The decline of Chinese Kung Fu, the rise of Chinese culture

Consuelo 2022-03-26 09:01:10

This film mixes the style of Hollywood action movies, the routines of Chinese kung fu movies, and some iconic scenes of Hong Kong police and gangster movies. Although it seems a little jumpy intuitively, it is still acceptable.

There is no need to say much about the language of the movie, each has its own love for radish and cabbage. Talk about the decline of Chinese Kung Fu and the rise of Chinese culture.

Kungfu is different from Wushu in Chinese. In a broad sense, Kungfu is a kind of ability obtained by putting energy into practice and exploration, while Wushu is a routine skill formed from Wushu. Under the influence of traditional culture, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, this The system will inevitably include metaphysical theories, whether innate or acquired.

Judging from the inheritance of Tai Chi reflected in this film, it pays more attention to the teaching of techniques, because even though Chen Linhu's teacher repeatedly emphasizes meditation, he still can't tell why, just say that you want to be yourself To understand, presumably the teacher himself has realized the state of letting go, but he can't explain it. This can only be said that Chinese Kungfu has moved from the unity of knowledge and action to self-realization in action, but how many people can be vague. What about self-realization in an unclear theory? What's more, the theoretical system of science and technology in modern society is so powerful, and even the system of universal education teaches people to learn theory first and then practice. So of course.

It can be inferred from this phenomenon that Chinese martial arts (from the description of Taiji inheritance in the film) will gradually decline and eventually become Huaquan and embroidered legs. At least without the support of the development of the theoretical system, it is difficult to enhance and expand its influence and realm. .

On the other hand, we can see a little difference from the Hollywood action films we often see, the protagonist, a traditionally positive character, will reveal his evil side and learn from Keanu's mouth. ——"He has this nature"; and the villain, a very evil character, in a scene before his death, we don't seem to hate him, because he has such an understanding of kung fu, not only a powerful and powerful person. The manipulator role, he seemed to be looking for something, maybe he had found it before he died, and lay down with a trace of relief and relief.

This is a very experimental attempt to interpret Tai Chi and Chinese culture. Black and white are not clearly opposed and irreconcilable. Black and white themselves are the existing contradictions between black and white, right and wrong, good and evil. When everything is empty, the opposition will disappear, the evil energy in the body is released like this, and the demon in the heart has also become invisible.

In fact, Chinese culture has not been ambiguous since ancient times, but was lost or misunderstood due to historical reasons. Even so, the philosophical characteristics of coexistence of opposites and harmony and unity can still be found in the culture of Tai Chi. In the eyes of Westerners, it seems that Judgment Day is not The only ending, this culture brings a third way without having to face the dilemma of "to live or to die."

At the end of the film, the place we are going can be surrounded by nature, and we can shout freely. In the sky above the hustle and bustle of the city, we can use such a calm and quiet heart to do what we should do.

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  • Lelia 2022-04-02 09:01:07

    When the protagonist is a face paralyzed who is good at fighting, he should take "Raid" as an example, and show wonderful martial arts through the ingenious arrangement of traditional customs clearance plots. Instead of delusional use of a first-level Chinese script to reflect the inner growth of the characters. Kenu also has a rhythm problem. During the fight, there are always one or two big moves that need to be highlighted to the audience. It is easy to make people look boring when filming in one flow. The characteristics of various fighting techniques are not well reflected.

  • Vilma 2022-04-01 09:01:10

    I don't have much interest in it, I have a little bit of a blockbuster style, and I suspect that the editing and editing did not do a good job. Either see incompleteness.

Man of Tai Chi quotes

  • Master Yang: The universe is blind to our pain and deaf to our sorrows. All things have their way.

  • [repeated line]

    Donaka Mark: You owe me a life.