Chinanews.com, Beijing, September 26 (Wang Hao) In recent days, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival is in full swing, with the best Chinese and foreign films being shown in turn.
Among them, in the shortlist of documentary unit, the name "Looking for Kung Fu" is quite conspicuous.
Movie poster.
Photo by Han Kai
This film by American director Laurence Brahm explores the origin and development of Kung Fu from the perspective of a senior foreign kung fu fan, and conveys to the world a series of traditional Chinese values-tenacity, loyalty, and Natural harmony, pragmatism, etc.
In 2020, "Looking for Kung Fu" won the "Best Documentary Producer" and "Documentary Director Achievement Award" at the Fifth Canada Golden Maple International Film Festival, and the "Best Narrative Documentary" award at the Cannes Silk Road Film Festival.
In fact, martial arts, as an important business card of Chinese traditional culture, has long played the role of a carrier of foreign cultural output.
In such a process, will the differences between Eastern and Western cultures weaken the effect of communication?
The shooting angle of "Looking for Kung Fu" is actually quite different from traditional martial arts movies.
As an American, Long Anzhi has lived in China for decades. He not only understands the Western way of thinking, but also understands the traditional culture of the East. This is also the unique feature of the film he directed.
Long Anzhi (middle).
Photo by Han Kai
To a certain extent, Chinese martial arts has evolved from "attracting foreigners' attention" to "using foreigners to better spread Chinese traditional culture."
Some time ago, Jack, a foreign guy who taught martial arts in Wudang Mountain, attracted a lot of attention on Chinese social media.
Jack, an American, has loved watching Chinese Kung Fu movies since he was a child. In 2010, Jack transferred from Chicago to Los Angeles to Beijing, then from Beijing to Wuhan to Shiyan, and finally came to Wudang Mountain, where he was dreaming.
In the Wudangshan Taoist traditional martial arts center, Jack learned from basic boxing and mastered Wudang exercises such as the Eight Immortal Cudgel, Xingyiquan, and Taijiquan.
He has now become a trainer in the martial arts gymnasium, and has become the 16th generation heir of Wudang Sanfeng Sect, the 16th generation heir of Wudang Sanfeng Sect, Yuan Shimao.
Jack shows the stick technique.
Photo by Cao Lingling
In Wudang Mountain, Jack is not only an assistant to the Foreign Language Academy of Wuguan, he is also the help manager of the foreign language website of Wuguan.
Although his spoken Chinese still has a blunt accent, his level is quite good, and he even started a live webcast.
He broadcasted the beauty of Wudang Mountain to his mobile phone and explained Taoist culture.
Like Long Anzhi, Jack is attracted by Chinese martial arts culture. After in-depth understanding, they become cultural disseminators.
Due to their own identities, this kind of communication has a natural advantage in external aspects.
"Kungfu is a cultural value that can be widely understood and accepted by people in different countries and regions around the world. This value can transcend national boundaries and contribute to physical and mental health." Long Anzhi once said in an interview.
Data map: A Chinese folk culture delegation composed of 30 experts, scholars, artists, and inheritors of intangible cultural heritage walked into the London School of Public Relations in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and had a China-Indonesia dialogue with the teachers and students of the school. Intimate interaction and exchange of folklore and culture among peoples.
The picture shows a Tai Chi performance.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lin Yongchuan
At the end of 2020, the "Taijiquan" declared separately by China was included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Traditional Chinese martial arts represented by Taijiquan have become an important content of cultural output.
More and more "Long Anzhi" and "Jack" have become the links of cultural output. Their existence may prove the wisdom contained in traditional Chinese martial arts-breaking barriers, understanding each other, inclusive, and delivering better to the world Values.
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