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In years past, the mountains of Wudang were known for the many Taoist monasteries to be found there, monasteries which became known as an academic centre for the research, teaching and practise of meditation, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Taoist agriculture practises and related arts. The monasteries were emptied, damaged and then neglected during and after the cultural revolution of 1964- 1978, but the Wudang mountains have lately become increasingly popular with tourists from elsewhere in China and abroad due to their scenic location and historical interest. The monasteries were made a UNESCO world heritage site in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an. Attesting to the historical legacy, the most common souvenir sold to the recent influx of tourists at Wudang are cheaply made copies of the traditional Chinese straight swordA sword (from Old English sweord akin to Old High German swerd is a bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade and a handle. The blade is normally of metal and often ground to at least one sharp edge and usually has a pointed tip, or jianJian ( Pinyin jian (jian4), Wade-Giles chien4 Cantonese gim Korean kim Japanese ken is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. Historical one-handed versions have blades varying from 0. 8 meter in length. The weight of an.

The Wudang monasteries figure prominently in Chinese martial arts filmMartial arts film is a film genre that originated in the Pacific Rim. This genre of film is one kind of action film characterized by extensive fighting scenes employing various types of martial arts. This genre should not be limited to Asian films. Theres, especially the genre known as wuxiaWxi ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ), or "martial arts chivalry", is a distinct genre in Chinese literature and cinema. Wuxia figures prominently in the popular culture of all Chinese-speaking areas, and the most important writers have devot film and popular literatureLiterature is literally "an acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary; the term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. The word "literature" spelled with a lower-case "l" can refer to. For example, an ending scene of the famous movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Woh Canglong) is a Taiwanese wuxia (" martial arts and chivalry") film released in 2000. It was directed by Ang Lee and starred Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Zi by Taiwanese director Ang Lee was set at the Wudang monastery, although not actually filmed there.