Creative program: This Is Kung Fu

This Is Kung Fu is a creative program centered on Chinese martial arts. Taking the cultural icon of Chinese kung fu as its point of entry, it showcases a fresh dimension of Chinese culture reaching out to the world, from martial arts techniques to the Chinese philosophy of how one lives and conducts oneself.

The program employs a cross-disciplinary approach of "traditional martial heritage meeting cutting-edge digital IP expression." National kung fu champions are invited into creative montages alongside iconic fight sequences from Black Myth: Wukong, placing a millennium of martial artistry in the same frame as the pinnacle of digital audio-visual storytelling – a dialogue across eras. The program also traces the footprints of kung fu into the fabric of everyday life: from the thousand-year-old cloud shadows drifting over the Hanging Temple, to the swift, precise strokes of the knife on the noodle-maker's board, the unwavering stirring that has gone on day after day for 40 years in an old vinegar workshop, and the flawless precision of a robotic arm at work. Each scene reveals kung fu as a living force – embodied in daily labor and quiet devotion. In the field of martial arts, one seeks to subdue with a single move; in the ordinary world, one perseveres through every passing day. These extremes, worn by so many different faces, when woven together become the most vivid footnote to Chinamaxxing.

Yet kung fu has never been merely about the moves. Behind every stance and every strike lies the Chinese spirit – the discipline to still the mind, steady the hand and safeguard what has been passed down. What has endured for a millennium is not kung fu alone, but the calm composure and quiet confidence at the very core of the Chinese character. The true essence of kung fu is time; and what time has distilled is precisely the confidence and grandeur with which today's China steps onto the world stage. This is Chinamaxxing – the Chinese pursuit of the ultimate, the spirit of the Chinese people.