When Singaporean Tong Weiqiang watched Hong Kong wuxia dramas more than 10 years ago, he was greatly impressed. He then pioneered a local movement to support hanfu, or traditional Chinese clothes, and started the Han Cultural Society of Singapore in 2012 to attract more fans. “Many people in our cultural society first learned about hanfu from these Chinese wuxia dramas,” he told China Daily.
十多年前，新加坡人童纬强观看香港武侠剧时留下了深刻的印象。随后，他在当地发起了一场支持汉服的运动，并于2012年成立了新加坡汉文化协会，以吸引更多粉丝。他在接受《中国日报》采访时表示：“在我们的文化社会中，许多人第一次了解汉服来自这些中国武侠剧”。
In recent years, with the increased popularity of Chinese culture through dramas and online literature, wuxia-related content has started to regain popularity with viewers all over the world, including those in Southeast Asia, According to China Daily, Wuxiaworld, a web novel site started by Chinese-American Lai Jingping in 2014, attracts millions of page views per day from users in more than 100 countries.
近年来，随着中国文化通过戏剧和网络文学越来越受欢迎，武侠相关内容开始重新受到包括东南亚观众在内的世界各地观众的欢迎。据《中国日报》报道，美籍华人赖静平于2014年创办的网络小说网站《武侠世界》每天吸引了100多个国家的用户，数百万的页面浏览量。
One reason for its popularity is that wuxia works bring them fresh new experiences. The economies of many Southeast Asian countries are based on agriculture. As China Daily mentioned, what really interests them is the different lifestyles of wuxia heroes they have never experienced.
武侠小说之所以受欢迎，一个原因是武侠作品给他们带来了新鲜的体验。许多东南亚国家的经济以农业为基础，正如《中国日报》所提到的，真正让他们感兴趣的是他们从未经历过的武侠英雄们不同的生活方式。
New thoughts and ideas in wuxia works also help it go a step further abroad. Unlike traditional wuxia, the modern form of wuxia which has gained popularity in Southeast Asia is a broader idea that includes xianxia and xuanhuan.
武侠作品中的新思想、新观念也使其在国外走得更远。与传统的武侠不同，在东南亚流行起来的现代武侠是一个更广泛的概念，包括仙侠和玄幻。
But there’s one thing that never changes-its core spirit. Mixing the Chinese characters “wu” and “xia”, these works always keep the spirit of the Chinese heroes fighting against social injustice and beating bad people, noted the Interact Kungfu website.
但有一件事永远不会改变它的核心精神。互动功夫网站指出，这些作品融合了汉字“武”和“侠”，始终保持着中国英雄反抗社会不公、打黑除恶的精神。
“Although wuxia is a special part of Chinese culture, the core spirit of pursuing freedom and justice is generally accepted by people all over the world,” Lily Lee, president of You-Cloud which operates AppGrowing, told China Daily.
运营AppGrowing的优云总裁Lily Lee在接受《中国日报》采访时表示：“尽管武侠是中国文化的一个特殊组成部分，但追求自由和正义的核心精神被全世界的人普遍接受。”。
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