Guangfu: 2,600 years old, birthplace of tai chi
By Liu Xiang | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-10 07:53
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A traditional Chinese therapeutic exercise combining kung fu and the qigong breathing exercise, the popularity of tai chi has spread across the world from Guangfu, where today even toddlers and the very aged continue its practice. Provided to China Daily |
The ancient town of Guangfu, in Yongnian county, Hebei province might be as unknown to the outside world as millions of other settlements in China except for a singular fact - it is the birthplace of tai chi.
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