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Film director Wuershan delivers a blockbuster featuring martial arts and inspiring storylines, Xu Fan reports.

At a young age, film director Wuershan was enchanted by the storied world of Chinese martial artists, once dreaming of traveling to the Shaolin Temple in Henan province to learn the art of kung fu.

Although he never took the journey, the 52-year-old filmmaker has found a way to infuse his enthusiasm for martial arts into his cinematic creations.

Wuershan's latest directorial effort The Traveller continues the director's trademark of showcasing traditional Chinese culture in fantasy tales, as demonstrated in his previous blockbusters Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2011), Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015) and Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023).