1939 Chinese Sword Forms -Tai Miao -Beijing -China

published: 2017-09-10 22:45:43Film release date: 1939. The actual footage may have been filmed a few years earlier. Location: Tai Miao- Beijing- China This upload includes a slow-motion take. Description: Description: This footage shows two martial arts practitioners performing sword forms at Tai Miao (Forbidden City). The footage is part of a film showing 1930s Beijing (Peking) that was shot by a British scholar studying in China. His camera captures the many aspects of 1930’s Peking: trams jostling with camels and motorcars, a herd of sheep by the Qianmen gate, lantern shops outside the Forbidden City and street markets where vendors peddle hot snacks and acrobats perform.

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