Duncan Leung, a Wing Chun master whose ancestral home is in Zhongshan, recently visited his hometown, Chongkou Village in Zhongshan's Nanlang, with his foreign disciple Stanley Maro Warden. The 82-year-old was trying to answer his disciple's question about the essence of Chinese kung fu.

"Kung fu is a blend of delicacy and force, and culture is a form of soft power," said Duncan Leung. "I teach Chinese kung fu, and at the same time spread Chinese culture to the world."

In the courtyard of Liang's Ancestral Temple, Stanley (front left) and Ko Kwok-cheung, a 68-year-old student from Hong Kong (front right), engage practice offensive and defensive movements in pair, while Duncan is standing aside and providing instructions.

Students from Germany (first left), the United States (second left), Switzerland (third left) and Japan (fourth left) take part in a training session.

Under the banyan tree at the village, Duncan takes photos of a family tree with his mobile phone.

Stanley uses his mobile phone to take pictures of Duncan offering incense at the Wuhou Temple.

Duncan explains the implied meaning of the stone couplet in front of his ancestral house.