General articles: Arts and culture

Wu School

The Wu School (吴门画派, Wumen School) was a school of Chinese literati painting centered in Suzhou, active from the mid to late Ming dynasty and led by Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming.

Wu Weishan

Wu Weishan (吴为山), born 1962 in Jiangsu, is a Chinese sculptor and director of the National Art Museum of China, known for founding "xieyi sculpture."

Wu Wenying

Wu Wenying (c. 1200–c. 1260) was a Southern Song dynasty ci poet from Ningbo, Zhejiang, known for a dense, ornate style and about 340 surviving song lyrics.

Wu Xia (武俠), also released as Dragon or Swordsmen, is Peter Chan's 2011 martial arts thriller starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei, set in 1917 Yunnan, notable for only three fight scenes and a forensic, medical take on the genre.

Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师)

Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师) is a 2015 Chinese fantasy web drama adapted from Ni Luo's novel, produced by Tangren Media and Sohu Video, starring Han Dongjun and Jin Chen; 20 episodes, 1.35 billion views, Wenrong Award winner, with sequels in 2017 and 2020.

Wu Yen (钟无艳)

Wu Yen (鍾無艷, Chung Mou Yim) is a 2001 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy-fantasy by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Anita Mui as a cross-dressed Emperor Qi, Sammi Cheng as the warrior Wu Yen, and Cecilia Cheung as a gender-shifting fox fairy.

Wu Youru

Wu Youru (吴友如, died about 1893) was a Chinese painter of the late Qing dynasty and founding chief painter of the Dianshizhai Pictorial in Shanghai.

Wu Zhen

Wu Zhen (吴镇, 1280–1354) was a Chinese painter of the Yuan dynasty and one of the Four Masters of the Yuan, known for reclusive fishermen, landscapes, and ink bamboo.

Wu Zhuoliu

Wu Zhuoliu (吳濁流; born Wu Jiantian, 1900–1976) was a Hakka Taiwanese novelist and poet best known for Orphan of Asia, the first novel to explore Taiwanese identity under colonial rule.

Wu Zuoren

Wu Zuoren (吴作人; 1908–1997) was a Chinese painter who trained in oil painting under Xu Beihong, then turned to ink painting of yaks, camels, pandas, and goldfish.

Wu Zuxiang

Wu Zuxiang (吴组缃; 1908–1994) was a Chinese writer and literary scholar from Anhui, known for 1930s realist stories of rural life and Red Chamber scholarship.

Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan, Staten Island hip-hop collective formed in the early 1990s by nine MCs led by RZA; debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) and a solo-label business model reshaped rap, leading to 2026 Rock Hall induction.

Wu-Tang Forever

Wu-Tang Forever is the Wu-Tang Clan's second studio album, a 27-track double album released June 3, 1997 on Loud/RCA; it debuted at No. 1 with 612,000 units, went 4x platinum, and was led by "Triumph."

Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber

Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber is the farewell tour of the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, announced February 24, 2025, and extended through 2026 with international legs.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Wu-Tang: An American Saga is a Hulu drama series (2019-2023, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) created by Alex Tse and RZA dramatizing the Wu-Tang Clan's formation in early 1990s New York, starring Ashton Sanders as RZA.

Wucai

Wucai (五彩, "five colors") is a Chinese porcelain decoration in which bright enamels are painted over the glaze and refired, flourishing in the Ming and Kangxi periods.

Wudan (武旦)

Wudan (武旦) is the martial female role type in Chinese opera, split into short-fight wudan and long-armor daomadan, known for weapon-throwing tricks (打出手), acrobatic combat, and roles like Sun Erniang and Mu Guiying.

WUK

WUK, short for Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus, is a self-managed cultural center and concert venue in Vienna, housed in a former locomotive factory occupied by activists and opened in 1981.

Wuki

Wuki, the stage name of Kris Barman, is an American DJ and producer blending booty breaks, electro, and house, with a Grammy-nominated Miley Cyrus remix.

WUKONG

WUKONG is the stage persona of Singaporean DJ and producer Alfy Ngor, who performs a self-coined "oriental rave" style built on Chinese instruments and mythology.

Wulin Jiushi

Wulin Jiushi (武林旧事, Old Affairs of Wulin) is a ten-juan collection of notes by Song loyalist Zhou Mi, written about 1290 on life in the Southern Song capital Lin'an (Hangzhou).

Wuliu Xiansheng Zhuan

Wuliu Xiansheng Zhuan (五柳先生传, "Biography of Mr. Five Willows") is a short biography by Eastern Jin poet Tao Yuanming, long read as his autobiography but now often seen as a fictional portrait.

Wunmi Mosaku

Wunmi Mosaku, British-Nigerian actress born 1986 in Zaria, Nigeria, raised in Manchester; RADA graduate known for His House, Lovecraft Country, Loki's Hunter B-15, and Sinners, winning BAFTAs in 2017 and 2026 and an Oscar nomination.

WurlD

WurlD is the stage name of Sadiq Onifade, a Nigerian singer and songwriter born in Lagos in 1987 who fuses soul, R&B, and electronic music within Afrobeats.

Wurlitzer

Wurlitzer (Rudolph Wurlitzer Company), American musical instrument brand founded by German immigrant Rudolph Wurlitzer in Cincinnati, 1856. Known for the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ, jukeboxes, and electric piano; brand re-owned by the Wurlitzer family since 2021.

Wusheng Xi

Wusheng Xi (Silent Operas), also titled Liancheng Bi, is a collection of twelve vernacular short stories by the early Qing writer Li Yu (1611–1680), whom scholars rank as the Qing's most creative huaben writer.

Wushenzhidi buxiayu (无神之地不下雨)

Wushenzhidi buxiayu (无神之地不下雨, Rainless Love in a Godless Land) is a 2021 Taiwanese fantasy romance series by Sanfeng Production, the Someday or One Day team, built on Amis animist myth: gods leave after the last rain, but the rain god 'Orad stays for the human woman he guards.