building my own house...I irrigate my garden and grow vegetables for me to eat...such a life suits a retired official like me well. This verse symbolized Wang's desire to retire from politics and adopt a hermit's life in the manner of Tao Yuanming. In the Xianju rhyme-prose, he writes 'This is the way of ruling for an unsuccessful politician'. It took 16 years until 1526 to complete. Wen Zhenming wrote an essay Notes of Wang's Humble Administrator's Garden, and painted Landscapes of the Humble Administrator's Garden in 1533 including 31 paintings and poems to commemorate the garden. Wen produced a second album of eight leaves showing sites in the garden in 1551, with different views but the same poems as in 1533.
Eastern Garden (Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside)
Wang's son lost the garden to pay gambling debts, and it has changed hands many times since. In 1631 the eastern garden was divided from the rest and purchased by Wang Xinyi, Vice Minister of the Justice Board. He added many modifications over the next four years, finishing work in 1635. After completion it was renamed Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside (歸田園居). The central garden was purchased by Jiang Qi, Governor of Jiangsu in 1738. After extensive renovations he renamed it Garden Rebuilt. In 1860, it became the residence of a Taiping prince, Li Xiucheng, and it was remodelled, and the current aspect of the garden is said to be inherited from this period. Also in 1738 the Western Garden was purchased by Ye Shikuan Chief Histographer, and renamed The Garden of Books. The Garden of Books was purchased by a Suzhou merchant, Zhang Lüqian, in 1877 and renamed The Subsidiary Garden. In 1949 all three parts of the garden were rejoined by the Chinese government and subsequently opened to the public, then restored in 1952. In 1997 the garden was given UNESCO World Heritage status.
Cao Xueqin, author of the Dream of the Red Chamber, is supposed to have lived at the garden during his teenage years – around 1735. Among Chinese scholars, it is believed that much of the garden in his novel Dream of the Red Chamber was inspired by the scenery of the Humble Administrator's Garden.
The garden contains numerous pavilions and bridges set among a maze of connected pools and islands. It consists of three major parts set about a large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan), the eastern part (once called Guitianyuanju, Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside), and a western part (the Supplementary Garden).
Eastern Garden: Composed of a few buildings around a central great lawn and pond combination. The lawn is ringed by a grove of crape myrtle trees which is an allusion to the Tang Dynasty State Secretariat which was nicknamed the Crape Myrtle Department.
Central Garden: This section is composed of many scenes arranged around the Surging Wave Pond. Within the pond three islands recreate the scenery of the fairy islands of the east sea.
Western Garden: This part is only half the size of the central part, and is also mainly dominated by water. The pond runs from north to south, and at the central part rises an islet. Although small, it is planned with meticulous care and precision. The buildings, though numerous, do not clutter, small mountains and ponds do not give a cramped impression.
Humble Administrator’s Garden Tour / 拙政园 / 拙政園
Humble Administrator’s Garden / 拙政园 / 拙政園 is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
On the garden's site was first built a garden during the Shaoxing period (1131-1162) of the Southern Song Dynasty. Afterwards it changed ownership, and was destroyed or modified continually. It was the residence and garden of Lu Guimeng, a Tang Dynasty scholar. Later in the Yuan Dynasty it became the Dahong Temple's garden.
In 1513, Wang Xiancheng, an Imperial Envoy and poet of the Ming Dynasty, created a garden on the site of the dilapidated Dahong Temple which had been burnt during the Ming conquest. In 1510, he retired to his native home of Suzhou on the occasion of his father's death. He had experienced a tumultuous official life punctuated by various demotions and promotions, and gave up his last official post as magistrate of Yongjia county in Zhejiang province, and began to work on the garden. This garden, meant to express his fine taste, received close attention from the renowned artist, Suzhou native, and friend, Wen Zhengming. The garden was named (first evidence around 1517) after a verse by the famous scholar official of the Jin Dynasty, Pan Yue, in his prose, An Idle Life, I enjoy a carefree life by planting trees and building my own house...I irrigate my garden and grow vegetables for me to eat...such a life suits a retired official like me well. This verse symbolized Wang's desire to retire from politics and adopt a hermit's life in the manner of Tao Yuanming. In the Xianju rhyme-prose, he writes 'This is the way of ruling for an unsuccessful politician'. It took 16 years until 1526 to complete. Wen Zhenming wrote an essay Notes of Wang's Humble Administrator's Garden, and painted Landscapes of the Humble Administrator's Garden in 1533 including 31 paintings and poems to commemorate the garden. Wen produced a second album of eight leaves showing sites in the garden in 1551, with different views but the same poems as in 1533.
