Last summer, a group of 10 people, mostly consisting of advanced practitioners and their companions, took advantage of the teaching of Wang shangwen for 8 days at 4 to 5 hours of practice a day. Initially programmed into the mountains Zhongnan, stay finally held in the Jiangnan region in order to avoid the sweltering heat that prevails in summer near Xi'an, which is Zhongnanshan ...
Training in China under the leadership of Wang shangwen, August 2009
The first destination after arrival at the airport in Shanghai, was thus the city of Hangzhou. Here we greeted shangwen Wang and his group of students arrived on site the day before. The first evening, evening reunion for some, was warm, despite the fatigue of travel and jet lag. The group discovered the excellent Chinese cuisine in Zhejiang in a very good restaurant where we shared our table host. It was therefore an opportunity to discuss and, thus, the presentations could take place in good and due form. The next morning we all went by minibus to make us the place of training, a stone terrace in the middle of green trees on the hills around Hangzhou.
Morning Lesson in nature
shangwen Wang and his students a surprise in store for us for training in the afternoon: They took us on the reconstructed site of a former village in the Song Dynasty in the middle of which stood a wuguan (fencing) as it exists at the time.
It was here that took place now all practices in the afternoon ...
Practice evening Wuguan
The few days in Hangzhou has also enabled us to visit some famous places, including the Temple Linying, one of the oldest Buddhist temple in China where the site is surrounded by beautifully carved caves and the Mausoleum of General Yue Fei. It was also an opportunity to discover the National Museum of the tea from Hangzhou, lost amid the Longjing tea plantation in the green hills surrounding the city, and we walk along the famous West Lake to enjoy the different views.
Hangzhou Walk around the "West Lake (Xihu)
After Hangzhou, we headed further south in the city of Jinghua, at the invitation of a student of Wang shangwen. It was an opportunity to practice in unusual places such as Taoist temples surrounding mountains and visit beautiful places, like the village of Zhuge Liang, an authentic old village entirely dedicated to the philosophy the bagua, or even two dragons caves and underground rivers.
Visit the village of Zhuge Liang (bagua cun)
In daily lessons, the teacher Wang shangwen, as usual, was not stingy with explanations and approached numerous key points to practice, do not forget to constantly remind ourselves that the bases are important zhanzhuang, shili and mocabu. This trip was also a good way to practice different exercises tuishou with Chinese students, allowing the group to make much progress because of these exchanges.
The second part of the trip was spent visiting and exploring the traditional culture in China's south contrast with the city of Shanghai and its excesses: Visit the beautiful gardens of Suzhou, city of silk culture and the old town of Nanxun before finishing with a quick discovery of Shanghai and its various facets.
Visit the old town of Nanxun
This trip, organized in collaboration with the Calam center was therefore a very pleasant time of exchange with the culture and the Chinese population and suggests that he will follow in the near future ...
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