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The purpose of this study is to explore the Changes and Characteristics of Chinese ‘Wuxia Film Genre’. Genres of Film essentially have intertextuality, and change by mutual relation between spectators’ taste and film-makers’ strategy. Chinese Wuxia films represent chinese film genres, which have righteousness and traditional martial arts. This study analysed ‘Dragon Gate Inn’ series in order to explore Wuxia film genres. As a result, Wuxia genre has changed from ‘legitimate Wuxia’ to ‘SFX Wuxia’, ‘blockbuster wuxia’ in Hongkong and China. Therefore, be able to extract main causes of genre changes. because Firstly, Wuxia film have intertextuality of genre film, Secondly, are affected film-maker’s strategy, Thirdly, are influenced spectators’ taste, Fourthly, development of technology, Fifthly, received context cultural cord, etc. And, now leading Wuxia film genre is ‘blockbuster Wuxia(as a mixed genre)’. This trend has a significant meaning, which gives greater amusement to spectators. But, then again, righteousness spirit of Wuxia film more and more becoming weak. And, as Chinese Wuxia film reflect global market strategy, as time goes on Wuxia film more emphasize universal humanism than Chinese traditional values, eventually in the future may be weaken Chinese cultural identity.

Chinese movie, Wuxia film, Film genre, Intertextuality, Film industry, ideology, Hu JinQuan, Zhang Che, Xu ke, Dragon gate inn