Eastern Garden (Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside)
Wang's son lost the garden to pay gambling debts, and it has changed hands many times since. In 1631 the eastern garden was divided from the rest and purchased by Wang Xinyi, Vice Minister of the Justice Board. He added many modifications over the next four years, finishing work in 1635. After completion it was renamed Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside (歸田園居). The central garden was purchased by Jiang Qi, Governor of Jiangsu in 1738. After extensive renovations he renamed it Garden Rebuilt. In 1860, it became the residence of a Taiping prince, Li Xiucheng, and it was remodelled, and the current aspect of the garden is said to be inherited from this period. Also in 1738 the Western Garden was purchased by Ye Shikuan Chief Histographer, and renamed The Garden of Books. The Garden of Books was purchased by a Suzhou merchant, Zhang Lüqian, in 1877 and renamed The Subsidiary Garden. In 1949 all three parts of the garden were rejoined by the Chinese government and subsequently opened to the public, then restored in 1952. In 1997 the garden was given UNESCO World Heritage status.
Cao Xueqin, author of the Dream of the Red Chamber, is supposed to have lived at the garden during his teenage years – around 1735. Among Chinese scholars, it is believed that much of the garden in his novel Dream of the Red Chamber was inspired by the scenery of the Humble Administrator's Garden.
The garden contains numerous pavilions and bridges set among a maze of connected pools and islands. It consists of three major parts set about a large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan), the eastern part (once called Guitianyuanju, Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside), and a western part (the Supplementary Garden).
Eastern Garden: Composed of a few buildings around a central great lawn and pond combination. The lawn is ringed by a grove of crape myrtle trees which is an allusion to the Tang Dynasty State Secretariat which was nicknamed the Crape Myrtle Department.
Central Garden: This section is composed of many scenes arranged around the Surging Wave Pond. Within the pond three islands recreate the scenery of the fairy islands of the east sea.
Western Garden: This part is only half the size of the central part, and is also mainly dominated by water. The pond runs from north to south, and at the central part rises an islet. Although small, it is planned with meticulous care and precision. The buildings, though numerous, do not clutter, small mountains and ponds do not give a cramped impression.
Weapons of Anhui's Eastern Township Boxing
Dongxiang Quan Eastern Township Boxing Weapons forms
Chang Tiao Chi Long Ruler (Tie Chi / Iron Ruler) and Bawang Gun Hegemon King's Staff demonstrated by 44 year old Zhao Zhihong.
Xian Ren Bei San Immortal Carries Umbrella Over Back Staff set by 67 year old Zhang Benbao.
Dongxiang Quan is practiced in Anhui province, Anqing prefecture, Zongyang county's Chenhu region. Formerly part of Tongcheng county's Eastern Township administrative area.
Practitioners of this system trace their origins to Anqing's Zhang clan.
The Zhang's were one of Anhui's most famous military families. From the Tang to the Qing they produced countless military officers including having famous generals in nearly every dynasty from Tang to Qing.
During the Ming dynasty they became closely tied to the neighboring Zhao clan through a series of marriages.
In this way the Zhao clan came into possession of the Zhang clan's secret martial traditions.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties various members of the two clans occasionally instructed members of neighboring families in the martial arts.
By the late Qing dynasty the Chenhu region of Anqing's Eastern Township, the home of both the Zhang and Zhao clans, had become famous for it's boxing methods.
The mid Qing dynasty saw the peak of the Dongxiang martial arts' fame.
Today there are very few young people taking up the practice and like many of China's older traditional styles Dongxiang Quan is facing an uncertain future.
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Songxi Liu Bu Quan, Six Step Boxing
SōngXī Liù Bù Quán
(Songxi Six Step Boxing)
Six Step Boxing is the major set of the SongXi boxing school.
The SongXi school is named for Ming Dynasty Taoist Zhang SongXi, a native of the Ningbo area of Zhejiang. He was memorialized by a major official advisor for one of the later Ming emperors.
Later during the Ming - Qing transition period a well known scholar wrote a memorial for Wang Zhengnan, a recently deceased boxer of his lineage. This memorial claimed that the style had originated with Zhang Sanfeng. This was the first time that the legendary Taoist teacher Zhang Sanfeng was co-opted into a martial lineage. This memorial was also the first to use the terms Neijia and Waijia and to associated them with Wudang and Shaolin respectively.
