Burning Red Lotus Temple is a martial arts film released in 1928, directed by Zhang Shichuan and starring Xiao Ying.

1928' s "Burning Red Lotus Temple" is of great significance, which led to the first martial arts craze in China's film history. Since then, martial arts movies have become the most China-featured film category in the world film industry.

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"Burning Red Lotus Temple" was very popular after its release, and there was a feeling of being deserted for a while. Therefore, 18 episodes were filmed continuously in three years, which shows its commercial success and attracts countless imitators. From 1928 to 193 1 year, China * * * released 227 martial arts films. At the same time, some trick photography in the film was also full of innovative consciousness at that time. Various stunts, such as sword fighting, invisible evasion, flying in the air, throwing swords at the mouth and thundering in the palm of his hand, also made it gain the notoriety of "swordsman".