The Karate Kid was filmed in China and in the United States of America.
Wudang Mountain
In movie
Scene where Mr. Han takes Dre to the Wudang Mountains in China.
Real
Scene was shot The Wudang Mountains consist of a small mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China, just south of Shiyan. They are home to a famous complex of Taoist temples and monasteries associated with the god Xuanwu. The Wudang Mountains are renowned for the practice of Tai chi and Taoism as the Taoist counterpart to the Shaolin Monastery, which is affiliated with Chinese Chán Buddhism. The Wudang Mountains are one of the "Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism" in China, an important destination for Taoist pilgrimages.
The Forbidden City
In movie
Scene where As part of a school trip Dre goes to the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Real
Scene was shot The Forbidden City is a palace complex in central Beijing, China. The former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty (the years 1420 to 1912), it now houses the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years.
Since 2012, the Forbidden City has seen an average of 15 million visitors annually.
Great Wall of China - Tower 14
In movie
Scene where Mr. Han takes Dre for his training to the Great Wall of China.
Real
Scene was shot The Great Wall of China is a series of walls that stretch from Liaoning Province through Hebei Province, Tianjin Municipality, Beijing Municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and Ningxia Autonomous Region into Gansu Province within the country of China.
The Mutianyu Great Wall was first built by the Northern Qi Dynasty in (550–577) over 1,400 years ago.
The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is a masterpiece of restoration, with 23 original-style watchtowers. Mutianyu is the longest fully-restored Great Wall section open to tourists.
They shot the movie around Tower 14 of the Mutianyu section in Huairou County – which is about 45 miles from Beijing.