Praying for the Long Life of Chairman Mao Taijiquan

Published by Dennis on Sep 29, 2011 with 0 Comment and 75 Views

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“Praying for the Long Life of Chairman Mao Taijiquan” (《敬祝毛主席万寿无疆》太极拳) was a taijiquan form created during the cultural revolution period. “Praying for the Long Life of Chairman Mao Taijiquan” is also referred as “Long Life Taijiquan” which was composed by 8 units for the celebration Chairman Mao’s 74 birthday in 1967. Among those 8 units, there was only one Taijiquan related unit which was Taijiquan Correction Group of Huangpu District. This “correction group” had only a hand-full of Taijiquan enthusiasts and it was formed for the purpose of “revolutionize” Taijiquan.