Quintessential Chinese Culture - Chinese Martial Arts
From royal historians to folk artists to ordinary people, the Chinese have experienced cultural changes for thousands of years. Fanning out from specific aspects of Chinese culture to an overview, The Quintessence of Chinese Culture focuses on 12 of the most representative cultural categories in China.
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In the new millennium, the blockbuster film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made Chinese martial arts once again fashionable all over the world. Martial Art, which is also praised as "China's national skill," is an ancient culture in China meant to strengthen the body and cultivate the spirit. This program introduces the development and history of traditional Chinese martial arts, including the different sects, weapons, movements, and Shaolin stories handed down for generations.