Nih sekedar info ttg setting cerita silat.

Yanmenkuan Pass atau Gan Bun Koan, atau Pintu Gerbang Belibis Terbang: ini adalah tempat orang tua XF dibantai, dan tempat dimana XF akhirnya bunuh diri.

Half-way along the zigzag interior line of the Great Wall that runs across the northern part of Shanxi province there is a famous fortified pass nestled amid towering, rugged mountains.
This is Yanmenguan, known as "one of the nine strategic forts in the world" since the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.). Infact the name Yanmen (Gate of Wild Geese)is in itself suggestive of its strategic importance. The mountain there, Yanmenshan, has a peak 2,057 metres above sea level, and it was said that even migrating wild geese could not get over it but had to fly through the narrow pass below.

Mount Wudang is located southwest of Dangjiangkou City, northwest of Hubei Province, China. Some local people call it another name as Mount TaiHe or Mount Xuan Yue. Mount Wudang is perhaps the most famous Taoism holy land in China.

It is heard the Taoism deity Zhenwu practiced alchemitry here and succeeded in possessing Golden Elixir at last. Later his body changed into brilliant light and disappeared. Besides Taoism alchemitry, Mount Wudang is the birthplace of Wudang school Kung Fu (martial arts). The name of Wudang in Chinese characters has the meaning “Deserve nothing when there is no genuine Kung Fu”----Here the genuine Kung Fu means the good foundation of internal Kung Fu (Inner Qigong or initial phase of alchemitry) upon which the martial arts build up to deserve enduring test.

Mount Wudang covers an area of 321 square kilometers wide, with very rich beautiful sceneries and culture relics. The main tourist resorts include: three ponds, nine springs, nine wells, nine platforms, ten pools, ten stones, eleven caves, thirty six cliffs and seventy two peaks, all of them compose incomparable Chinese traditional mount-water drawings.

Besides the beautiful sceneries, the old Taoism buildings constructed over a long span of ancient Chinese dynasties deserve the calling of construction miracle in the whole world. In Tang Dynasty (627-649 A.C) the emperor Li Shimin ordered the construction of Five Dragon Ancestral Temple. As the time goes on to Song Dynasty, the Taoism mode based upon the worshipping Emperor Zhenwu and serving feudal administration developed to the prime phase. In Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhuli entitled Mount Wudand as “Grand Mountain.” Only at this period of time Mount Wudang evolved to reach its most flourishing moment and became the imperial temple and the Taoism activity center.

Dotted in Mount Wudang most of Taoism buildings were constructed in Ming Dynasty. There exist recordings in history books detailed the whole process. The ming Dynasty emperor Zhuli ordered the construction of Mount Wudang after part of construction work--- Ancestor Temple, Heaven Alter, State Administration Altar, etc--- in Forbidden City in Beijing came to the end., 300 thousand of construction workers came to Mount Wudang to initialize the work starting from Purity and Happiness Palace in Danjiangkou City to Golden Top in Mount Wudang, which covering a distance of more than 70 kilometers. After 13 consecutive years of laboring there gradually formed the nine temples, nine palaces, twelve Chinese booth, thirty six halls, thirty nine bridges and seventy two cave temples. These construction works juncture one after another in different mode --- mostly by ancient plant road built along cliffs--and no gap emerge at any point. In such long panorama there are altogether 33 large building clusters with construction area totals 1.6 million square meters, which twice the area of Forbidden City in Beijing. The grandness of whole buildings, together with its rich construction skills, artistic value and history value, meets no counterparts in the long Chinese history in developing a specific mountain area.

In every perspective, the imperial veneration and deity loftiness permeates and mixes into each other, setting off at large their influence at the background of dropping cliffs, deep valleys, steep slopes, waving ridges and rushing water falls, thus wonderfully accomplishing the great unification of natural beauty and human’s cultural art.

In addition to its beautiful scenery, Mount Wudang gets its name for its rich Taoism culture. Wudang Kung Fu, founded by master Zhang Sanfeng, gets an equal status as Shaolin Kung Fu in China. Such Kung Fu arts emphasizes the inner Kung Fu training (alchemitry) and advocates to launch attack later and overcoming hardness with softness. So, its uniqueness set itself a very different school in so many Kung Fu schools in China history.

Taoism, the indigenous religion mode in China, gradually formed into its special existence and can be found in so many mountains in China that people may wonder why the temples in Wudang become so grand with no competitor. In fact, it has close connection with Emperor Zhuli of Ming Dynasty.

