Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video I review the LK Chen Snow Peak Jian and discuss a little history about the development of jianfa. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, China went through a chaotic period, and many modernizers wished to leave seemingly archaic traditions like martial arts to the past, but these arts reformed and rebranded themselves with the growth of China's Guoshu "national arts" movement.
This blade can be purchased from LK Chen at the link below:
lkchensword.com/snow-peak
Source Material:
Books:
龔劍. 中國刀劍史. 中華書局, 2021.
皇甫江. 刀剑鉴定. 福建美术出版社, 2011.
馬明達. 說劍叢橋. 中華書局, 2007.
Fuhua Huang and Fan Hong, eds. A History of Chinese Martial Arts. Routledge, 2019.
Online Articles:
chinesemartialstudies.com/2017/06/09/lives-of-chinese-martial-artists-20-general-li-jinglin-the-sword-saint-of-wudang
Images:
Cixi = archive.org/details/qing-dynasty-wealth-gap-the-rich-empress-dowager-cixi
Sun yat-sen = wikiwand.com/en/Sun_Yat_Sen_Memorial_House
Boxer Rebellion = scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/church-scotland-uncovers-plight-scots-during-chinas-boxer-rebellion-609200
Boxer = archives.gov/publications/prologue/1999/winter/boxer-rebellion-1.html
Guoshu = https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%93/81158
Li Jinglin = https://inf.news/zh-my/history/a541a3d538b7c1a7b066acd3376b2cab.html
Li Jinglin with jian = hk01.com/%E6%AD%A6%E5%82%99%E5%BF%97/603656/%E6%9D%8E%E6%99%AF%E6%9E%97-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E5%8A%8D%E5%A6%82%E6%B8%B8%E9%BE%8D%E7%9A%84-%E5%8A%8D%E4%BB%99-%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E6%94%BF%E5%AE%A2%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-%E5%85%AD#media_id=6575313
Sword Fingers = http://wudangtaiji.cn/uploads/allimg/161215/1-161215100T6.jpg
Zhen Wu Statue = britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1908-0725-2
劍法真傳圖解 = 360doc.com/content/20/0220/08/52920_893321498.shtml
中華新武術劍術科 = 360doc.com/content/16/0106/08/1440676_525820329.shtml
Jian with ricasso = mandarinmansion.com/item/republican-period-fighting-jian
Music
Intro Music Song = 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).
Song = Sappheiros - Awake youtu.be/q6768nhkEwo
Outro Music = Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.
In this video I review the LK Chen Snow Peak Jian and discuss a little history about the development of jianfa. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, China went through a chaotic period, and many modernizers wished to leave seemingly archaic traditions like martial arts to the past, but these arts reformed and rebranded themselves with the growth of China's Guoshu "national arts" movement.
This blade can be purchased from LK Chen at the link below:
lkchensword.com/snow-peak
Source Material:
Books:
龔劍. 中國刀劍史. 中華書局, 2021.
皇甫江. 刀剑鉴定. 福建美术出版社, 2011.
馬明達. 說劍叢橋. 中華書局, 2007.
Fuhua Huang and Fan Hong, eds. A History of Chinese Martial Arts. Routledge, 2019.
Online Articles:
chinesemartialstudies.com/2017/06/09/lives-of-chinese-martial-artists-20-general-li-jinglin-the-sword-saint-of-wudang
Images:
Cixi = archive.org/details/qing-dynasty-wealth-gap-the-rich-empress-dowager-cixi
Sun yat-sen = wikiwand.com/en/Sun_Yat_Sen_Memorial_House
Boxer Rebellion = scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/church-scotland-uncovers-plight-scots-during-chinas-boxer-rebellion-609200
Boxer = archives.gov/publications/prologue/1999/winter/boxer-rebellion-1.html
Guoshu = https://baike.baidu.hk/item/%E5%9C%8B%E8%A1%93/81158
Li Jinglin = https://inf.news/zh-my/history/a541a3d538b7c1a7b066acd3376b2cab.html
Li Jinglin with jian = hk01.com/%E6%AD%A6%E5%82%99%E5%BF%97/603656/%E6%9D%8E%E6%99%AF%E6%9E%97-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E5%8A%8D%E5%A6%82%E6%B8%B8%E9%BE%8D%E7%9A%84-%E5%8A%8D%E4%BB%99-%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E6%94%BF%E5%AE%A2%E7%9A%84%E6%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-%E5%85%AD#media_id=6575313
Sword Fingers = http://wudangtaiji.cn/uploads/allimg/161215/1-161215100T6.jpg
Zhen Wu Statue = britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1908-0725-2
劍法真傳圖解 = 360doc.com/content/20/0220/08/52920_893321498.shtml
中華新武術劍術科 = 360doc.com/content/16/0106/08/1440676_525820329.shtml
Jian with ricasso = mandarinmansion.com/item/republican-period-fighting-jian
Music
Intro Music Song = 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).
Song = Sappheiros - Awake youtu.be/q6768nhkEwo
Outro Music = Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.
