Movies - Jianghu

	Movies - Jianghu

The Jianghu (江湖; Cantonese: gong woo) world is a fictional environment in which many Chinese classical wuxia stories are set. The term can be translated literally as "rivers and lakes". Metaphorically, it refers to any wild, romantic, or unsettled region, or person, and is roughly the Chinese equivalent to the English term, "bohemian".

In medieval China, outlaws often fled to the frontiers, returning only to prey upon the law-abiding world. The roots of jiang hu wu xia (frontier heroes) go back at least as far as the 12th century novel, Water Margin (水浒传), in which a band of noble outlaws retreated to a swampy hideout, and mounted sorties in an attempt to right the wrongs of the corrupt officials.

In modern days, the term, jiang hu, is frequently used to refer to the triads and the secret societies of gangsters. A 2004 movie entitled Jiang Hu starring Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung is about the gangster societies in Hong Kong.

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