Tai Chi takes world stage as China marks first international Taijiquan Day


A file picture of Malaysian martial artist Wong Zi Hong competing in the men's taijiquan event at the SEA Games 2025 in Thailand on Dec 13, 2025. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

BEIJING: More than 1,200 Tai Chi practitioners from nine countries and 10 Chinese provincial-level regions gathered on Saturday at Wuyi Mountain, a Unesco World Heritage site, for the main event marking Unesco's inaugural International Taijiquan Day, reported Xinhua.

The mass demonstration was the centrepiece of events held across China, with special celebrations also taking place at the historic homes of the martial art, including Wudang Mountain in central China's Hubei Province, Wenxian in Henan Province and Handan in north China's Hebei Province.

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