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World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD), also spelled
World T'ai Chi and Ch'i Kung Day, is an annual event held the last
Saturday of April each year to promote the related disciplines of T'ai
chi ch'uan and Qigong in nearly eighty countries since 1999.
The annual April event is open to the general public, and begins in
the earliest time zones of Samoa at 10 am, and then participants
across Oceania, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America
take part, with celebrations in eighty nations and several hundred
cities, ending with the final events in the last time zones of Hawaii
almost an entire day later. Celebrations include mass t'ai chi ch'uan
and qigong exhibitions in many cities, and free classes in most
participating cities.
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day's stated goals are to:
1) Educate the world about emerging medical research revealing health
benefits that t'ai chi ch'uan and qigong offer.
2) Educate about the increasing use of these ancient traditional
Chinese medicine modalities in business, healthcare, education, penal
and drug rehabilitation.
3) Provide a global vision of cooperation for health & healing
purposes across geopolitical boundaries, and also an appeal to people
worldwide to embrace wisdom from all the cultures of the world.
4) To Thank Chinese culture for the gifts of tai chi and qigong to the
world.
Organized by Win-Win Kung Fu Cultural Center &
Penn State Tai Chi Club
Place: Schenley Plaza http://www.pittsburghparks.org/schenleyplaza
Date and Time: Saturday April 26, 2014 at 2:00-5:00 pm
Agenda:
Health Qigong Practice
Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Straight Sword
Tai Chi Fan
Kung Fu/Wushu Performances
Features: Special Guest Meiying Wang , China Kung Fu Movie Star,
national wushu champion
特邀中國靑年影視動作女明星，全國武術冠軍王美英女士前來助興。
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Gina Bao, U.S.A Junior Wushu Team member, 5th World
Traditional Wushu Championship gold
medalist以及美國國家靑少年武術隊隊員，第五屆世界傳統武術錦標賽太極金牌獲得者包眞雅參加表演。 |
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