#79 Exploring Wuxia (think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")

Middle Earth - China’s cultural industry podcast

English - November 22, 2022 02:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Wuxia, martial arts stories about heroes and outlaws, used to be one of the most popular genres of literature in the Chinese-speaking world. After countless novels, films and video games, how are the people creating China’s “knight errant” stories modernizing the genre?

Featuring
- Gigi Chang: wuxia translator
- Lai Jingping: Wuxiaworld founder and CEO
- Felix Lou: former vice-managing director of Xiangshan Film Studio & Skywood Founder

To go further
- Wuxia novels published on TWOC: Restaurant of The Thousand Arms, Martial Tea and Night Moves, by author Hu Yuesheng (胡月生).

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With thanks to Wen Jiayin for production assistance and Sean Calvo for music support.