As promised previously, here is a video of Grandmaster Wang Ziping doing sword practice with his daughter Wang Jurong who also was a famous Martial Arts practitioner. Just in case anyone missed it I will also post excerpt from the last interview about his experiences in the Masjid and role as a Muslim. Stay tuned. [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Video of the Muslim Grandmaster Wang Ziping’s sword practice with daughter
Posted in Chinese Muslims, Videos, tagged Cha style, china, chinese, chinese muslim, Chinese wrestling, islam, islam in china, kung fu, martial arts, muslim, Qing Long Sword, Shaolin, Tan Tui, video, Wang Jurong, wang ziping, wushu on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Islam in China: Pictures: Grandmaster Wang Ziping (ii)
Posted in Chinese Muslims, tagged china, chinese, chinese muslim, islam, islam in china, kung fu, martial arts, muslim, wang ziping, wushu on November 29, 2007 | 21 Comments »
Continuing the series on Wang Ziping, here is another picture of Grandmaster Wang Ziping. I posted one previously. More to come soon. Insha’Allah.
The Muslim Grandmaster Wang Ziping through the eyes of his granddaughter
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Uncategorized, tagged china, chinese, chinese muslim, cultural revolution, Grace Wu-Monnat, Grace Xiaogao Wu-Monnat, islam, islam in china, kung fu, martial arts, muslim, wang zeiping, wushu on November 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I will be doing a series of posts on Wang Ziping and his family. As described previously Wang Ziping was a legendary Chinese Muslim Martial Arts grandmaster. Wang Ziping was also a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine The tradition of Martial Arts has been carried forward by his granddaughters all of whom are Martial arts [...]
Brother Dave’s account of Chinese Muslims
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Uncategorized, tagged china, Chinese Muslims, Dave, halal, han, Hui, islam, islam in china, muslim, muslim of china, Ningxia, quran, Xiwu on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to post his some time ago but did not get the chance. Brother Dave did a post on Chinese Muslims some time ago and shares many of his observations about the Hui Muslims. I believe that personal accounts of different groups by ‘outsiders’ and ‘insiders’ can reveal many things about the people and [...]
Rumi, China and Capitalism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged capitalism, china, chinese, islam, islam in china, konya, mevlana, moulana rumi, muslim, rumi, turkey on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Although this news story is not strictly about Islam in China but I thought it was somewhat amusing. The year 2007 marks the 800th birth anniversary of Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi. Contrary to misperception in the West Rumi was not an unorthodox poet but rather a strong followers of the letter and the spirit of Islam. [...]
Islam in China: Pictures: Grandmaster Wang Ziping
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Chinese-Islamic Art, Pictures, tagged china, Chinese Muslims, grandmaster, history of china, images, islam, islam in china, martial arts, muslim, Pictures, wang ziping on November 23, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Yes, the legendary Chinese Martial Arts Grandmaster Wang Ziping (1881-1973) was a Muslim. The history of “Muslim” Martial Arts in China is a fascinating subject. I will post on this subject sometime in the future insha’Allah. The descendants of Grandmaster Wang Ziping now live in USA and still practice and teach Martial Arts but I [...]
Rethinking Dar-al-Islam, Dar-al-Harb in the light of Chinese Muslim Experience
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, tagged china, chinese, dar-al-harb, dar-al-islam, islam, islam in china, muslim on November 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
(Image: Al-Idrisi’s map of the world) Historically the ulemas in the Muslim world (areas that were ruled by Muslim including the ones which did not have numerical majority of Muslims) divided the world into two or three categories. First there was dar-al-Islam or the land of Islam. This consisted of lands which were ruled by [...]
Islam in China: Pictures: Mother and Child
Posted in Chinese Islam, Chinese Muslims, Pictures, tagged child, china, Chinese Muslims, islam, islam in china, mother, muslim, muslimah on November 18, 2007 | 30 Comments »
A number of people had requested to see pictures of Chinese Muslims, Mosques, Chinese Muslim culture etc. and so here it is. This was one of the most serene pictures that I could find, a mother carrying her child. The child is fast asleep knowing that his mother is always there for him. I think [...]
The Emperor’s Dream
Posted in Chinese Muslims, Medieval China, Uncategorized, tagged china, chinese muslim, emperor of China, islam, muslim, T'ai Tsung, Tang on November 15, 2007 | 8 Comments »
While searching for information on Wang Daiyu (not me, the original scholar) I came across a old issue of Saudi Aramco dedicated to Islam in China. One of the articles reproduces a somewhat famous story, which is almost semi-legendary amongst some Chinese Muslims, regarding the history of Islam in China. Here is the excerpt from [...]
An African American Muslim Convert as the founder of Chinese Hip-Hop
Posted in Other Muslims in China, Uncategorized, tagged convert, hip-hop, islam, islam in china, music, muslim on November 14, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Even though it is quite well known amongst the youth in the North American Muslim community that a lot of hip hop artists are Muslim it was still surprising for me to discover that the person who is largely responsible for introducing hip-hop in China is an American Muslim convert named Dana Burton. The same [...]