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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.
In Chinese opera, plays depicting guzhuang is called guzhuangxi (Chinese: 古装戏; pinyin: gǔzhuāngxì; lit. 'ancient costume drama'), also known as guzhuangxinxi (Chinese: 古装新戏; pinyin: gǔzhuāngxīnxì; lit. 'ancient costume in new drama'), or guzhuanggewuju (lit. 'ancient-costume song-dance drama'), were performed by Mei Lanfang.
Xianxia School (仙霞派) Five Lakes School (五湖門) Iron Palm Gang (鐵掌幫) Mount Changbai School (長白山派) White Camel Manor (白駝山莊) Ke family of Lanzhou (蘭州柯家) The Return of the Condor Heroes. Ancient Tomb School (古墓派) Quanzhen School (全真教) Beggars' Gang (丐幫) Peach Blossom Island (桃花島)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy, video game based on xianxia fiction. Lotus Lantern, an animated film based on the story of The Magic Lotus Lantern. Heaven Official's Blessing features a story based on the concept of xian and spiritual worship and cultivation. Xuanyuan Sword, video game based on xianxia fiction.
Jianghu (江湖; jiānghú; gong 1 wu 4; 'rivers and lakes') is a Chinese term that generally refers to the social environment in which many Chinese wuxia, xianxia, and gong'an stories are set.
Xianxia Township (仙下乡), Yudu County, Jiangxi, China Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Xianxia .
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.
Gufeng music was usually called Xianxia music (仙侠; xianxia being a genre of Chinese fiction that is similar to wuxia, but with more mythological elements), and what now seems like a movement began rather quietly in 2005, calling for netizens to write lyrics with ancient-styled poems for the music in some popular PC games, including The Legend of Sword and Fairy and Fairy and Sword of Xuanyuan.