Rather than being an actual memorial for a dead boxer it was in fact a thinly veiled criticism of the foreign Manchu government. The adoption of Zhang Sanfeng as symbolic founder and the coining of the terms Neijia and Waijia were part of this criticism.
It is noteworthy that the in the earlier essay on Zhang Songxi and his system there was never any mention of Zhang Sanfeng, Wudang, Neijia, Waijia, or any difference from, or opposition to, Shaolin or any of the other local schools.
The modern Songxi system claims lineage from Zhang Songxi. The school it's self seems to appear in Sichuan during the Qing-Republican transition period. It is claimed that it was brought there a generation or two previous from Zhejiang, but exactly when and by whom, I have never been able to find out. There are other systems from Zhejiang which also claim lineage from Zhang Songxi some of which have some resemblance to Songxi style, although many have none.
This style was also brought to Wudang sometime in the last 30 years and is taught there in an altered form with a recently constructed fictional history attached.
China Tea Expo 2011
China Tea Expo 2011 was held in Guangzhou, China with music entertainment and tea preparation.
Some area in China, drinking tea is not just beverage. It is an art of life. It blends into life to admire the nature and relaxation. Besides the expensive tea leaf, the tea set and accessories could cost a fortune.
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Hubei, Bear Gate Boxing
Xióng Mén Quán (Bear Gate Boxing)
During the Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing era 1796-1820 A.D. A man from Jingshan county by the name of Xiong Kaiyuan began to study the local folk martial arts and to collect the various ancient routines and training methods practiced in the area. These forms were transmitted through several generations of the Xiong family before his grandson Xiong Yuting began openly teaching the people of Jingshan county.
This system originates with the ancient folk martial arts of central Hubei. The martial tradition in this area is said to trace back to the LiuLin (Greenwood Mountain) rebellion which overthrew usurper Wang Mang's Xin dynasty in 23 A.D. thus inaugurating the Eastern Han dynasty.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT2-ZHAO JIPING
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STORY: ZHAO JIPING
LOCATION: BERLIN
DATE:FEBRUARY 16 2000
Zhao Jiping is China's foremost film music composer and responsible for the scores for over 17 films, including some of the most famous Chinese language movies of the past decade. He flew into Berlin during the city's recent film festival to launch a CD featuring some of his best music.
Zhao Jiping's music is featured in BREAKING SILENCE, directed by SUN ZHEN and starring Gong Li, which was given a special screening at the Festival, where Gong Li was president of the jury.
Among the other successful films Jiping has composed scores for are FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, directed by CHEN KAIGE, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1994, and RAISE THE RED LANTERN, also nominated for the same award the year before. In both movies, the music is crucial to establishing the atmosphere of the stories. `Farewell My Concubine' won the 1994 BAFTA for Best film not in the English language.
Jiping is prolific and usually writes the scores for at least one movie a year, but more often crams 3 movie scores into a single 12 month period. Unlike many composers who work only from the finished film, Jiping is so flexible that he often writes the score first, and the director shoots from that.
Despite his impressive body of music, Jiping didn't get involved with film until 1983, when a couple of recently graduated film students were searching for a composer of a similar mindset and age. Since then, he hasn't looked back.
Now Jiping is hoping to spread his wings and attract some interesting work from Hollywood and other Western directors.
A list of the films Jiping has composed the music for follows:
Jing ke ci qin wang (1999) (aka The Emperor and the Assassin), Sun Bird (1998), Feng yue (1996) aka Temptress Moon, Bian Lian (1996) aka The King of Masks, Qin song (1996) aka The Emperor's Shadow, Pao Da Shuang Deng (1994) aka Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker, Huozhe (1994) aka Lifetimes, Hei shan lu (1994) aka Black Mountain, Ba wang bie ji (1993) aka Farewell My Concubine, Qiu Ju da guan si (1992) aka The Story of Qiu Ju, Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991) aka Raise the Red Lantern, Wuge Nuzi He Yigen Shengzi (1991) aka Five Girls and a Rope, Ju Dou (1990), Hong gao liang (1987) aka Red Sorghum, Tian pu sa (1987) aka Buddha's Lock, Da yue bing (1986) aka The Big Parade, Huang tu di (1984) aka Yellow Earth.
The CD is released by Teldec. For further information contact: Maria Tema on +49 40 229 32236.
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Silkworm Boxing
cán mén yī hé zhuāng (Silkworm Gate, Harmonious Pile form)
Can Men (Silkworm Gate) Boxing is a traditional style from Sichuan province known for it's Neigong practices.