Alice Poon 潘慧嫻
@alicepoonauthor.bsky.social
ChineseFantasy/SpecFic Writer
Fan of Jin Yong/Chinese history/mythology/wuxia/xianxia 💙📚🌏📚
Author of:-
Sword Maiden from the Moon Duology (wuxiaxianxia)
Tales of Ming Courtesans (hf)
The Green Phoenix (hf)
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Fan of Jin Yong/Chinese history/mythology/wuxia/xianxia 💙📚🌏📚
Author of:-
Sword Maiden from the Moon Duology (wuxiaxianxia)
Tales of Ming Courtesans (hf)
The Green Phoenix (hf)
linktr.ee/alicepoonauthor
Pic 1 - a leisurely walk around the Peak.
Pic 2 - a mural in honor of Sun Yat-sen on Staunton Street.
Pic 3 - Man Mo Temple 文武廟 (dedicated to the Deity of Literature 文昌帝 and the Guan Yu Martial Deity 關武帝) on Hollywood Road.
Pic 4 - the neon sign of 蓮香, an old teahouse that no longer exists.
#gods
Pic 2 - a mural in honor of Sun Yat-sen on Staunton Street.
Pic 3 - Man Mo Temple 文武廟 (dedicated to the Deity of Literature 文昌帝 and the Guan Yu Martial Deity 關武帝) on Hollywood Road.
Pic 4 - the neon sign of 蓮香, an old teahouse that no longer exists.
#gods
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pic 1 - a leisurely walk around the Peak.
Pic 2 - a mural in honor of Sun Yat-sen on Staunton Street.
Pic 3 - Man Mo Temple 文武廟 (dedicated to the Deity of Literature 文昌帝 and the Guan Yu Martial Deity 關武帝) on Hollywood Road.
Pic 4 - the neon sign of 蓮香, an old teahouse that no longer exists.
#gods
Pic 2 - a mural in honor of Sun Yat-sen on Staunton Street.
Pic 3 - Man Mo Temple 文武廟 (dedicated to the Deity of Literature 文昌帝 and the Guan Yu Martial Deity 關武帝) on Hollywood Road.
Pic 4 - the neon sign of 蓮香, an old teahouse that no longer exists.
#gods
Finally I finished watching #BloodRiver! I did sigh a sigh of relief about the ending 😊 and can't wait for S2!! My verdict: this is the best #wuxia #cdrama that I've watched in 2025! I think's it's better than #BloodofYouth and may be on par with #AJourneytoLove. I adore the Muyu-Changhe dynamics!!
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Finally I finished watching #BloodRiver! I did sigh a sigh of relief about the ending 😊 and can't wait for S2!! My verdict: this is the best #wuxia #cdrama that I've watched in 2025! I think's it's better than #BloodofYouth and may be on par with #AJourneytoLove. I adore the Muyu-Changhe dynamics!!
Yes, I was totally in awe!!! My personal favorite is this one:-
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Yes, I was totally in awe!!! My personal favorite is this one:-
Animated display of some of Chao Shao-an's 趙少昂 famous works. Video recorded at the Special Exhibition (celebrating the painter's 120 birth year) held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Chao Shao-an is an iconic painter from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Animated display of some of Chao Shao-an's 趙少昂 famous works. Video recorded at the Special Exhibition (celebrating the painter's 120 birth year) held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Chao Shao-an is an iconic painter from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
I spent this Sunday morning at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, browsing precious excerpted scenes of old #wuxia films/TV series adapted from Jin Yong's novels, as well as losing myself in the collection of ink paintings of renowned painter Chao Shao-an 趙少昂 from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I spent this Sunday morning at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, browsing precious excerpted scenes of old #wuxia films/TV series adapted from Jin Yong's novels, as well as losing myself in the collection of ink paintings of renowned painter Chao Shao-an 趙少昂 from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Pic 1 - oasis in a brick and stone forest;
Pic 2 - feathered friends in a familiar haunt;
Pic 3 - Luk Yu Teahouse: a nostalgic cultural gem in the midst of commercialism. If you've read the Jade Moon Magazine, you'd know that Mr. Luk was the founder of China's tea culture.
#Chinesehistory
Pic 2 - feathered friends in a familiar haunt;
Pic 3 - Luk Yu Teahouse: a nostalgic cultural gem in the midst of commercialism. If you've read the Jade Moon Magazine, you'd know that Mr. Luk was the founder of China's tea culture.
#Chinesehistory
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Pic 1 - oasis in a brick and stone forest;
Pic 2 - feathered friends in a familiar haunt;
Pic 3 - Luk Yu Teahouse: a nostalgic cultural gem in the midst of commercialism. If you've read the Jade Moon Magazine, you'd know that Mr. Luk was the founder of China's tea culture.
#Chinesehistory
Pic 2 - feathered friends in a familiar haunt;
Pic 3 - Luk Yu Teahouse: a nostalgic cultural gem in the midst of commercialism. If you've read the Jade Moon Magazine, you'd know that Mr. Luk was the founder of China's tea culture.
