Ancient practice that brings calm and fitness

At the entrance to the gym at Beijing Sport University's health qigong training center, a dark plaque with the two bright Chinese characters ping jing easily draws the attention of visitors.

Forms of health qigong

With the development of modern science, traditional health qigong is evolving into new forms to meet the needs of modern society. The Chinese Health Qigong Association has organized experts to create five major exercise methods of health qigong based on traditions as follows:

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