That traditional sports program is a world-class intangible cultural heritage

Taijiquan, a traditional sports program, is a world-class intangible cultural heritage.

Beijing time on the evening of December 17, China's separate declaration of "taijiquan" project by the Committee evaluation and approval, inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. So far, China **** has 42 intangible cultural heritage items on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List (Register), ranking first in the world.

Since its formation in the middle of the 17th century, Taijiquan has been passed down from generation to generation, with practitioners all over the country and widely disseminated and inherited overseas. There is no restriction on the gender, age, physique, occupation and nationality of the practitioners of Taijiquan. Through practicing Taijiquan, people can cultivate their bodies and nourish their temperament, and at the same time inherit the cultural genes of the Chinese nation.

China's items on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity:

1. 2008

Kunqu Opera, the art of the guqin, the art of Xinjiang Uygur Mukam, and the Mongolian folk song of long tones (jointly declared with Mongolia).

2. 2009

Chinese seal carving, Chinese engraving and printing techniques, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese paper-cutting, Chinese traditional wooden structure construction techniques, Nanjing Yunjin weaving techniques, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Korean Nongle Dance, Gesar, Dong Song, Hua'er, Manas, A-Ma'an Faithful Customs, Hume, Nanyin, Raikong Art, Chinese Silkworm and Mulberry Weaving Techniques, Tibetan Opera, Longquan Celadon Porcelain Tibetan opera, Longquan celadon porcelain traditional firing techniques, Xuan paper traditional production techniques, Xi'an drum music, Cantonese opera.

3. 2010

Acupuncture and moxibustion in Chinese medicine, Beijing opera.

4, 2011

Chinese shadow theater.

5, 2013

Chinese Bead Counting - knowledge and practice of mathematical calculations using the abacus.

6, 2016

Twenty-four Solar Terms - the system of knowledge of time and its practice developed by the Chinese through observation of the sun's annual movements.