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Wushu: history, practice, and cultural significance

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This document is a list of answers for the questions asked related to Wushu and its culture. The answers were thoroughly researched and provide a good insight on Wushu, martial arts and the Asian culture. However, many names or questions asked were left without answer, perhaps because the spelling of names was incorrect.

Asian Culture

It was created in 1949.

It was first showcased in 1936 (Berlin).

Cannot find any record of this person…is this the most common spelling of the

(1936, Berlin)

It was standardized in 1958.

It was first created in 1958.

There are 5 sections.

This information is not readily available through any sources I've researched.

They were revised in 1990.

Unable to find this information.

It was Richard Nixon.

They were a Wushu (Martial Arts) Company

It was in 495 A.D.

Damo is the Chinese name of Bodhidharma, credited for bringing Ch'an to China.

It was released in 1982.

It was in 2005, in Beijing.

It was in 1974.

Anthony Chen is a silver medalist at the 4th World Traditional Wushu Championship.

Bai Yu-Feng, from his monk name Qiu Yue Chan Shi is a martial art expert who trained at the Shaolin Temple. He is the author of the book Essence of Five Fist and expanded the 18 Buddha hands techniques to 173 techniques.

B. 1103, D. 1142. A military general during the Southern Song Dynasty.

21. Chinese-born professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Waterloo (Canada).

22. Director of Taiwan-based television show "Big Brother Variety."

23. Actress born in 1967 who has made 6 films between 1987 and 2010, including A Sigh and The Dream Factory

24. Assuming this means The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are a number of games that cover this novel, most notably Romance of the Three Kingdoms

25. He is the author of The Art of War.

26. Internal attempt to rid China of outside influences; came to a head in 1900 when an international force subdued the rebellion in Peking.

27. The Wuxia Novels.

28. It is a school, established in 1993, to teach kungfu and academic courses, located at the foot of Mount Wudang.

29. Grandmaster Huo Yan Jia and his successors: Chen Gong Zhe, Yao Chan Bo,

and Lu Wei Chang.

30. It is a central martial Arts Academy, established in Nanjing in 1928.

31. Bai Mei Dao Ren (B. 1710 A.D.).

32. Chinese peasant band that formed in response to the unrest and civil war following the floods and famines that accompanied disastrous changes in the course of the Yellow River between ad 2 and 11.

33. Buddhist sect that incorporated Daoism and other Chinese sects beginning in

12th century AD.

34. Chinese secret society whose uprising (184 -- 204 AD) contributed to eventual fall of Han Dynsasty.

35. This could be Hua Mulan, legendary female who takes her aged father's place in the army and fights for 12 years.

36. 1869 -- 1910, legendary martial artist and Chinese national hero.

37. Huang Jiguang (1931 -- 1952), fought for Chinese army in Korean War,

sacrificed himself in Battle of Triangle Hill.

38. 1847 -- 1924, forefather of modern-day martial arts, specifically Hung-Gar; portrayed by Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China II

39. This makes no sense; the Russians were part of the international force that defeated the Chinese in the Boxer Rebellion.

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