The 2017 China (Lijiang) International Wushu Culture Festival is underway in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province. The sporting event takes place from Aug 27 to 28, in conjunction with the International Health Qigong Grand Prix.
China has a long folk traditional martial arts history. Wushu is Chinese for traditional martial arts . Qigong is also traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi, translated as "life energy", with roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy, and martial arts.
The two-day event aims to strengthen exchanges on sports culture between China and other countries and build a platform for qigong lovers from home and abroad.
Approximately 36 representative teams have been selected for competition in two sports–health qigong and wushu.
The Wushu Culture Festival is large in scale and has a profound influence around the world. More than 10 countries, including the United States, Russia, Vietnam, Singapore, Switzerland, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Kosovo and France have shown interest in the festival.
Wu Guokun, a local government official, said, "Lijiang endeavors to build an event which will be a new calling card of the city’s culture. The event is not only a feast of Chinese traditional martial culture but also can help promote the city’s sports industry and image."
Lijiang also emphasizes cultivation of young martial arts lovers. The event sends many coaches to local kindergartens to teach the children basic sklls and wushu gymnastics.
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Policy support toward healthcare projects in Lecheng
The scenery around Lecheng, a small town 6 kilometers away from the site of the Boao Forum for Asia on tropical Hainan Island, is changing daily as it is turned into an international pilot zone for medical tourism, an industry which is expected to bring in $678 billion in 2017 worldwide.
About 90 kilometers from Haikou, the capital city of Hainan province, Lecheng, with its 700-year history, was chosen in 2013 as the location for a future world-class medical tourism center.
"All the projects in the the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, the only one in the country, have been designed to sit in an area of about 20 square kilometers, on both banks of the Wanquan River. This area has been nicknamed China's Amazon and encircles Lecheng island with plush tropical scenery," said Lin Ping, deputy director of the zone's administration office.
Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and served by a cluster of high-end medical professionals, the zone will cater to patients from around the country and overseas, Lin said.
More than 483,000 Chinese went abroad for overseas healthcare and leisure, health checkups and other medical services in 2015.
To support development of the pilot zone, the central government has offered a number of preferential policies under which foreign companies will be able to set up medical organizations in the zone and foreign doctors will be allowed to practice there for up to three years.
"A total of 27 projects have been completed or are under construction, attracting an investment of 22.8 billion yuan ($3.3 billion). The main businesses of these projects involve treatment of tumors, plastic surgery, anti-aging services, leading-edge medical technology research, such as stem cells, health management and rehabilitation," said Lin.
He said another 36 projects have passed medical technology appraisals and in total the administration office has talked with developers of 92 high-end medical and healthcare projects, with a potential total investment of 60 billion yuan.
"When all the projects are completed in about five years, the pilot zone will be able to receive 5 million tourists a year. Output value of the services will amount to 80 to 100 billion yuan," said Lin.
Geng Songtao, a professor of tourism with Haikou-based Hainan University, believes that the pilot zone has many advantages that will help with the development of its medical tourism industry. He suggested that the zone makes good use of the preferential policies and produces an exquisite top-down design for the zone's development.
Hainan, once a key stop on the ancient Maritime Silk Road and now building itself into an international tourism destination, plans to be an all-in-one international demonstration zone for Chinese traditional medicine tourism by 2020.
Devotion to the Chinese internal martial art of tai chi
They gathered in Toronto on Saturday, unified by their devotion to the Chinese internal martial art of tai chi.
Ken Boshcoff, a former member of parliament (MP) and mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario, who is now the president of North American Chen’s Taichi Association (NACTA), said that his best birthday present was a tai chi biography of Chen Zhenglei, which was signed by Chen on Saturday at the Light of Taichi International Wushu Elite Competition in Toronto.
"Tai chi has grown fast recently in North America; people who are local champions have built a strong community of tai chi," said Boshcoff. "In Thunder Bay, for example, 5 percent of the population trains in one type of martial arts or another. A large number of them are training (in something other than) tai chi."
According to Boshcoff, people tend to be more health conscious in North America. They realize that tai chi has a distinct advantage over many other martial arts.
