Looking for Jin Yong througout the World
By admin on 2015-01-28

 "Shooting a white deer, snow flutters around the skies;

Smiling, [one] writes about the divine chivalrous one, leaning against bluish lovebirds (or lover)"

WHO IS JIN YONG(Louis Cha)?

Louis Cha, GBM, OBE (查良镛; born 6 February 1924), known with his pen name Jin Yong (金庸) is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao, which he started in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993, when he retired. He has also written and directed two films.

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10 Heros among the most famous 14 wuxia fictions written by Jin Yong (Louis Cha)  "took part in"  2010 Shanghai World Expo.

The heros met in "De Cheng An", the exhibition case of "the Urban Best Practices Area" from Macao in 2010 EXPO.  "De Cheng An" has set up a particular Jin Yong exhibition area , which makes 10 most representative heros "spaning time and space, travelling  JiangHu" in a 5 minutes short movie with high technology and multimedia representation methods to show  the long history of  martial art tradition in Macao.

WHAT IS  "De Cheng An"?

"De Cheng An" began to build in 1917, used to be the largest hockshop in Macao, belonged to merchant prince names Gao Ke ning. It had not been using after completing a course in 1993. In 2001, Macao SAR Government spent  1,400,000 ao yuan in restoring and maintaining, and then handing it to  civilian-run enterprises.

From then on, "De Cheng An" had beening opened to  public as the "Pawnbroking Exhibition" and "Cultural Assembly Hall". Due to  the successful protection and utilization case of this history construction,  it was honored with 2004 UNESCO Heritage Award. 

Which character is your favorite of all Jin Yong's novels?

Now, we provide the list of Jin Yong's wuxia novels and you can find the people you like more. 

1.         The Book and the Sword - 书剑恩仇录(first published on The New Evening Post in 1955)

2.         Sword Stained with Royal Blood - 碧血剑 (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1956)

3.         The Legend of the Condor Heroes - 射雕英雄传 (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1957)

4.         Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain - 雪山飞狐 (first installment appeared on the first issue of Ming Pao in 1959)

5.         The Return of the Condor Heroes - 神雕侠侣 (1959)

6.         Other Tales of the Flying Fox -飞狐外传 (1960)

7.        Blade-dance of the Two Lovers - 鸳鸯刀 (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)

8.         Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre - 倚天屠龙记 (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)

9.         A Deadly Secret - 连城诀 (first published on Southeast Asia Weekly 《东南亚周刊》in 1963)

10.      Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils - 天龙八部 (1963)

11.      Ode to Gallantry - 侠客行 (1965)

12.      The Smiling, Proud Wanderer - 笑傲江湖 (first published on Ming Pao in 1967)

13.      The Deer and the Cauldron - 鹿鼎记 (1969-1972)

14.      Sword of the Yue Maiden - 越女剑 (1970)