Kung fu films make inroad into mainland with touring show

Men and women flying with swords in hand amid bamboo trees swaying in the wind are images from kung fu films that Chinese born in the 1970s and '80s still cherish.

But for the later generations, which missed them on the big screen, an ongoing show titled Flashing Swords, Flickering Shadows - a Revisit of Hong Kong Wuxia Cinema, may just be the answer.

Under this program, some 15 martial arts blockbusters are available to moviegoers in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu in Sichuan province, Jinan in Shandong province and Shenyang in Liaoning province.