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Taijiquan enshrined among World s Intangible Cultural Heritages
Dec 20, 2020, 15:59
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed China s Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held online from December 14 to 19.
Taijiquan, a kind of traditional martial arts, was born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou, located in Central China s Henan province, before it spread to more than 150 countries and regions, attracting more than 100 million practitioners.
Two children practise Taijiquan outside a traditional martial art school in Chenjiagou Village, Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City of central China s Henan Province on June 29, 2018.
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BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed China s Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held online from December 14 to 19.
Taijiquan, a kind of traditional martial arts, was born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou, located in Central China s Henan province, before it spread to more than 150 countries and regions, attracting more than 100 million practitioners.
FROM A LITTLE VILLAGE TO BEIJING
It took almost 200 years for Taijiquan, from being created in a little village, to spread to Beijing, the capital city of China, and then spread over the country.