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Xianxia (traditional Chinese: 仙俠; simplified Chinese: 仙侠; pinyin: xiānxiá; lit. 'immortal heroes') is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Chinese mythology and influenced by philosophies of Taoism, Chan Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese folk religion, Chinese alchemy, other traditional elements of Chinese culture, [1] and the wuxia genre.
Wuxia (武俠, literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games.
Wuxiaworld and Webnovel are popular online literature platforms among the global readership of genres such as Xianxia (玄幻 Fantasy) and Xuanhuan (仙侠 Chinese mythology fantasy). Wuxiaworld primarily uses translators to translate content, but after Kakao Entertainment purchased Wuxiworld in 2021, [ 9 ] readers found that the platform ...
Films in the Wuxia genre, a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games.
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Chinese: 新蜀山劍俠) is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural wuxia fantasy film directed by Tsui Hark and based on the xianxia novel Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu by Huanzhulouzhu.
[20]: 26 In the 21st century, the Wuxia genre can be a guzhuangpian and a shenguaipian movie. [14]: 293 The Wuxia genre tends to dress its characters into guzhuang. [21]: 95 The Xianxia genre, which has grown in popularity in the 21st century, [22] is a sub-genre of Wuxia. [23] The Xianxia genre typically involves Xian-immortals and immortality ...
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Curse of the Golden Flower (Chinese: 满城尽带黄金甲) is a 2006 Chinese epic wuxia drama film written and directed by Zhang Yimou.The Mandarin Chinese title of the movie is taken from the last line of a poem written by the rebel leader Huang Chao, who had revolted against the Tang dynasty.