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太極拳發源地 · 焦作 | The Cradle of Tai Chi · Jiaozuo

焦作是中華太極拳名揚世界的中心。17世紀中葉，陳王廷在焦作溫縣陳家溝創立了陳式太極拳，在長期的流傳演變中，逐漸衍生出楊式、吳式、武式、孫式、和式等各家流派。如今這個非物質文化遺産早已傳播到了世界各地，陳家溝也成了全世界太極拳愛好者的朝觐聖地。文有太極安天下，武有八極定乾坤，焦作月山寺誕生了與太極拳齊名的八極拳。焦作淨影寺誕生了著名的猿仙通背拳。三拳輝映，共同在這裏撐起了一片武術的天空。
焦作銘刻著世代中原人物的印記。孔子門徒蔔子夏，魏晉時期竹林七賢，魏晉哲學家王弼、三國時期著名軍事家司馬懿、百代文宗韓愈、晚唐詩聖李商隱、元代傑出教育家許衡、宋朝著名畫家郭熙、李唐，世界曆史文化名人--樂聖朱載堉，太極宗師陳王廷，寶島禹王曹瑾……浩若星塵的曆史文化名人，將焦作映照得璀璨奪目。

Jiaozuo is the center of Chinese Taijiquan, a kind of traditional Chinese shadowboxing. In the middle of the 17th century, Chen Wangting founded Chen style Taijiquan in Wen County, Chenjiagou. In the process of a long time evolution, it gradually developed different styles such as Yang style, Wu style, Sun style, and He style. Now this intangible cultural heritage has spread to the whole world, and Chenjiagou has become a pilgrimage of Taijiquan enthusiasts around the world. Tai Chi and eight extremes match civil and military, respectively, in Chinese tradition. Yueshan Temple created Bajiquan (eight-extremities fist) which is equally famous when compares to Taijiquan. Jingying Temple has created the famous Yuanxiantongbeiquan. The three fists together prop up the sky of martial arts.
Jiaozuo is engraved with the imprint of the people of the Central Plains: one of the followers of Confucius, Bu Zixia, seven worthies of Bamboo Grove in Wei and Jin Dynasties, the philosopher Wang Bi, the famous military strategist in the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi, Han Yu the litterateur, Li Shangyin the Saint of poetry in the late Tang Dynasty, Xu Heng the outstanding educator in Song Dynasty, the famous painters, Guo Xi and Li Tang, Zhu Zaiyu the saint of music, Tai Chi Master Chen Wangting, and Cao Jin the Emperor Yu… The numerous historical and cultural celebrities make Jiaozuo shining and charming.


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Fantastic China is a series of select bilingual travel publicity films about different cities and provinces in China. It aims to show the splendid and amazing sceneries of China to audience around the world and makes a good contribution to Chinese tourist industry.
It will upload videos on several domestic platforms including Headline Today(Jinritoutiao), Tencent Video, iqiyi, and Youku and overseas websites Facebook and YouTube. Contributions are most welcome: travel@fjlytv.com.

Daqingshan Mountain, Panorama 1

Daqingshan Mountain panorama at
Chen Zhonghua's Fulltime tai chi retreat program,

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Sichuan Basin | Wikipedia audio article

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00:05:13 1.1 Climate
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00:07:43 3 Biodiversity
00:09:13 4 Human development
00:09:23 4.1 History
00:12:04 4.2 Demographics and economy
00:14:46 4.3 Culture
00:15:32 4.4 Transportation
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The Sichuan Basin (Chinese: 四川盆地; pinyin: Sìchuān Péndì), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is drained by the Yangtze River and its tributaries. The basin is anchored by Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, in the west, and the independent municipality of Chongqing in the east. Due to its relative flatness and fertile soils, it is able to support a population of more than 100 million. In addition to being a dominant geographical feature of the region, the Sichuan Basin also constitutes a cultural sphere that is distinguished by its own unique customs, cuisine, and dialects. It is famous for its rice cultivation and is often considered the breadbasket of China. In the 21st century its industrial base is expanding with growth in the high-tech, aerospace, and petroleum industries.

How does Daqingshan look like in winter?

I take you on a tour at Daqingshan, Shandong, China. It's a beautiful Friday afternoon in January, and it's actually Chinese New Year's eve.

Daqingshan, also referred to at 'the Mountain' is a Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Training Center established by Master Chen Zhonghua.
It's also a resort and recreation center of the prefecture-level City of Rizhao.

I take you to some of the most important places and tell you stories about what happened there during my last stays at the Mountain.

And I tell you, why it's so important to do 50 Yilus!

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