Tag: china
-
Is a Knife a Weapon? Or a Sacrificial Implement?
Of the 332 bronze artifacts with working edges excavated from Yin hsü, 317 are weapons and only fifteen are classifiable as tools; the latter were all wood-working not farming implements. On the other hand, huge quantities of slate knives were unearthed, and these – the so-called Hsiao-t’un stone knives – were reasonably regarded as harvesting…
-
Comic Con 2012 Adventures – Darren Shahlavi “Twister” of Ip Man 2 Talks Stunts
On day two of our Comic-Con 2012 visit, Darren Shahlavi stopped by the booth and remembered me from contact him on Facebook. I gave him a copy of Death Grip, and he spent an hour giving me the low-down on what it’s like being a “gwailo” (foreigner) in Hong Kong films. From his big debut as…