World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (30/04)

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day received international status in 1999. And the first public screening, which served as an inspiration for the development of global events, took place in 1998 in Kansas, Missouri. World Tai Chi and Qigong Day founders Bill Douglas and Angela Wong-Douglas.

About two hundred people gathered for this first show, hosted by the Kansas Tai Chi Club and held at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.

Since then, demonstration performances have been held annually in 80 countries on the last Saturday of April.

This worldwide event begins in the country of New Zealand's earliest time zone — — at 10 am. Then the New Zealanders are gradually joined by the people of Oceania, Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America —, several hundred cities are involved in the Tai Chi and Qigong movement.

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day ends in the latest time zone — in the Hawaiian Islands — almost a day behind New Zealand.

On this day, many people become involved in the Tai Chi and Qigong movement (Photo: Lipik, licensed from Shutterstock.com)

The health practices of Tai Chi and Qigong trace their history back centuries. They originated in China and are popular all over the world today. In traditional Chinese medicine, these practices have been used for preventive and therapeutic purposes for many years.

The basic complex of Tai Chi and Qigong reflects in its movements the concept of the formation of the universe, the origin of matter with its division into two components Yin and Yang, and the origin of the movement of qi in the Universe.

According to the already established tradition, on this day people studying Tai Chi and Qigong conduct not only mass demonstration classes, but also free classes, teaching those wishing to join the philosophy of Tai Chi and Qigong and a healthy lifestyle.

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