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One in a series of 26 videos created for a Dubai
client. The videos were so successful that they
are currently being viewed all over the world.
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Affichage : 10810
Durée : 351 s |
| Xingyiquan by Feng Zheng-bao |
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This is for the xingyi lovers out there! This is
Feng Zheng-bao, a Shanxi xingyiquan and
xinyiliuhequan expert that is popular in Japan. In
this clip he shows xingyi training that is rarely
revealed to the public: jing training, xingyi push
hands, the difference between mingjing and an
jing, and towards the end -- the pan gen circle
walking of xingyi. The movements of his dantain
are clearly seen as is the concave/convex motions
of his back -- making this DVD one of the best to
have for viewing xingyi power generation. Enjoy!
Tags : xingyiquan fengzhengbao xinyiliuhequan |
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Affichage : 58846
Durée : 460 s |
| The Chinese Junk design and Zheng He's Treasure Fleet |
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The Chinese Junk, "the most successful ship design
in history" and bit of the story of 15th Century
Zheng He and his "Treasure Fleet" with Fu-chuan
junk.
The internal division system flat hull, the
Chinese rudder (used many centuries before other
cultures), and water tight bulkheads (developed in
the 1st century!), are discussed.
Marine engineer Cedric Bell demonstrates how the
junk sails worked, using battons and rings with
balance weights so they could sail into the wind
like a modern yacht. He also shows the concrete
the ancient Chinese poured into the hulls of these
huge ships to strengthen and stiffen them.
interviews with Dr. Stephen Davies, Zhi Gang, and
Qi Haining and Gavin Menzies.
Zheng He (a Muslim eunuch), was China's legendary
fifteenth-century explorer. After displaying his
capabilites against the Mongols in 1390, and
helpingthe prince Zhu Di usurp the Ming throne in
1402, Zheng He (who stood six feet tall!) was
given command of over 300 ships (the largest fleet
the world hadever seen) and over 25,000 men to
"unite the four seas" and spread Chinese trade,
influence and power abroad.
Zheng He went all over South China seas and
Arabia, to spots in Pacific ocean also. If he and
his emperor had just lived a bit longer, he
probably would have "discovered" America too, and
history would have been very different!
But after the Yongle emperor died in 1424, and the
rulers of China again reverted back to the
inward-looking and no foreign explorations
characteristic of the Confucian traditions that
had long served the throne, it all ended. But for
a short time China ruled the seas, with ships four
times the size of Christopher Columbus', and
reaching East Africa 75 years before Vasco da
Gama.
Zheng He's Fujian tablet read in part:
"We have set eyes on barbarian regions far away,"
hidden in a blue transparency of light vapors,
while our sails, loftily unfurled like clouds day
and night, continued their course as a star,
traversing the savage waves as if we were treading
a public thoroughfare."
The modern Chinese goverment has embarked on a
massive reproduction of some of these boats,
overseen by the Dragon Boat Development Company in
Nanjing. Spending $10 million over 3 years, they
are getting the reproductions done correctly with
care, even using the ancient technology to build
them. It is part the Chinese goverments efforts
to showcase it's open and tolerant past, try to
demonstrate a history of trading and international
contacts. But Zheng He's explorations were not
always benevolent...
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Affichage : 10999
Durée : 605 s |
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