Taoist followers began to construct Taoism temples in Mount Wudang in Tang dynasty. Although in Song Dynasty there constructed some part, yet not until in Ming Dynasty there had been no large construction activity. Emperor Zhuli snatched the throne from his nephew by killing all his nephew’s family members. This act severely violated the normal feudal ethic and intimidates his control in later days. In order to make his ascending throne more rational he began to advocate the so-called theory of “deity offers throne” and he got the order from Great Emperor Zhenwu. Later when he succeeded in consolidating his control he began to reward the goodness by ordering the large construction work in Mount Wudang after finishing Forbidden City in Beijing. Emperor Zhulin also named the Great Emperor Zhenwu as the main protector for imperial court, thus the prime time of Mount Wudang began to open up its heavy curtain. The subsequent emperors in Ming Dynasty also regarded Moun Wudang as their imperial temple which can protect them and guard against any evil. So, at the end of Ming Dynasty Mount Wudang really emerged as the No. 1 Taoism Mountain in China and in the later several hundreds of years of development its followers spread to many parts of the world and its influence still remains very strong enough.

The emperors in Ming Dynasty offered so many deity statues, sacrifice utensils, sacrifice tools, curtains, flags, etc. that many people called Mount Wudang as the “Gold and Silver World” because of its rich resources.

Based upon the tale of Great Emperor Zhenwu practicing alchemy in Mount Wudang, the deity boulevard zigzags from the mountain foot to high up into the Golden Palace, lasting 70 kilometers and using long granite slats to pave. In the long time of construction in 13 years, Emperor Zhuli gave more than 60 times of order to direct the practical progress, concerning the deployment of man power, the scrutiny of construction drawings, the disposal of remaining construction material, etc. Especially, he troubled himself many times mentioning all construction should be finished no at the expense of damaging the natural layout of mountains, in order to adore nature.

Almost all construction works wonderfully take advantage of the grandness of the mountains and the profoundness of the deep valleys. The buildings, together with woods, stone, cliffs, torrents and the background of waving group mountains, make up the spreading roll of enchanting Chinese drawings. The incenses still burn with winding smoke, the wonderful Taoism music and miraculous tales, coupled with the pious followers, together transfer the ancient cultural influence to all around.

Although some buildings have collapsed into gravel, yet the remaining buildings always looks grand and of fine art. For example, in Fuzhen Temple there is a pillar supporting 12 girders. Nine Bend Yellow River Wall can convey voice as do the Heaven Altar in Beijing. In Body-Turning Palace, you can hear the sound of the bell striking outside the palace yet almost nothing in the palace. At the Golden Top the copper ware covered with gold is a miracle. When it gets lightning strike the sparkles will rush out everywhere and fireball can beheld. No damage incurred for so long time that every time after lightning strike it looks more brilliant. Sometimes you have to marvel at the ancients’ wisdom.

Shaolin Temple was established in 495 during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). Batuo, an Indian monk, came to Luoyang, the ancient capital, for spreading Buddhism at that period. Emperor Xiaowen was a believer of Buddhism so he decided to build the temple in the Songshan Mountains to house Batuo, who translated many Buddhist works and had a few hundred followers there.

Ba Tuo very interested in Chinese Wushu (martial arts or kungfu to Westeners) but it was not known if he had training himself. But his disciples Seng Chou and Hui Guang had perfect skills. According to historical records, Seng Chou was able to "walk a wall" and leap up to a rooftop with one bound showing his formidable strength in the legs. For Hui Guang, it was said he could keep a shuttlecock (or like a badminton birdie) in the air by kicking it 500 times in a row while balancing on the rails round a well. Hui Guang and Seng Chou were the first Shaolin Monks to practice martial arts. But what contributes to Shaolin Monks awesome participation in wushu training is the geographical location and distinct historical cirumstances of their temple.

The geographical location of the temple in the Central Plains became an ideal place for retired generals, malcotents and refugees from the law who came to Shaolin Temple because of its tolerant atmosphere. Most of these people that came though, were already wushu experts therefore they could teach each other skills.

The other factor was the need for protection of the temple against bandits. Emperor Wen Di during the Sui Dynasty gave Shaolin 1, 648 acres of land because monasterial economies expanded due to the court's interest in Buddhism. Shaolin Temple had halls, extensive grounds, employees and attendants. Therefore, bandits would attack. In order to protect their temple against these marauding bandits, monk-soldiers were born.

