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Shi Yang taiji biography birthplace

Yang Tai Ji Chuan's birthplace is Henan Province, China.

Specifically, it is in Chenjiagou, Nanyang City, Henan Province, which is now near the Guangwu Mountain Range. Legend has it that the Biography of Yang Tai was created by Xu in the Ming Dynasty, passed on to Chen Changxing by his disciple Wang Zongyue, and then passed on to Yang Lvchan by Chen Changxing. Later, Yang Luchan conducted in-depth cultivation and research on Tai Ji Chuan, which made this boxing more and more complete and excellent.

The widespread spread of Yang Tai Ji Chuan began in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. At that time, Yang Luchan's grandson went to Beijing with Yang Tai Ji Chuan to learn from other martial arts schools, and he won many battles.

These competitions will gradually spread Yang Tai's martial arts to the whole country and to many famous boxers. One of them is Wu Rongchang, a contemporary martial arts master, who spread Yang's Tai Ji Chuan to Shandong and Jiangsu.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Young Tai Ji Chuan had become one of the most popular and important Tai Ji Chuan schools in China. Its spread has further expanded overseas, affecting many countries and regions, the most famous of which are America and Europe. In modern times, Yang Tai Tai Ji Chuan has become a national fitness sport, and more and more people are beginning to pay attention to and learn this traditional boxing.

Generally speaking, as an important representative of China Wushu culture, Yang Tai's martial arts originated in Nanyang, Henan. It has a long history and many schools, and has made great contributions to the inheritance and development of China Wushu and culture.

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Tai Ji Chuan is a form of martial arts in China. It is a kind of China traditional boxing with both internal and external training and combining rigidity and softness. It is based on the traditional thoughts of Tai Chi and dialectics of Yin and Yang in China's Confucianism and Taoism, and integrates many functions such as nourishing and strengthening the body.

From June 5438 to February 2020, it was included in the UNESCO representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind.