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DANJIANGKOU, China, Apr. 13, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

On April 12, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a special global

promotion for Hubei Province, central China. The Wudang Mountains, the holy

place of Taoism, once again made a stunning appearance in front of the world.

In the meantime, the first "2021 Wudang Mountains Intangible Cultural Heritage

Temple Fair" is underway in Yuxu Street, according to the Wudang Mountains

Tourism Special Economic Zone Working Committee. Powerful martial arts

performances, graceful folk dances, and dazzling Han Chinese costume show were

all presented. The event will last until May 6. People in the city of Shiyan

invite tourists from home and abroad to visit the Wudang Mountains, joining the

temple fairs, enjoying the beautiful scenery and practicing martial arts.

The Wudang Mountains is a world cultural heritage, a famous Taoist holy place

in China and a national key scenic spot. UNESCO said the Wudang Mountains was

one of the most beautiful places in the world and the great history of China

still remains there when it included the ancient building complex in the Wudang

Mountains in the World Cultural Heritage List.

The natural landscape of the Wudang Mountains is so magnificent that it is

known as "the most beautiful mountain in the world." The Wudang Mountains has

the most complete and largest existing Taoist architectural complex in China.

These buildings make full use of the terrain characteristics, and build the

palaces among the peaks, mountains, slopes, rocks and streams, reflecting the

fine tradition of "harmonious coexistence of man and nature" in Chinese

architectural art, and showing the idea of "Tao following nature and the unity

of man and nature" in traditional Chinese culture. The Wudang Mountains is thus

known as "the museum of ancient Chinese architectural achievements" and "the

Forbidden City hanging on cliffs".

Wudang Wushu is one of the main schools of Chinese Wushu. It is a natural

combination of martial arts and health preservation methods. It not only has

profound traditional Wushu culture, but also contains exquisite scientific

reasons. It applies ancient Chinese philosophies such as Tai Chi, Yin and Yang,

Five Elements and Eight Diagrams to boxing principles, boxing skills, training

principles and fighting strategies. Many foreign friends have been attracted to

the Wudang Mountains to learn martial arts. In June 2010, Pinnick Jake from

Illinois of the United States came to the Wudan Mountains to learn martial arts

in a Taoist traditional martial arts school. After more than a decade of

dedicated learning, Pinnick Jake has now become a martial arts instructor, and

the 16th generation descendant of the Wudang Sanfeng Sect. In December 2020,

Tai Chi was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible

Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Source: The Wudang Mountains Tourism Special Economic Zone Working Committee

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