Monk-soldiers indicated to the ruling class and society that they wer devoted in wushu training. In the history of China, these Buddhist disciples had participated in battles for the government against warlords and invaders such as those of the Japanese Pirates. The monk-soldiers were usually rewarded with more land or some achieving ranks in the army. The mass participation in military campaigns marked a turning point in the development of Shaolin Kungfu.

Bodhidharma is the other famous character in Shaolin History. The Indian form of Buddhism, Hinayana, founds its way into China in the 1st century B.C., but didn't fit Chinese conditions therefore not well received by the Chinese working people because of the differences between India and China such as natural conditions, social customs, languages, etc. But this was all different after Bodhidharma founded the Chan Sect. He came to China in 527 settling in Shaolin Temple. There, he taught his new disciples a new school of Buddhism, the Chan Sect, which differs from Hinayana since it adapts more to the Chinese culture. Because of the Chan Sect and the Shaolin Monks embraced the Buddhist faith, they accepted many others since the Chan Sect tolerates everything but killing, robbing, looting and sex. Other Buddhist schools were more strict. The Chan Sect spread rapidly in China dominating more than 70% of Buddhist Temples throughout the country.

Bodhidharma --> Damo atau Tat Mo

Gue pernah liat di Discovery channel tentang Mount WuDang ini, diceritain sekarang ketua wudangnya dah generasi ke 100-an gitu, dah gitu tiap hari kerjanya latihannnn terus,semedi, latihan kungfu, semedi lagi, ngga ada peralatan modern sama sekali.
Latihannya mereka kontras sekali sama latihannya Shaolin yg gue pernah liat juga di tipi, kalo Shaolin gue liat latihannya ada yg kepala dipukul2in ke lonceng, terus angkat2 batu bata, bacok2 (kaya debus),tusuk2 tangan ke pasir panas, dst.

Tapi gue pernah baca juga semenjak kuil shaolin (yg di He Nan? )dibakar di jaman dinasty ching, kan ancur semua tuh, yg berdiri sekarang sebenernya cuman buat atraksi turis doang. Jadi artinya biksu2 shaolin yg skrg itu palsu dong ?

Terus denger2 juga ada Shaolin Utara en Shaolin Selatan, gue ngga gitu tau soal ini, ada yg bisa jelasin ?

Jojon menulis:
Gue pernah liat di Discovery channel tentang Mount WuDang ini, diceritain sekarang ketua wudangnya dah generasi ke 100-an gitu, .....

hey_sephia menulis:

Jojon menulis:
Gue pernah liat di Discovery channel tentang Mount WuDang ini, diceritain sekarang ketua wudangnya dah generasi ke 100-an gitu, .....

Ini yg "Tigers of Mt Wudang" itu ya? (not sure about the title)
Yg salah satu murid Wudang ada yg ce masih kecil terus dia drop-out karena pengen deket ama ibunya?
Murid2nya dari kecil udah dilatih gitu yah... hebat2 gitu.. banyak ce'nya juga, lagi! Kirain wudang cuma buat co doang..

jon, lu lagi promosi perguruan sendiri yah ?
paling enak jadi muridnya Xiao Yao Pai. nggak perlu jadi Righteous banget.

ToOn99 menulis:
jon, lu lagi promosi perguruan sendiri yah ?
paling enak jadi muridnya Xiao Yao Pai. nggak perlu jadi Righteous banget.

Oh? Gan Bun Koan itu ngetop betulan ya? Trus bener ga kl diluar itu gunungnya bersalju? Soalnya itu kan gerbang tempat kakeknya si In Lui dibunuh...

Floo.. menulis:
Oh? Gan Bun Koan itu ngetop betulan ya? Trus bener ga kl diluar itu gunungnya bersalju? Soalnya itu kan gerbang tempat kakeknya si In Lui dibunuh...

Andy, kita share hasil research ya!!!!

aku gatau kamu butuh soal dinasti Ming apa kaga, but aku dapet petanya... (ato kamu yg kasih aku ya? ngga kan? aku nyari deh kmaren...)

wa, acik.... ada yang punya peta dinasti Song gak?

song mana? bei song ato nan song?

bei. nan juga boleh kalo ada.

Peta Song

Peta jaman Song belum di-invasi oleh Jin. Peta ini menunjukkan letak XiXia, Liao dan Song. Peta ini bagus utk referensi waktu nonton DGSD.

