The symposium on“Health Qigong in Australia” held in Sydney
By Jessie, Southeast Net Australia, 13th July
On the evening of 12th July, the symposium on “Health Qigong in Australia” was held in Sydney China Cultural Center. Executive Vice-President & Secretary-General of the International Health Qigong Federation, Jianping Chang, with his colleagues, Consul of Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Sydney, Yingbao Zhang and also representatives of Australia Health Qigong practitioner join this symposium.
As a significant element in traditional Chinese culture, Qigong assembles Confucian cultivation of body and mind; Taoist pursuit to transcend worldliness; Chinese medical physicians’ theory to cure illness and keep healthy. With a slow and gentle style, Qigong embodies a combination of grace full posture, smooth movement, relaxed mind and controlled breath that is deep, slow, even and long.
参加本次座谈会的嘉宾合影
东南网澳大利亚站7月13日讯(本站记者林佳慧 摄影 彭寒)7月12日下午,由国际气功联合会与澳大利亚太极养生协会共同举办的“健身气功在澳洲”主题座谈会在悉尼中国文化中心举行。
国际健身气功联合会常务副主席兼秘书长常建平一行三人、中国驻悉尼总领馆文化参赞张英保等各嘉宾应邀出席。与会嘉宾通过观看视频,同健身气功爱好者分享经验等活动,现场体验了健身气功的独特魅力。
国际健身气功联合会常务副主席兼秘书长常建平(右一)发表讲话
“我非常高兴能感受到,在澳洲有越来越多的人对中国传统文化感兴趣。而健身气功作为中国优秀传统文化的重要组成部分,的的确确对人们的身体健康带来了好处,因此我们将会尽最大的努力去向全澳洲乃至全世界推广它。”常建平如是说。
悉尼健身气功爱好者同与会嘉宾分享经验和成果
健身气功是一项通过调心、调息进而调身的锻炼,其中包含着中医学的治病和养生理论,蕴含着儒家、道家、佛家等修身养性、追求超越的文化理念,强调人与自然、人与社会合一,进而达到身心和谐的完美境界。由于气功所具有的中华传统文化特色,以及它的简便易学、强度适中、效果显著等特点,适合于各年龄阶段的人群,如今气功已经越来越为世界各国人民所接受和喜爱。