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EMEISHAN, China, Aug. 28, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On August 25, the 9th World Kungfu Championships kicked off in Emeishan City,

Sichuan Province, China. Some 6,649 athletes and coaches from 53 countries and

regions gathered in Emei to test their skills, learn from each other and foster

friendship through martial arts.

Hailed as the "Olympic Games of Wushu", the World Kungfu Championships is held

every two years, currently the largest, highest-level and most influential

major sports event in the global wushu sphere. The Championships is organized

by the International Wushu Federation and the Chinese Wushu Association. This

is the third time for Emeishan City to organize such event after successfully

hosting the 7th and 8th World Kungfu Championships in 2017 and 2019.

The competition this year consists of domestic and overseas events, and

individual, duilian (Choreographed Sparring) and jiti Events (Group Routine),

covering multiple schools of traditional wushu. Of these, individual events are

divided into men and women groups, and competitors are classified into five age

brackets of children, teenagers, juniors, middle-aged adults and seniors.

During the competition, Emeishan City will issue "Enjoy Emei" consumption

coupons, and hold a series of exciting activities such as Golden Summit Swords

and Wushu Exhibition and Performance Show, Wushu Kungfu Performance Show, Wushu

Masters Forum, AI Wushu Interactive Experience, Wushu Cultural Tourism

Commodity Exhibition, Cultural Tourism and Sports Site Exploration and

Observation.

Emeishan City is the seat of the eponymous world cultural and natural heritage

Mount Emei, an Excellent Tourism City of China and Home of Advanced Wushu of

China. With a history of three thousand years and a unique style of "coupling

strength with gentleness, accomplished both internally and externally", Emei

wushu is well-known as one of the three major wushu schools in China alongside

Shaolin and Wudang. Since 2008, Emei wushu has been inscribed on the list of

national intangible cultural heritage, becoming a brilliant cultural symbol of

Emeishan City.

Source: Chinese Wushu Association

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   Caption: Athletes are competing at the 9th World Kungfu Championships on August 25th.