Places to visit in Beijing for wuxia fans?

[wux]

Hi, is there any places to visit in Beijing for wuxia fans?

I mean not the kungfu show, but e.q. bookstore with complete collection of wuxia novels, place to buy wuxia DVD, or other interersting place with wuxia atmosphere.

Thanks a lot.

[imron]

西单图书大厦, and the 王府井新华书店 would be good places to start, although when I visited a couple of months ago, 西单图书大厦 strangely didn't have any 金庸 novels so I had to pick them up in Wangfujing instead. So the latter would definitely be my first port of call. They also have a section for DVDs so you will surely be able to find some Wuxia DVDs there, although I don't know what the range will be like.

[gougou]

You could go for a meal at Heroic Mountain, a restaurant inspired by Jin Yong's novels.

[roddy]

Assuming it's still there, the FAB music and movies store at the south end of Wangfujing - in the basement of the mall that's attached to the subway, forget the name - should have plenty of dvds to browse. Also, if you just want to pick up a bunch of stuff, you could do worse than having an amazon.cn order delivered to your hotel.

As for places - find some old men doing kung-fu in the park?

[Meng Lelan]

As for places - find some old men doing kung-fu in the park?

That's taijiquan, not the fast shaolin gongfu or modern wushu that the OP could be thinking of. I do know Beijing has a number of wushu schools there.