Tai Ji Chuan's brief introduction is as follows:
Tai Ji Chuan, an intangible cultural heritage, is based on the core idea of Tai Chi and the dialectical view of Yin and Yang in China's traditional Confucianism and Taoism, and integrates many functions such as nourishing temperament, keeping fit and fighting.
Combining the changes of Yin-Yang and Five Elements of Yi-ology, meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ancient guidance and breathing, it is a traditional China boxing with both internal and external cultivation, gentleness and lightness. The main representatives of Tai Ji Chuan are Shi Chengzhi, Chen Zhenglei, Yang Zhenduo, Li Bingci, Sun Wanrong and Zhong Zhenshan.
1949 was adapted by the State Sports Commission for gymnastics, performances and sports competitions. After China's reform and opening up, it partially recovered its original appearance; It can be further divided into Tai Ji Chuan for competition, Tai Ji Chuan for gymnastics and Taiji Pusher.
There are many schools of traditional Tai Ji Chuan, and the common schools are Chen, Yang, Wu, Wu, How. Each school has a relationship of inheritance, learning from each other, and each school has its own characteristics, showing a state of letting a hundred flowers blossom. Because Tai Ji Chuan is a modern martial arts boxing with many schools and a broad mass base, it is a very vital martial arts boxing in China.
From June, 5438 to February, 2020, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage (CLOC-0/5) included the "Tai Ji Chuan" project in the UNESCO representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind.
Name source:
Tai Ji Chuan is a major martial arts department. Tai Ji Chuan's name is named after the ever-changing boxing, and it is explained by the ancient philosophical theories of "Yin and Yang" and "Tai Chi" in China.
The word Tai Chi comes from the Book of Changes: "It is easy to have Tai Chi, which is to give birth to two instruments." "Tai" means big, and "Pole" means the beginning or vertex. The first sentence in Zhou Dunyi's Illustration of Taiji in Song Dynasty is "Infinite Taiji", which does not mean that Taiji originated from infinity, but refers to "Infinite Taiji", meaning that Taiji is the origin of all things.
It contains supreme, extreme, absolute and unique meanings. That's what Tai Ji Chuan meant. Taiji diagram is one of the most primitive world views in ancient China. The combination of boxing and Taiji theory gradually formed the Tai Ji Chuan technique.
The word Taiji Zhuan first appeared in Wang Zongyue's On Taiji Zhuan. According to literature and oral materials, Wang Zongyue's last work was Wu Clarification in Yongnian County, Guangping Prefecture, Zhili in Qing Dynasty (1880-1884). When I was working as a county magistrate in Wuyang County, Henan Province, I got it from Jiayandian in Beiwudu Town, and the time was about the second year of Qing Xianfeng (1854).
Because of Wang Zongyue's existence, researchers have not yet reached a conclusion. In recent ten years, it has been suggested that The Biography of Taiji was written by Wu Yuxiang (18 12-1880). No matter who is right or wrong in the above discussion, one thing is certain: No one has read the original of On Taiji Biography by Wang Zongyue.