CHINA’S CENTURIES-OLD MARTIAL ART TAI CHI (TAIJIQUAN) INSCRIBED IN UNESCO’S CULTURAL HERITAGE LIST

Paris/New York – China waited for 12 years after applying for UNESCO’s World Heritage list for its centuries-old martial art familiarly known as tai chi worldwide and finally was accepted without much fanfare except for the connoisseurs of the physical exercise recognized by health authorities.

The decision on December 18 by the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization put tai chi on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. China, with at least 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites, belongs to a handful of countries that have the highest number of such sites. Other countries are France, Germany, Italy, India, Mexico and Spain.

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China’s centuries-old martial art tai chi (taijiquan) inscribed in UNESCO’s cultural heritage list; tai chi joins yoga as world’s best body-mind health exercises