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Articles for Taijiquan

A man with fighting spirit
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily  

Indonesian Gora Nebulana, Chen's disciple, strikes a pose. Learning platform In 2005, Chen Zhonghua returned to Wulian county and conceived the idea of building a tai chi school in the Daqing Mountain area. Paul Pryce, a Lohan Qigong disciple of John Saw from Australia, says that he was captivated by Chen Zhonghua's tai chi skills when they met in 2013, …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi Wulian Chen Zhonghua
A man with fighting spirit
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A man with fighting spirit

China Daily  

Indonesian Gora Nebulana, Chen's disciple, strikes a pose. Learning platform In 2005, Chen Zhonghua returned to Wulian county and conceived the idea of building a tai chi school in the Daqing Mountain area. Paul Pryce, a Lohan Qigong disciple of John Saw from Australia, says that he was captivated by Chen Zhonghua's tai chi skills when they met in 2013, …

Chen Tai Tai Chi Chi Wulian Chen Zhonghua
Science now confirms what the ancients always told us
7 months, 1 week ago

Science now confirms what the ancients always told us

China Daily  

Foreign students practice Chen style tai chi at an international cultural exchange center in Wenxian county, Jiaozuo, Henan province. James Healy Specifically, based on my own direct observations, tai chi improves physical coordination and balance; fortifies the immune system; strengthens the body's muscles and joints via a constant emphasis on big and small rotations of the torso, waist, limbs and …

Style Tai Tai Chi Chi Chen Yang
Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Practicing with a sword is a popular exercise among taijiquan enthusiasts. Song used to think taijiquan looked quite gentle but she soon realized that the practice contains infinite power and Chinese wisdom. After practicing various taijiquan styles including Chen-style, Yang-style and Wu-style, together with his experience of Chinese martial arts and knowledge of health preservation, Li created his own style …

Song Chinese Practicing Taijiquan
Graceful technique that takes patience to master properly empowers enthusiasts
1 year, 9 months ago

Graceful technique that takes patience to master properly empowers enthusiasts

China Daily  

The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts. The earliest traceable origin is in mid-17th century Henan province, home to its first popularizer, the Ming Dynasty general Chen Wangting. Taijiquan, influenced by Taoist and Confucian thoughts, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, builds upon theories of bodily energies, the yin …

Taijiquan Takes Patience Empowers Enthusiasts
Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Youngsters learn taijiquan under their teacher's instruction in Wenxian county, Henan province. Two years ago, Song Fei's scoliosis and lumbar pain was getting worse, despite years of exercise at the gym. Song, 29, a Shanghai-based fitness vlogger, has been sharing the changes in her body and mind after learning taijiquan on lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu. China's taijiquan has become increasingly popular …

Song Taijiquan
Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Lin Xiaoxue practices with her instructor Huang Houda in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. She lived in Vietnam for half a year in 2016, and when she did taijiquan at a temple there, she realized taijiquan's global popularity — she saw a Vietnamese instructor teaching a group of expats the Chinese martial art. When she came back to China to work in …

Running Chinese Lin Shenzhen Tai Wen Guangdong Province
Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Lin Xiaoxue practices with her instructor Huang Houda in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. She lived in Vietnam for half a year in 2016, and when she did taijiquan at a temple there, she realized taijiquan's global popularity — she saw a Vietnamese instructor teaching a group of expats the Chinese martial art. When she came back to China to work in …

Running Chinese Lin Shenzhen Tai Wen Guangdong Province
Living Heritage: Taijiquan
1 year, 9 months ago

Living Heritage: Taijiquan

China Daily  

The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts. The earliest traceable origin of taijiquan dates back to mid-seventeenth century in Central China's Henan province, home to its first great popularizer, a Ming dynasty general Chen Wangting. Taijiquan, influenced by Daoist and Confucian thought, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, builds …

Chinese Taijiquan
Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Youngsters learn taijiquan under their teacher's instruction in Wenxian county, Henan province. Two years ago, Song Fei's scoliosis and lumbar pain was getting worse, despite years of exercise at the gym. Song, 29, a Shanghai-based fitness vlogger, has been sharing the changes in her body and mind after learning taijiquan on lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu. China's taijiquan has become increasingly popular …

Song Taijiquan
Graceful technique that takes patience to master properly empowers enthusiasts
1 year, 9 months ago

Graceful technique that takes patience to master properly empowers enthusiasts

China Daily  

The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts. The earliest traceable origin is in mid-17th century Henan province, home to its first popularizer, the Ming Dynasty general Chen Wangting. Taijiquan, influenced by Taoist and Confucian thoughts, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, builds upon theories of bodily energies, the yin …

Taijiquan Graceful Movements
Living Heritage: Taijiquan
1 year, 9 months ago

Living Heritage: Taijiquan

China Daily  

The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts. The earliest traceable origin of taijiquan dates back to mid-seventeenth century in Central China's Henan province, home to its first great popularizer, a Ming dynasty general Chen Wangting. Taijiquan, influenced by Daoist and Confucian thought, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, builds …

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Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle
1 year, 9 months ago

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

China Daily  

Youngsters learn taijiquan under their teacher's instruction in Wenxian county, Henan province. Two years ago, Song Fei's scoliosis and lumbar pain was getting worse, despite years of exercise at the gym. Song, 29, a Shanghai-based fitness vlogger, has been sharing the changes in her body and mind after learning taijiquan on lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu. China's taijiquan has become increasingly popular …

Song Taijiquan
Fighting to promote a martial art
1 year, 9 months ago

Fighting to promote a martial art

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. Chen, one of the masters of the Chen-style taijiquan, has been practicing the martial art since he was 6 years old, under the tutelage of his uncles, Chen Xiaowang …

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Fighting to promote a martial art
1 year, 9 months ago

Fighting to promote a martial art

China Daily  

Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. Chen, one of the masters of the Chen-style taijiquan, has been practicing the martial art since he was 6 years old, under the tutelage of his uncles, Chen Xiaowang …

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Tai Chi
4 years ago

Tai Chi

China Daily  

Taijiquan, also known as tai chi. The traditional legend goes that the wise man Zhang Sanfeng of the Song Dynasty created Taijiquan after he had witnessed a fight between a sparrow and a snake; while most people agreed that the modern Taijiquan originated from Chen style Taijiquan, which first appeared during the 19th century in the Daoguang Reign of the …

Chen Chi Taijiquan Yang Styles Tai Means
Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status
4 years ago

Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status

China Daily  

A Wangchuan ceremony in Xiamen, Fujian province. Two new entries from China, Taijiquan and the Wangchuan ceremony, were added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on Thursday. In China, seven national-level intangible cultural heritage items are related to Taijiquan, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The wangchuan ceremony, or Ong Chun, was jointly put forward for UNESCO intangible …

China Cultural Tai Taijiquan Wangchuan Unesco Chi
Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status
4 years ago

Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status

China Daily  

A Wangchuan ceremony in Xiamen, Fujian province. Two new entries from China, Taijiquan and the Wangchuan ceremony, were added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on Thursday. In China, seven national-level intangible cultural heritage items are related to Taijiquan, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The wangchuan ceremony, or Ong Chun, was jointly put forward for UNESCO intangible …

China Cultural Tai Unesco Chi Taijiquan Wangchuan
Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status
4 years ago

Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status

China Daily  

A Wangchuan ceremony in Xiamen, Fujian province. Two new entries from China, Taijiquan and the Wangchuan ceremony, were added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on Thursday. In China, seven national-level intangible cultural heritage items are related to Taijiquan, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The wangchuan ceremony, or Ong Chun, was jointly put forward for UNESCO intangible …

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