Origin and Features of Health Qigong•Tai Ji Yang Sheng Zhang(1)
2018-02-05
Mace is a type of sticks. It is one of the earliest tools used by the human kind. In the traditional Chinese health-preserving culture, the mace have long been an apparatus for physical exercise.
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Qigong in Modern Times (After 1840 A.D.)
2016-09-20
From Opium War in 1840 to before the establishment of People’s Republic of China in 1949, the entire country was in chaos.
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Qigong in Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 A.D. – 1840 A.D.)
2016-09-20
Qigong development went through another peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, during when it was more extensively applied and mastered by medical doctors.
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Qigong in Sung, Jin and Yuan Dynasties (960 A.D – 1368 A.D.)
2016-09-20
In Sung and Yuan Dynasties, the Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and medicine all contributed a lot to the development of qigong, and qigong had big leaps on both the theories and routine practicing.
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Qigong in Sui and Tang Dynasties (581 A.D. – 960 A.D.)
2016-09-20
Qigong study bloomed in the Sui and Tang dynasties. This is a critical period in qigong history during which qigong was applied extensively for medical purpose and became an indivisible part of Chinese medicine.
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Qigong in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties (220 A.D. – 581 A.D.)
2016-09-20
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, even though there were frequent wars that the society was in turmoil and the economic development was stagnated, qigong continued to develop without a standstill because dao yin and health cultivation practices were popular among the scholar-bureaucrats.
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Qigong in Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)
2016-09-20
Qigong was further developed during the Han Dynasty, the routines and techniques became more specific and the theories more elaborate.
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Origin of Qigong
2016-09-20
When the beginning of qigong practice in China was is not yet found, but there are some evidences show that qigong practice has possibly started from as early as the time before history.
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