Arts or Action, Why Not Both?
ICH Extraordinary: Chinese Martial Arts and Films

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) presented the first Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival last year to great acclaim. This year, the second edition features "Arts & Action" as its theme, taking audiences on a journey through time to explore the charm of Hong Kong's pop culture. It encompasses both "Arts" (creative works) and "Action" (martial arts), an attempt to show the dynamic inheritance, diffusion, integration and breakthroughs within Hong Kong's pop culture.

The event lineup offers a diverse range of formats including thematic exhibitions, film screenings, stage performances and outreach activities, and its rich content spans across literature, various art forms and martial arts, clearly showcasing how Hong Kong's vibrant and diverse pop culture stands out from the rest. For more information, please visit www.pcf.gov.hk/en.

Chinese martial arts come in a wide array of sophisticated and profound forms. Many of them have been presented cinematically while the fist skills and footwork routines featured in the films did impress so many of us. The series of "ICH Extraordinary: Chinese Martial Arts and Films" will discuss kung fu in the Hong Kong's films, reveal the diversity of Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and showcase the "Arts and Action" of the Hong Kong Pop Culture.

The series of "ICH Extraordinary: Chinese Martial Arts and Films" is part of the outreach programme "Arts or Action, Why Not Both?" of the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024. It is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has all along promoted Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public learn more about broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.