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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.
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 ...
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)
Xuanyuan Sword, video game based on xianxia fiction. Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain , a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural wuxia fantasy film directed by Tsui Hark and based on the 1932 xianxia novel Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu by Huanzhulouzhu
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.
Dongfang Bubai, literally "Invincible East", is a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong. He is the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult (日月神教), an "unorthodox" martial arts school.
In modern Chinese culture, jianghu is commonly accepted as an alternative universe coexisting with the actual historical one in which the context of the wuxia genre was set. Unlike the normal world, in the jianghu , the youxia (wanderers or knights-errant) are free to act on their own initiative, including with violence, to punish evil and foes ...
Xianxia may refer to: Xianxia (genre) (仙侠小说), a subset of Chinese wuxia fiction; Xianxia, Anhui (仙霞镇), town in Ningguo, Anhui, China; Xianxia Township (仙下乡), Yudu County, Jiangxi, China