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The film is about the fictional martial artist Guo Jing during the Southern Song dynasty. [5]While war rages between the Mongols and the Jin Dynasty, Guo Jing searches for Huang Rong (Zhuang Dafei []), a woman he met during his two-year journey to the Central Plains to acquire martial arts skills from the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.
Shangdu (Chinese: 上 都; pinyin: Shàngdū; pronounced [ʂâŋtú]; lit. ' Upper Capital ' ; Mongolian : ᠱᠠᠩᠳᠤ , Mongolian Cyrillic : Шанду , romanized : Šandu ), popularly known in English as Xanadu ( / ˈ z æ n ə d uː / ZAN -ə-doo ), was the summer capital [ 1 ] [ 2 ] of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai moved ...
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射鵰英雄傳), published in 1957. The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶), published in 1959. The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (倚天屠龍記), published in 1961. An English translation into 12 books published by MacLehose Press began in February 2018. [1]
The story is set in imperial China during the wars between the Jurchen-led Jin Empire and the predominantly ethnic Han Song Empire.Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, a pair of sworn brothers, pledge that their unborn children will become either sworn siblings (if both are of the same sex) or a married couple (if they are of opposite sexes).
The Legend of Xanadu", a hit song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1968) Xanadu Records, a jazz record label "Xanadu" (Rush song) (1977) Xanadu (Menudo album) (1981) Xanadu, the soundtrack of the film "Xanadu" (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song) (1980) Xanadu, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Yang Guo traces his lineage to Yang Zaixing, a Song general who participated in the Jin–Song Wars against the Jin Empire.His father, Yang Kang, is the antagonist in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and was notorious for committing several atrocities.
The loyalists in Shangdu surrendered on the very next day, and Dawlat Shah and most of the leading loyalists were taken prisoner and later executed. Ragibagh was reported to be missing. [6] With the surrender of Shangdu, the way to restoring Khayishan's imperial line was cleared. However, the loyalists elsewhere carried on fighting for much longer.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a 2017 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title and a remake of the 1983 Hong Kong television series based on the same novel. The series was directed by Jeffrey Chiang and starred Yang Xuwen , Li Yitong , Chen Xingxu and Meng Ziyi in the lead roles.