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Neither god nor demon, the huli jing has long existed in folklore as both divine messengers and malevolent tricksters. To this day, they...

Wuxia Manhua (comics) came into existence at the start of the 1970’s in Hong Kong. After gaining popularity in Hong Kong, many titles...

Before they would appear together in Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh appear in the 1993...

Foxes are usually characterized as cunning characters in the media. This particular Fox, Hu Fei ("Flying Fox" in Mandarin), is different...

Before directing Donnie Yen in Ip Man (2008), director Wilson Yip directed this light-hearted Wuxia comedy, The White Dragon, in 2004....

Thought Wuxia was restricted to ancient times? Contemporary high school settings are commonplace in many popular fictional genres, and...

Come Drink With Me is a prime example of how Shaw Bros. Studio revolutionized Wuxia films with new concepts for its time. Released in...

As deeply rooted in Chinese culture as wuxia is, it’s almost impossible to avoid seeing common Chinese expressions. Without the cultural...

Looking for more female-led Wuxia films written by Shiao Yi? Beautiful Swordswoman was released in the same year as Ringing Sword and...

For millions of people, September 10th is a very significant day. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also sometimes called the Moon Festival or the...

Scripted by Shiao Yi, The Ringing Sword (1969) is an early example of female led Wuxia films; it also provides a glimpse of the writing...

Wuxia films are often associated with Kung Fu films in the West, with the latter sometimes classified as Chopsocky (a play on American...

From the beloved original, to the bombastic “Z”, to even the currently airing “Super”, fans internationally have spent decades falling in...

As foreign media has become more available in the West, Chinese period dramas such as “The Untamed” have experienced an explosion of...

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 6 came out in 2015, and as a gamer and a fan of the Wuxia genre, I had very high expectations for this...

The beginning of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for China. Westerners began taking positions of power, bringing with them...

The monk - a master of mind and body, a follower of the Buddha, and inheritor of a long legacy of meditation and martial prowess. For...

May the Fourth be with you! Today is Star Wars Day, and we have been just itching to do an Essential Wuxia Review ever since we first...

“The Shaolin Temple (1982)”, directed by Chang Hsin Yen, is a masterwork of dazzling blows and extreme martial arts, set in a...

Everyone loves a good underdog story. There’s nothing quite like seeing someone fight their way to the top, using pure will power to get...

If you’re new to wuxia, you may just see gibberish when I say it, but the jianghu (江湖) is the parallel world, inhabited by bandits,...

Spring is taking its sweet time this year. The nights are still long, and so we've put together a few novels we've enjoyed reading this...

In wuxia, there are many different kinds of staves and rods that are used as weapons, symbols of power, or "ordinary" walking sticks....

Nirvana in Fire (also known as Langya Bang) is an exceptionally well-written Chinese drama, available with English subtitles on Viki and...