Taihe Wudang Tai Chi
Taihe Wudang Tai Chi is an ancient Tai Chi school that was directly inherited from Taoism. Its boxing theory, boxing techniques, and power theory are very different from the popular Tai Chi in society. Due to the secret transmission of Taoism, there are strict regulations on the transmission of the boxing techniques. One generation is a sixty years, and one generation is passed on to the second generation but not the third generation. Therefore, it is rarely passed on among the people and is on the verge of being lost. After Tai Chi was introduced to the people from Taoism, Tai Chi schools named after surnames appeared. The Tai Chi that was spread in Taihe was also called Taihe Wudang Tai Chi. Later generations called it Yihe Tai Chi based on the characteristics of the true meaning contained in this boxing. Taihe Wudang Tai Chi has three-step training methods (changing tendons, changing bones, and changing marrow), five kinds of training (sitting, standing, walking, moving, and using) and ten major training methods for the internal and external five elements, namely essence, spirit, intention, qi, strength, tendons, bones, skin, hair, and muscles; it is a method of unifying the body and consciousness, and a method of unifying the internal and external, yin and yang, and the five elements of the human body. Taoist skills have gone through many vicissitudes of life and are hard-won. They embody the hard work of successive generations of inheritors and shine with the profound brilliance of Chinese culture. Its inheritance and protection are very beneficial to promoting the inheritance and development of traditional martial arts. Information source: Anhui Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Anhui Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)