Taijiquan | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

Taijiquan is a traditional physical practice characterized by relaxed, circular movements that works in concert with breath regulation and the cultivation of a righteous and neutral mind. Originating during the mid-seventeenth century in Wenxian County in the Henan Province of central China, the element is now practised throughout the country by people of all ages and by different ethnic groups. Taijiquan’s basic movements center upon wubu (five steps) and bafa (eight techniques) with a series of routines, exercises and tuishou (hand-pushing skills performed with a counterpart). Influenced by Daoist and Confucian thought and theories of traditional Chinese medicine, the element has developed into several schools (or styles) named after a clan or a master’s personal name. The element is passed down through clan-based transmission or the master-apprentice model. The latter relationship...

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Communities: China
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: China
Countries: China

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Health, Healing and Care Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

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ich_public_ref424

inscription_year2020

title_enTaijiquan

title_frLe taijiquan

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

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http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00424

concepts_primary_namesHealth, Philosophy, Physical education

concepts_secondary_namesApprenticeship, Clans, Cosmology, Formal education, Holism, Hygiene, Respiratory systems, Spiritual knowledge, Sport, Traditional medicine

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/13532-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enTaijiquan masters conduct a ritual for worshiping the founder of Taijiquan Chen Wangting at the Ancestral Hall of the Chen Clan, Chenjiagou Village, Wenxian County, Henan Province

main_image_copyrightDepartment of Culture and Tourism of Henan Province, China, 2019

main_image_authorWang Juan

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Health Philosophy Physical education Apprenticeship Clans Cosmology Formal education Holism Hygiene Respiratory systems Spiritual knowledge UNESCO representative list

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