The name Baduanjin first appeared in something written by Hong Mai in the Song Dynasty.

The name Baduanjin first appeared in "Yi Jian Zhi" written by Hong Mai in the Northern Song Dynasty.

"In the seventh year of Zhenghe, Li Siju was a living man... He tried to sit up in the middle of the night, breathe and massage, and practice the so-called Ba Duan Jin." This shows that Ba Duan Jin has been spread throughout the world in the Northern Song Dynasty. There are sitting postures and standing postures.

Ba Duan Jin is a fitness method invented in ancient China. It consists of eight kinds of body movements, including body movements and breath conditioning. Some people think that Baduanjin is a type of Qigong. It has also evolved into a Chinese martial art.

Ba Duan Jin, Wu Qin Xi, Tai Chi, etc. are all widely circulated fitness methods among Chinese people. On June 28, 1982, China's Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and the then National Sports Commission issued a notice to include Baduanjin and other traditional Chinese fitness methods as part of the "health physical education courses" promoted in medical universities. In 2003, the General Administration of Sports of China promoted the rearranged Baduanjin and other fitness methods as the content of "Health Qigong" throughout the country.

The name "Ba Duan Jin" is generally believed to have two meanings:

1. It means that it is a method that combines a variety of practice methods;

< p>2. It comes from a kind of brocade called "Baduanjin", which means continuous movements during practice.

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History

It is said that Baduanjin was created by Yue Fei, and there are also legends that Baduanjin was created by Zhongli Quan of the Tang Dynasty. , but these claims are not very credible. In the "Lingjianzi Guiding Ziwu" written by Xu Xun in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there are records about the form training methods of Baduanjin. But the name "Ba Duan Jin" first appeared in the book "Yi Jian Zhi" written by Hong Mai in the Song Dynasty.

Similar fitness methods are also recorded in Taoist health books of the Song Dynasty, such as "Daoshu" compiled by Zeng Zhen. So most people think that Baduanjin was created in the Song Dynasty.

The standing Baduanjin currently circulated is generally derived from the appendix "Badujin" of the "Yi Jin Jing Illustrated Commentary" compiled by Liang Shichang in the Qing Dynasty. But the author is unknown.