Oct 30, 2024
"Les Racines" encre de Chine de Li Kunwu (2022) à l'exposition "Li Kunwu - Gardien de la Mémoire" au Centre Culturel François Mitterrand à Périgueux, octobre 2024.
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"Les Racines" encre de Chine de Li Kunwu (2022) à l'exposition "Li Kunwu - Gardien de la Mémoire" au Centre Culturel François Mitterrand à Périgueux, octobre 2024.
The practice of the Taoist sword is immersed in childish fantasies, while its true magic is almost lost. Let’s remember it, though.
I promised to demystify, but now I’m going to obscure the issue. Mystic is such an elusive substance: always appears where there is no place for it and disappears from where it should be experienced. This is also the case of jian. The practice of the Taoist sword is immersed in childish fantasies, while its true magic is almost lost.
Widely known in China, but overlooked in the West feature of the Taoist sword is that it is used not only for combat, but also in ritual practice. Ritual practice in this context is a broad concept that includes both formal rites and ritual magic. Jian symbolism is related to internal alchemical praxis as well. The guard decorations and the engravings on the blade originally had a ritual and magical significance. However, the true meaning is partially lost, so now it is perceived rather as “traditional patterns”. Jian routines (套路) sometimes contain unobvious ritual elements (steps, fingers’ positions and so on), meaningless for combat, but possessing hidden magical and symbolic connotations. The presence of such inclusions, logically inexplicable both for the practitioner and for the observer, allows imagination to run wild...
"LI KUNWU", Centre Culturel François Mitterrand, Périgueux, octobre 2024.
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Centre Culturel François Mitterrand à Périgueux, octobre 2024.
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