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In Search of Chinese Cultural Mysteries in London

London being a cosmopolitan town, always welcomed people from different walks of life. The Chinese are no exception!

The Chinese language and culture have succeeded in capturing our psyche with its unique and mysterious blend of tradition and modernity.

It’s little wonder that many of us Londoners are constantly in search of Chinese mysteries, be it yin-yang, feng-shui, Chinese schools in London or Chinese medicinal miracles.

Events and Places of interest

Chinatown

Your quest for a delightful Chinese ambience would eventually lead you to Chinatown. Chinatown has a number of surprises in store for you! With Chinese restaurants, shops, hypermarkets, pastry shops and bakeries galore, one is sure to derive a wholesome Chinese milieu by taking a trip down these streets of Chinatown.

Chinese New Year/China in London Festival

An event to look forward to, Chinese New Year celebrations are all the rage among the Chinese and the others alike. The Chinese New Year in London is a kaleidoscope of Chinese art, culture, music, cuisine and literature.

Where else in London would you catch a sparkling view of cultural events like Martial Arts, acrobatics, dance, drama and music?

The capital city is adorned with vibrant embellishments and breathtaking fireworks that are a feast for your eyes. The celebration is seen in all its grandeur at the Trafalgar Squareand Leicester Squarewith Chinese dance and drama troupes performing the traditional lion and dragon dance.

For the ones seeking exclusive Chinese Cultural performances, Shaftsbury Avenue offers you much entertainment and a wealth of knowledge on Chinese culture.

Chinese Restaurants/Cuisine

Are you in a mood to relish Chinese dishes? Apart from the routine Chinese cuisine, it wouldn’t hurt to taste a few staggering dishes and delicacies with interesting names…

• Peking Duck
• Xiao Long Bao
• Zha Jiang Mian
• Buddha’s Delight
• Mapo Dofu
• Sachima

Here’s a where you can barge in to set your taste buds on fire!

• Tamarai
• Alisan
• Ba Shan
• China Tang
• Dragon Castle

Exhibitions on Chinese Art and Culture

With the popularity of East- Asian art reaching an all time high, exhibitions abound in a number of venues. A delightful treat for art lovers adorn the walls of:

• National Maritime Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Horniman Museum
• Royal Geographic Society

Community/Cultural Meets

Community meets are a great way to stay in touch with Chinese expatriates and also to meet people from other countries.

London Chinese Community Network is a social network helping to hold community activities, community research, conferences and organizational capacity building.

London Chinese Community Centre hosts events and activities for the Chinese community in London.

With no dearth of activities for the Chinese in London, let’s hope your exploration for Chinese pleasantries meet with enormous victory.

About the Author

Jancy is passionate about languages and writes for Cactus Language Training. Cactus works with a range of schools in London to offer Mandarin and Cantonese courses at a variety of levels throughout the year. Please visit the Cactus website for Chinese course listings and to test your language level.

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Christian Martial Arts 101 $23.04 Christian Martial Arts 101 is intended for Christian martial artists and any Christ-centered martial arts program in need of a spiritual curriculum to complement physical training. This book can also be used as a personal devotional for Christian students attending non-religious martial arts schools. It establishes and explains the major principles of Christian martial arts and includes 101 Bible lessons/devotions for use in the classroom and at home.

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KI and the Way of the Martial Arts $17.19 While technical prowess and physical power are essential characteristics of a martial artist, true mastery of the art comes by cultivating one’s inner strength. Here, Kenji Tokitsu–an authority on Japanese and Chinese combat arts and a respected karate teacher–shows how cultivating ki (life force) and understanding the principles of budo (the martial path of self-development) can make training in martial arts more meaningful, effective, and personally and spiritually rewarding. Tokitsu emphasizes the mental aspects of martial arts practice including: The importance of ki development Seme, or capturing your opponent’s mind Understanding ma, the spatial relationship in combat Studying these concepts, he explains, gives martial artists the tools to train for a lifetime and at the very highest level. Tokitsu also gives a historical and cultural survey of budo, and explains how the Western view of budo training is different than the Japanese–a perspective rarely available to Western martial artists.

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The Martial Arts: Origins, Philosophy, Practice $3.95 This is an introduction to the origins, philosophy, and practice of the world’s martial arts. It provides a chapter-by-chapter tour of the many varieties of martial arts, such as aikido, iai-do, jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, kendo, kung fu, kyudo, naginata, ninjutsu, sumo, taekwon-do, and Thai boxing, discussing how and why these arts developed, their ways and laws, founding myths and heroes, and the culture that created them. A glossary of martial arts terminology and an illustrated section on martial arts weaponry are also included.

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The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe $60.54 Mounted encounters by armored knights locked in desperate hand-to-hand combat, stabbing and wrestling in tavern brawls, deceits and brutalities in street affrays, balletic homicide on the dueling field — these were the martial arts of Renaissance Europe. In this extensively illustrated book Sydney Anglo, a leading historian of the Renaissance and its symbolism, provides the first complete study of the martial arts from the late fifteenth to the late seventeenth century. He explains the significance of martial arts in Renaissance education and everyday life and offers a full account of the social implications of one-to-one combat training. Like the martial arts of Eastern societies, ritualized combat in the West was linked to contemporary social and scientific concerns, Anglo shows. During the Renaissance, physical exercise was regarded as central to the education of knights and gentlemen. Soldiers wielded a variety of weapons on the battlefield, and it was normal for civilians to carry swords and know how to use them. In schools across the continent, professional masters-of-arms taught the skills necessary to survive in a society where violence was endemic and life cheap. Anglo draws on a wealth of evidence — from detailed treatises and sketches by jobbing artists to magnificent images by Durer and Cranach and descriptions of real combat, weapons and armor -to reconstruct and illustrate the arts taught by these ancient masters-at-arms.