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They returned to Shaolin with Bai Yufeng and expanded Jueyuan's 72 techniques to approximately 170. Using their combined knowledge, they restored internal aspects to Shaolin boxing. They organized these techniques into Five Animals: the Tiger, the Crane, the Leopard, the Snake and the Dragon. [3]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍) is a Chinese novel serialized between 16 March 1941, and 6 March 1942, by Wang Dulu on Qingdao Xinmin News, China. [1] It is the fourth work of a pentalogy that are collectively called the Crane Iron Pentalogy.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [4] is a 2000 wuxia martial arts film [5] directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung. The film stars Chow Yun-fat , Michelle Yeoh , Zhang Ziyi , and Chang Chen .
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane (traditional Chinese: 丹頂鶴; simplified Chinese: 丹顶鹤; pinyin: dāndǐng hè; Japanese: 丹頂鶴 or タンチョウヅル; rōmaji: tanchōzuru; Korean: 두루미; romaja: durumi; the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '頂/顶' means 'crown' and '鶴/鹤' means 'crane'), is a large East Asian crane among the ...
Hok: At 12 years of age, Hok is the youngest master of crane style kung fu. Patient, calm, and tranquil, Hok is a skilled healer and very compassionate person. For this master's entire life, the crane has been hiding a great secret - she is a girl. During her journey, she meets up with a crane. She turns out to be half Dutch and half Chinese.
Wang Baoxiang (Chinese: 王葆祥; 1909 – 12 February 1977), [1] was a Chinese mystery, science fiction, and wuxia romance novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Wang Dulu (simplified Chinese: 王度庐; traditional Chinese: 王度廬).
A crane which is used as a form of immortal ride is called an immortal crane. [7] In the Shiyiji, Immortals often go to Mount Kunlun to play by riding on dragons and cranes. [5]: 162 The Eight immortals are sometimes depicted in pictures greeting the god of longevity, Shouxing (壽星), who is flying past on a crane through auspicious clouds.
Other styles include: Choy Li Fut, Fujian White Crane, Dog-style kung fu, Five Ancestors, Wing Chun, Southern Praying Mantis, Hak Fu Mun, Bak Mei and Dragon-style. There are sub-divisions to Southern styles due to their similar characteristics and common heritage. For example, the Fujian martial arts can be considered to be one such sub-division.