Kungfu superstar Jackie
Chan and most renowned Chinese?novelist Louis Cha at?a
grand ceremony of Chinese Kungfu held on Friday night in Shenzhen's
Bao'an Gymnasium. [Photo: sina.com.cn]
An impressive ceremony celebrating Chinese Kungfu was held on
Friday night in Shenzhen's Bao'an Gymnasium. Hong Kong director
Stanley Tong directed the grand occasion.
Veteran Hong Kong actor Paul Chun hosted the evening party,
divided into four parts in order to effectively narrate the spirit
and development of Chinese Kungfu. It also paid tribute to five
late Chinese Kungfu masters, Bruce Lee, King Hu, Cheh Chang, Ko Sau
Leung and Tak-Hing Kwan.
Internationally acclaimed Kungfu actor Jackie Chan attended the
"Global Chinese Martial Arts Presentation Ceremony" and was given
an award proclaiming him as the most influential Kungfu star.
Renowned novelist Louis Cha (Jin Yong) was presented with the most
honorable award of the event, for his 15 best-selling Kungfu
novels, all of which has helped to introduce Chinese Kungfu to the
world.
The best Kungfu actors award were given to 11 action stars, with
three of them female. Two foreign stars, Tony Jaa from Thailand and
Yasuaki Kurata from Japan, also shared the glory.
It was the first time ever that a grand ceremony has been held
to award those who have contributed to promoting Chinese
Kungfu.
A monk from the
Shaolin?Temple presents the "Chinese Martial Arts Global
Influence Grand Prize" to actor Jackie Chan (R) during a "Global
Chinese Martial Arts Presentation Ceremony" in China's southern
city of Shenzhen October 12, 2007. [Agencies]
Japanese actor Kurata
Yasuaki (R) receives one of the "Best Action Actor" awards beside
Chinese actress Athena Chu during a "Global Chinese Martial Arts
Presentation Ceremony" in China's southern city of Shenzhen October
12, 2007. [Agencies]
Thai actor Tony Jaa
gestures as he attends the Global Chinese Martial Arts Presentation
Ceremony in China's southern city of Shenzhen October 12, 2007. Jaa
won one of the "Best Action Actor" awards. [Agencies]
Chinese actors (L-R) Meng
Fei, Li Yajun, Wu Jing, Vanness Wu and South Korean actor Jang Hyuk
receive "Chinese Martial Arts Best New Performers" awards during a
"Global Chinese Martial Arts Presentation Ceremony" in China's
southern city of Shenzhen October 12, 2007. [Agencies]
Actor Jimmy Wang from
China's Taiwan Province holds one of the "Best Action Actor" awards
during a "Global Chinese Martial Arts Presentation Ceremony" in
China's southern city of Shenzhen October 12, 2007.
[Agencies]
(CRI.cn, China Daily?October 14, 2007)
