在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

Fitting ancient wisdom into a modern lifestyle

By LI YINGXUE/XU LIN | China Daily | Updated: 2023-02-28 08:23
Share
Share - WeChat
Lin Xiaoxue (left) practices with her instructor Huang Houda in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.[Photo provided to China Daily]

It's not just Li's prentices. More young people, like Lin Xiaoxue, are breaking the stereotype that taijiquan is "only for the elderly".

A short video she made shows her practicing taijiquan in the morning in traditional garb, before getting dressed up in stylish modern clothes. She posts such videos on Xiaohongshu, and has attracted over 138,000 fans.

The 32-year-old started to practice taijiquan in 2015, to improve her weak constitution. Lin often fell ill as a child and failed to treat her ailments with traditional Chinese and Western medicine. So she decided to take less strenuous exercises and tried to learn taijiquan on her own by watching instructional videos online.

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 Shenzhen, Guangdong province, as a visual designer, she encountered a group of people practicing taijiquan in a local square.

That's how she got to know her instructor Huang Houda, an apprentice of Tashi, one of the successors of Yang-style taijiquan.

She keeps the habit of practicing taijiquan almost every day at 6 am. After that, she returns home for a shower and goes to work. She also does taijiquan with her master after work.

"It needs great willpower to persist with such regular practice," she says.

"It brings many health benefits. I've built muscle and have a low body fat percentage. When I do taijiquan, I'm in a meditation state, and it eases my anxiety and improves my temperament."

Lin often reads books about it and has gradually become more familiar with the traditional Chinese philosophy of taijiquan. She has also designed some visual works inspired by taijiquan, and hopes to promote the martial art through modern means.

According to Chinese philosophy, tai chi (short for taijiquan) is the ultimate origin of the cosmos. It has also inspired ChiRunning — a combination of tai chi and running, which is purported to reduce injury risk. The training philosophy, founded by ultra-marathon runner Danny Dreyer from the United States, has gained popularity globally. It emphasizes a leaning posture, muscle relaxation, mindfulness and a systematic breathing method.

In 2017, Wen Yi, 52, an avid runner from Huizhou, Guangdong province, went to Shenzhen and Hong Kong for a ChiRunning training event that was taught by Dreyer.

Wen had aches in his knees and fainted once during a marathon, so he decided to find a safer and more efficient running method.

"ChiRunning combines the essence of tai chi philosophy and techniques of running. It's a scientific running system that prevents you from being injured," Wen says.

"Tai chi was originally ancient Chinese wisdom that was published in books. There are more people learning about the wisdom through taijiquan, and starting to comprehend the meaning of life," he says.

The Huizhou Plogging Association has been organizing activities combining jogging with picking up litter. Last year, Wen volunteered to teach others plogging, sharing the techniques of ChiRunning while doing so.

"You can take exercise, do a good deed and protect the environment at the same time, via plogging. Many parents bring their children to join the events," he says.

"It's important to keep pace with modern life to promote tai chi, which is like an old towering tree, and ChiRunning is one of its fruits for today's society. I'm proud that I now teach ChiRunning while plogging, which is very meaningful."

Contact the writers at liyingxue@chinadaily.com.cn

 

|<< Previous 1 2 3   

Related Stories

Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 在线亚洲不卡 | 国产精品国产三级国产aⅴ无密码 | 欧美 日韩 国产 成人 在线 | 久久av一区二区三区 | 中文精品在线 | 一区在线观看视频 | 午夜性电影| 三级视频网站 | 日本青草视频 | 亚洲国产一区二区三区四区 | 亚洲一二三区不卡 | 精品国产一区一区二区三亚瑟 | 国产精品美女视频 | 看免费av | 在线视频一区二区 | 一个色影院 | 免费黄色激情视频 | 国产一区二区三区免费 | 在线一区二区视频 | 伊人网影院| 日韩精品观看 | 一区毛片 | 欧美精品网站 | 成人黄大片视频在线观看 | 日韩在线资源 | 亚洲精品一区中文字幕乱码 | 四虎av| 国产日韩中文字幕 | 91小视频 | 欧美视频在线观看一区 | 一区二区在线免费观看 | 成人欧美一区二区 | 欧美久久精品一级c片 | 在线a级毛片 | 男人和女人上床网站 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区高清 | 国产精品久久久一区二区 | 日韩中文字幕在线视频 | 毛片链接 | 欧美高清一区 | 91视频一88av |