Sunday, April 11, 2010

the real and mysterious kongfu skills in Wuxia fiction



I still can remember the first time I watched the Wuxia movie, I was surprised by the scene that people flying over the houses and walls. It is unlike those I had watched in cartoon. Though it sounds fake, there are lots of threoms in the backgound which force I to believe that people can fly if they become the kong fu masters. Now I know that this kind of terrific skill is called qing gong and it exists in the real life. Though it is exaggerated in the fictions and films, people still can walk swiftly and lightly over the water for a short distance or climb on 5or 6 meters high wall after learning the skill.


Another facinating skill is Dianxue(means clicking the acupressure point). It may be understood as the magic things which the western wizards can do. Instead of spelling spells, just clicking some parts of one's body can make someone unmovable for hours. Actually this kind of skill is based, in part, on the real-world techniques of Chin Na(Disarm another and make him unmovable only by hands). Characters use these techniques to kill, paralyze, immobilize or control opponents by attacking the enemies' acupressure points (Xue) with the bare hand or weapons. Such techniques may be used for healing purposes, when excessive bleeding may be halted when certain acupressure points are pressed. Real-life martial artists do use such techniques in martial arts to paralyze or stun their opponents. Their effectiveness is highly exaggerated in Wuxia stories. And this skill is commonly used nowadys for curing cervical spondylosis or just keep people healthy.


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