Chinese Tai Chi enters UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 14, 2020 shows students practising Taijiquan at a traditional martial art school in Chenjiagou Village, Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City of central China's Henan Province. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed on Thursday China's Taijiquan on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Taijiquan, a kind of traditional martial arts, was born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou located in Central China's Henan province, before it spread to more than 150 countries and regions, attracting more than 100 million people to practise. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)