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Chinese Culture DVD: Chinese Acrobatics, Chinese Lion Dance
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The development of Chinese acrobatics from folk custom to the court and from the court back to folk custom, including wonderful perfomances in Wuqiao, the cradle of Chinese acrobatics, will thrill viewers of all ages. The acrobatic skills of lion dancers is also showcased, with special emphasis....
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Chinese Culture DVD: Chinese Folk Music, Chinese Folk Songs
SKU: CHCUD5
Learn the difference between the sheng (reed pipe wind instrument) and the xiao (vertical bamboo flute) and many other traditional Chinese musical instruments while enjoying beautiful melodies that trace back centuries. Folk songs, in all their varied melodic strains, will take you on a magical....
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Chinese Kung Fu: Shaolin Kung Fu
SKU: CHKUFU
Don’t try these moves at home! Best known for its depiction in martial art movies, Shaolin Kung Fu, dates back 2,000 years and is one of China’s most prized and impressive art forms.
See kung fu as it has never been captured before: monks engaged in “Flying Swallow Breaking the Broadswords”....
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Fascinating Stage Arts
SKU: FASTAR
These well-designed new books offer introductions to various aspects of Chinese art and culture, with full-color illustrations, good text, chronologies, and more, at a reasonable price.
This picture album is part of the forthcoming "Culture of China" series, introduces the origin and....
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Jet Li: A Biography
SKU: JELIBI
Jet Li is part of a crew of new Asian stars taking Hollywood by storm. Along with Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Jackie Chan, and Maggie Cheung, Jet Li has kicked and punched his way out of the cult-film underground and into mainstream superstardom.
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Martial Arts: The step-by-step companion to the Martial Arts film genre
SKU: MAARTS
An indispensible guide to martial arts films, focusing on key films (Dragon Gate Inn to House of Flying Daggers) and figures (King Hu to Zhang Yimo, Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Zhang Ziyi) from the late 1960's to the present. Twenty seminal films and TV series are discussed in detail, most of....
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Origins of Chinese Martial Arts
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Martial arts, or wushu, comprises more than weapons and kicks and punches—it is exercise, philosophy, chivalry, and more. Good survey of one of the most popular aspects of Chinese culture. A must read for martial arts fans--Ai-ya!
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Peking Opera Facial Designs
SKU: PEOPFA
Facial design is an important aspect of Peking opera, and this stylish little hardcover book is a good introduction to the patterns found on characters in the operas. Nice color photos (80) in close-up, synopses of key operas, and with both Chinese and English text.
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Ritual is Theatre, Theatre is Ritual
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Tang-ki, the Hokkien (Fujianese) term for jitong, is spirit medium worship that is both the oldest Chinese religion and one with the most contemporary practices. Little academic documentation has been written about Tang-ki rituals, which use self-mutilation and theatrical performances to....
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Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theatre of the Ming
SKU: SCMAND
The first introduction to the classical Chinese theater of Ming drama contains highlights from six of the best plays of the period and lively commentary on each, providing the context necessary for Western readers to grasp the scope of this genre of theater.
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Shaolin in the Wind
SKU: SHWIND
In this modern dance meets martial arts spectacular, a scholar-turned-warrior-monk, trained at the legendary Shaolin Temple, seeks to avenge the murder of his lover at the hands of marauding bandits.
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Speed-Up Chinese Vol. 1 (Revised Edition)
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Speed-Up Chinese, which takes useful phrases and conversations from daily life on topics such as general greetings, tourism and direction, traffic, shopping, weather, food and dining, and money matters. Each volume is broken down into fifteen lessons, and each lesson into the following parts:....
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Traditional Opera in Beijing
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Famous world round for it's high-pitched arias, clanging gongs, bright costumes, exquisite makeup and accomplished acrobats, Beijing Opera is brought to life in this lush, full-color edition.
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