Art of Chinese Kung Fu(hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Improving Kung fu to an artistic level, this book explores its connotation and extension with greater sincerity, which can be regarded as creating a precedent of similar publications. From perspective of compilation, Art of Chinese Kung Fu takes the narrative logic from ""dream"" to ""scenario"" and ""illusion"" to ""reality"", which helps readers open the magnificent true country picture scroll better. From source of material, author team of Art of Chinese Kung Fu traveled for five times, made field survey over twenty cities, interviewed more than 60 Wushu parishioners, explored a lot of rare materials, and ensured the authenticity of this books content. From form of implementation, this author team consists of a group of young artists who are full of passion on Chinese traditional Wushu. They treat the creation of this book with passion the same as treating art creation, which makes this book reflect a kind of artistic quality with oriental aesthetic. This book divides into three parts. The first part is ""dream of Kung fu"", combing the wonderful film clue of Chinese Kung fu reflected on screen from perspective of film. The second part is ""state of Kung fu"", collecting first-hand information interviewed with over 60 Wushu parishioners and truely showing their own contemporary martial art ecology, which makes readers achieve the dream of viewing the martial art closely. While the last part is ""post Kung fu"", which studies Kung fu and the relation with metaphysics, explores Kung fus development law and direction. It implies much wisdom.