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Chinese Kung Fu 中国功夫 – Top 13 Kung Fu Hometowns in China

No. 1 CangzhouAccording to historical data, Kung Fu of Cangzhou (沧州) in Southeast Hebei Province originated from the Ming Dynasty, became prosperous in the Qing Dynasty and became famous at home and abroad in late Qing Dynasty. In Cangzhou, kung fu is a popular sport favored by local people. In ancient times, Cangzhou used to be the strategically important area. Thus, local people at that time practiced Kung Fu to survive in frequent wars. Year in and year out, the custom of practicing Kung Fu has been handed down through the generations. Nowadays, Cangzhou is home to fifty-three Kung Fu schools, accounting for 40% of the total in the whole country. What’s more, there have been a large number of Kung Fu masters in Cangzhou, such as Zhang Zhijiang, Ding Faxiang and Huo Diange.

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Pre-Qin 先秦 Sun Bin 孙膑

孙膑(?-前316年),其本名孙伯灵,是中国战国时期军事家,汉族,山东鄄城人。生于战国时期的齐国(今山东省的阳谷县阿城镇,鄄城县北一带)。 Sun Bin (? – 316BC), Han nationality and originally named Sun Boling, was a military strategist who lived during

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Little Apple 小苹果 (xiǎo píng guǒ)

Little Apple 小苹果 (xiǎo píng guǒ) is the promotional song for the movie Old Boy: The Way of the Dragon 老男孩之猛龙过江(lǎo nán hái zhī měng lóng guò jiāng). Since its release on May 29, it has quickly attained great popularity in Chinese cyberspace, becoming it a widely-spread internet meme.

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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 声东击西 Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west

  At the end of the Eastern Han, there was a peasant uprising that became known as the"Yellow Scarves Rebellion" (黄巾起义 huánɡjīnqǐyì).The government sent  Zhu Jun (朱隽 Zhū Jùn) to suppress the insurgents of the Yellow Scarves Rebellion who were then approaching  Wan Cheng (宛城 wǎnchénɡ). Zhu Jun’s army scored an advantage: they had heavily barricaded Wan Cheng. Radicals of the Yellow Scarves Rebellion were packed together like  turtles in a jar (瓮中之鳖 wènɡzhōnɡzhībiē) and appeared to be in great disarray. Zhun Jun said that his army was to attack the southwest part of Wan Cheng and then created a big display to  mislead (误导 wùdǎo) the Yellow Scarves Rebellion. When the news reached them, the Yellow Scarves Rebellion was thrown into chaos. The entire army rushed to the southwest to defend themselves. But little did they know that the message sent by Zhu Jun was bogus. It was created to deceive them. His intended  target (目标 mùbiāo) was the city’s northeast wher, as it turned out, no one was present to defend. Wan Cheng was overpowered and taken into possession by Zhu Jun soon.

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