Nah..si DY itu ada di Dali....yg letaknya di selatan sekitar Yunnan Fu (lihat peta yg di-posting Floo). Makanya sebenernya menurutku film DGSD ini sedikit ngaco soal timeline. Soalnya dr Yunnan ke XiXia itu bisa memakan waktu 3 bulan perjalanan di waktu itu.

oops iya kelupaan post peta buat justice (duh mulai pikun) untung andrea ada. ini ada dua lagi kalo masih tertarik.

Bei Song

Nan Song

Dali/Thay Li = Nan Zhao
Who were the ancestors of modern Thais. The Capital is the nowadays Dali city in Yunnan. Asalnya dari suku di selatan yang lari dari expansi China (Han Dynasty) tapi akhirnya conquered juga (100 BC). 'Merdeka' waktu Han ancur (220 BC). Bukan kerajaan kesatuan tapi principalites (many small territories led by princes).

Dali bukan cinta damai loh. Mereka nyerang dan memperbudak penduduk asli ke mana2 untuk memperluas daerah (Duan Yu senyum2 tapi ganas ).

Akhir abad ketujuh, China kewalahan menghadapi expansi Tibet akhirnya ally ama 6 pangeran Dali. Yup Tibet super ganas loh kerajaannya lebih gede dari Song, ga kaya sekarang udah ompong. Salah satu dari pangeran ini Pi Logo (?) berhasil menyatukan yang lain akhirnya memimpin 6 daerah tadi. China mengakui dan memberi gelar Nan Zhao (pangeran selatan ato daerah ke-pangeran-an selatan, kayanya ga ada istilah ini di indo?).

Azalae menulis:
Dali bukan cinta damai loh. Mereka nyerang dan memperbudak penduduk asli ke mana2 untuk memperluas daerah (Duan Yu senyum2 tapi ganas ).

West Lake...or XiHu.
Kalau inget film White Snake Legend, Book and Sword, dan ada XiHu...inlah dia XiHu:

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Lying in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province, the West Lake is a world famous tourist spot. Embraced by green hills on three sides, the lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers and has a perimeter of 15 kilometers.

The whole lake is divided into 5 sections, namely the Outer Lake, North Inner Lake, Yue Lake and Little South Lake, by Gu Hill, Sudi Causeway, Baiti Causeway and Ruangong Mound.

The name of West Lake was fixed as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before the Tang Dynasty, the lake had various names such as Wulin Water, Mingsheng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan, Qianyuan, Qiantang Lake, and Shang Lake, etc. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese renowned poet Su Dongpo wrote a poem to praise the West Lake and compared it to Xizi, a Chinese legendary beauty. Since then, the West Lake has another elegant name Xizi Lake.

The beauty of the West Lake lies in its lingering charm that survives the change of seasons in a year and of hours in a day. Among its beautiful sights, the most famous sites are the Ten Sights in West Lake and the Ten New Sights in West Lake, which are known as the Double-Ten Sights in West Lake. The Ten Sights in West Lake are Melting Snow at Broken Bridge, Spring Dawn at Sudi Causeway, Sunset Glow over Leifeng Hill, Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard, Autumn Moon on Calm Lake, Listening to Orioles Singing in the Willows, Viewing Fish at Flowers Harbor, Evening Bell at Nanping Hill, Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, and Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds. The Ten New Sights in West Lake are Dream Spring of Hupao, Tea-tasting at Dragon Well, Gem Bathed in Flowing Rosy Clouds, Heaven Wind over Wushan Mountain, Scud over Yuhuang, Yellow Dragon Spitting Greenness, Rains of Sweet-scented Osmanthus Over Hills, Trees in Mist by the Nine Rivulets, Ruan Mound in Green, Cloud Dwelling and Bamboo Path.

The West Lake is also famous for its historical flavor with numerous celebrities. National heroes Yue Fei, Yu Qian, Zhang Ruoshui and Qiu Jin were all buried along the West Lake, leaving their illustrious names and noble spirits in the green hills and blue waters. Moreover, many ancient poets and artists, such as Bai Juyi, Su Dongpo, Liu Yong and Pan Tianshou, had also left countless famous writings.

xie xie for the peta =P
kalo Gao Li itu nama lainnya apa ya? Koryo?
daerah suku2 ada yang tau ga? Miao misalnya.