#Chinesehistory
Don't you think #Changhuasen as the unhinged #SuChanghe in #BloodRiver is hot?
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Don't you think #Changhuasen as the unhinged #SuChanghe in #BloodRiver is hot?
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
If you're a #wuxia film afficiando, you'd know that King Hu's #ATouchofZen is adapted from Pu Songling's wuxia story Xia Nu 俠女 in his Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Did you know that Pu's peer Lu Xiong also wrote a #xianxia story 女仙外史 about Tang Sai'er the Ming nu xia & Chang'e incarnate?
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you're a #wuxia film afficiando, you'd know that King Hu's #ATouchofZen is adapted from Pu Songling's wuxia story Xia Nu 俠女 in his Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Did you know that Pu's peer Lu Xiong also wrote a #xianxia story 女仙外史 about Tang Sai'er the Ming nu xia & Chang'e incarnate?
Ngl, #ChangHuasen is half the reason I put #BloodRiver on my to-watch list (the other half obviously is #GongJun)!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ngl, #ChangHuasen is half the reason I put #BloodRiver on my to-watch list (the other half obviously is #GongJun)!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
I wonder if you'd be interested in reviewing my wuxia-myth duology titled Sword Maiden from the Moon? (Book 1: The Heavenly Sword + Book 2: The Earthly Blaze)
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wonder if you'd be interested in reviewing my wuxia-myth duology titled Sword Maiden from the Moon? (Book 1: The Heavenly Sword + Book 2: The Earthly Blaze)
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Of the Four Dragons, the Green Dragon of the East (called Ao Guang) is the most talked about, as he's involved in a wrangle with #Nezha because the latter killed his third son Ao Bing! This #myth is retold in #TheHeavenlySword with a follow-up story! The Green Dragon is a baddie here! Curious?
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Of the Four Dragons, the Green Dragon of the East (called Ao Guang) is the most talked about, as he's involved in a wrangle with #Nezha because the latter killed his third son Ao Bing! This #myth is retold in #TheHeavenlySword with a follow-up story! The Green Dragon is a baddie here! Curious?
When we read fantasy fiction rooted in a foreign culture, we would want to learn about that culture, right? But when readers pick up those Chinese fantasy novels, all they get is ridicule of Chinese historical/literary figures, or ersatz Chinese mythology, or mockery of traumatic Chinese history. 😏
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When we read fantasy fiction rooted in a foreign culture, we would want to learn about that culture, right? But when readers pick up those Chinese fantasy novels, all they get is ridicule of Chinese historical/literary figures, or ersatz Chinese mythology, or mockery of traumatic Chinese history. 😏
Unpopular opinion: I wouldn't count the Green Bone Saga series and the War Arts Saga series as #wuxia stories, as such stories are indigenous to Chinese culture and history and are typically set in real ancient China, have "xia" themes & the main characters are skilled martial artists.
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Unpopular opinion: I wouldn't count the Green Bone Saga series and the War Arts Saga series as #wuxia stories, as such stories are indigenous to Chinese culture and history and are typically set in real ancient China, have "xia" themes & the main characters are skilled martial artists.
One interesting highlight of this duology is genderqueer romance involving two much loved #mythology legends, #Nezha & #LanCaihe. Both are androgynous and genderfluid in this story (and in other retellings)! How will it end? Read to find out!
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One interesting highlight of this duology is genderqueer romance involving two much loved #mythology legends, #Nezha & #LanCaihe. Both are androgynous and genderfluid in this story (and in other retellings)! How will it end? Read to find out!
To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival), what's better than reading the story of Tang Sai'er, the Moon Goddess incarnate who is anathema to evil tyrant Zhu Di! The #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology is a mix of #wuxia, #Chinesemythology and #Chinesehistory! Intrigued?
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival), what's better than reading the story of Tang Sai'er, the Moon Goddess incarnate who is anathema to evil tyrant Zhu Di! The #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology is a mix of #wuxia, #Chinesemythology and #Chinesehistory! Intrigued?
What movie do you consider perfect?
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
My recent wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon is a fantasy story about Tang Sai'er, the Shandong rebel leader who dared defy the tyrannical rule of Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My recent wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon is a fantasy story about Tang Sai'er, the Shandong rebel leader who dared defy the tyrannical rule of Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
My second historical novel Tales of Ming Courtesans are stories about the intrepid female poet Liu Rushi who never bowed to conventions, the maligned beauty Chen Yuanyuan whose musical talent left a mark on kunqu history, and Li Xiangjun, an opera talent who'd rather die than submit to her fate.
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My second historical novel Tales of Ming Courtesans are stories about the intrepid female poet Liu Rushi who never bowed to conventions, the maligned beauty Chen Yuanyuan whose musical talent left a mark on kunqu history, and Li Xiangjun, an opera talent who'd rather die than submit to her fate.