"You can do it for a much longer period in your life. It also has a significant selling point that it helps your circulation. If your blood is not flowing, you’ll not flow," said the former MP, who has practiced tai chi for 10 years.
There were more than 70 tai chi practitioners from China, the US, Canada who attended the elite tournament. Following the competition was the Light of Taichi summer camp and seminars, which is part of the "Thousand Public Seminars in a Hundred Cities" around the world.
"Tai chi represents Chinese culture and philosophy. It is one of the most popular sports in the world," said Chen, an 11th generation direct-line inheritor of Chen’s tai chi. "I hope to spread tai chi culture and carry on the tradition through Light of Taichi. Eventually, I hope tai chi can make more contributions to human health."
"We open for a wider audience in order to bring authentic Chen’s tai chi to more tai chi lovers," said Jack Yan, secretary of NACTA. "On the other hand, we assemble the talents of tai chi all over the world and give them a better promotion and instruction."
The martial art, which combines slow and fluid movements, deep breathing and meditation, has attracted more Canadians to study and practice.
"There are a lot of things such as qi (life energy) that tai chi offers, which Western society doesn’t have," said Chris Dickson, who won a couple of medals in the competition. "Just like the Chinese traditional medicine and Western medicine, they have different approaches, and I learn a lot from this exercise and culture."
"I had suffered from back pain before learning tai chi," said another competitor, 65-year-old Eva Nilsson, who has practiced tai chi for 10 years and become an instructor at a tai chi school. "Tai chi is a moving meditation. I relieve my stress and pain. It really helps me, make me flexible and keep me young."
"Canada is a country that promotes multiculturalism. It’s a very multicultural event that connects diverse people from different nationalities here. Even in the spirit of competition, there is a great deal of friendship," Boshcoff added.
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Ken Boshcoff, a former member of parliament (MP) and mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario, who is now the president of North American Chen’s Taichi Association (NACTA), said that his best birthday present was a tai chi biography of Chen Zhenglei, which was signed by Chen on Saturday at the Light of Taichi International Wushu Elite Competition in Toronto.
"Tai chi has grown fast recently in North America; people who are local champions have built a strong community of tai chi," said Boshcoff. "In Thunder Bay, for example, 5 percent of the population trains in one type of martial arts or another. A large number of them are training (in something other than) tai chi."
According to Boshcoff, people tend to be more health conscious in North America. They realize that tai chi has a distinct advantage over many other martial arts.
"You can do it for a much longer period in your life. It also has a significant selling point that it helps your circulation. If your blood is not flowing, you’ll not flow," said the former MP, who has practiced tai chi for 10 years.
There were more than 70 tai chi practitioners from China, the US, Canada who attended the elite tournament. Following the competition was the Light of Taichi summer camp and seminars, which is part of the "Thousand Public Seminars in a Hundred Cities" around the world.
"Tai chi represents Chinese culture and philosophy. It is one of the most popular sports in the world," said Chen, an 11th generation direct-line inheritor of Chen’s tai chi. "I hope to spread tai chi culture and carry on the tradition through Light of Taichi. Eventually, I hope tai chi can make more contributions to human health."
"We open for a wider audience in order to bring authentic Chen’s tai chi to more tai chi lovers," said Jack Yan, secretary of NACTA. "On the other hand, we assemble the talents of tai chi all over the world and give them a better promotion and instruction."
The martial art, which combines slow and fluid movements, deep breathing and meditation, has attracted more Canadians to study and practice.
"There are a lot of things such as qi (life energy) that tai chi offers, which Western society doesn’t have," said Chris Dickson, who won a couple of medals in the competition. "Just like the Chinese traditional medicine and Western medicine, they have different approaches, and I learn a lot from this exercise and culture."
"I had suffered from back pain before learning tai chi," said another competitor, 65-year-old Eva Nilsson, who has practiced tai chi for 10 years and become an instructor at a tai chi school. "Tai chi is a moving meditation. I relieve my stress and pain. It really helps me, make me flexible and keep me young."
"Canada is a country that promotes multiculturalism. It’s a very multicultural event that connects diverse people from different nationalities here. Even in the spirit of competition, there is a great deal of friendship," Boshcoff added.
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