On July 9, 2017, the final match of Health Qigong mass tournament of the 13th National Games was held in Tianjin, making more and more people familiar with the mysterious charm of Health Qigong. Mr. CHANG Jianping, the Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the IHQF and President of Chinese Health Qigong Association, said in recent years, the compilation of Health Qigong forms has seen great progress, the standard of grading and evaluation has become increasingly scientific, the number of Health Qigong practitioners grew rapidly, with the number of domestic Health Qigong practitioners increasing from one million to 4.5 million. During the past three years, the number of member organizations of the IHQF has grown to 87 from 54.
Since 2002, on the basis of discovering and sorting the excellent traditional Health Qigong forms, Chinese Health Qigong Association has organized experts to compile nine new Health Qigong forms, namely Health Qigong Yi Jin Jing, Health Qigong Wu Qin Xi, Health Qigong Liu Zi Jue, Health Qigong Ba Duan Jin, Tai Ji Yang Sheng Zhang, Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Shi Er Fa, Shi Er Duan Jin, Ma Wang Dui Dao Yin Shu and Da Wu. Different from other sport programmes, the compilation of Health Qigong forms involved not only sport science experts, but also medical experts.
In the eyes of the ordinary people, the practitioners of both Health Qigong and Taiji are middle-aged and senior people. As a matter of fact, Health Qigong is very popular with young people too. Mr CHANG said, among the 4.5 million Health Qigong practitioners, more than one million are school students; in Bozhou of Anhui province, the hometown of Hua Tuo who is the creator of Wu Qin Xi, the college students there are very positive toward the activities of Wu Qin Xi Entering Campus; on the other hand, we compiled the Eye-Sight Exercise, which will be promoted in primary schools across the country.
As an important carrier of Chinese culture, Health Qigong is also deeply popular with people overseas. In order to promote scientific Health Qigong and meet the need of overseas enthusiasts, starting from 2006, Chinese Health Qigong Association adopted the method of “going out” and “inviting to come in”, continuously holding all kinds of activities, including performance, training and tournament.
Mr CHANG told that, the number of overseas Health Qigong practitioners grew rapidly, exceeding two million currently; we hold international Health Qigong exchange and tournaments every two years, member organizations of the IHQF around the globe showed great interest in applying to host the tournaments. Meanwhile, the International Health Qigong Institute was established for the training of overseas practitioners. The trainings were held in Mount Wuyi and Mount Emei, thus making those overseas Health Qigong practitioners attracted to the extensive and profound Chinese culture during the courses.
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