Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills Combined with Healthy Practices! The Wushu Association of Pengdu District made its debut at the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, interpreting traditional wisdom and the human health community.

During the 9th China Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, Lan Run, the secretary-general of the Xidu District Martial Arts Association, and Liu Ruifeng, the vice president, led their disciples including Lan Zihao, Yan Jie, He Yu, Chen Kai, Kang Qiang, Zhang Wei, Luo Jiaoyuiming, Liu Suoman, etc., presenting the diverse forms of "traditional martial arts + health preservation techniques + Taoist medicine" to vividly demonstrate the profound care of intangible cultural heritage for human health. They presented an Eastern wisdom solution for building a healthy community.

Martial Arts Performance: The combination of hardness and softness highlights the original value of intangible cultural heritage in safeguarding health. 

Huang Lin's martial arts (Fire Dragon Fist) showcases the beneficial effects of body movements on the circulation of meridians through its agile and flexible techniques. The martial stance resembles a fiery dragon leaping, while the use of swords and spears is graceful and elegant, conveying the traditional martial arts concept of "using martial arts to strengthen the body" for health preservation.

- Wudang Songxi Internal Martial Arts employs the internal force technique of "softness overcoming hardness" to demonstrate the harmonious coordination between breathing, exhalation and inhalation and the body movements. It presents the health philosophy of "seeking tranquility within movement" from the Eastern perspective.

- During the performance of Taoist health preservation exercises and the interaction with the audience, the disciples led the audience to experience the Bai Shui Shen Jing internal martial arts techniques of the intangible cultural heritage Huang Lin martial arts, the classic exercises such as the Da Peng Shun Qi exercise of Wudang Taoism and the Taoist Five Elements Guiding Technique. This allowed the thousand-year-old health preservation wisdom to move from the stage into daily life, thereby substantiating the health concept of "preventing illness before it occurs".

Traditional Medicine Free Medical Consultation: A Cross-Time and Space Dialogue between Traditional Medicine and Modern Health Needs

Secretary Lanrun (a practicing physician specializing in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine, with a master's degree in traditional Chinese medicine, and a master's degree in Taoist medicine), along with his medical disciples Zhang Wei (a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner), Yan Jie (a chief physician in orthopedics), and Luo Jiayu Ming (a rehabilitation therapist), have launched a traditional medicine and Taoist medical consultation program. Through methods such as pulse diagnosis for syndrome differentiation, meridian massage, and herbal consultation, they provide personalized health plans for people of different age groups. Not only does the event showcase the Taoist medical diagnosis thinking of "balance of yin and yang", but it also presents the holistic health concept of "combination of body and medicine" in the traditional intangible cultural heritage system through a linkage model of "martial arts conditioning + medical intervention" - from strengthening the body through martial arts to treating diseases through Taoist medicine, forming a complete health chain that spans "prevention - health care - treatment", and resonating with the modern "big health" concept across thousands of years.

    In this event, the Xidu District Martial Arts Association used intangible cultural heritage techniques as a bridge to integrate the agility of Huang Lin's martial arts, the hardness and softness of Wudang internal martial arts, the long-lasting nature of Taoist health preservation techniques, and the subtleties of Taoist medicine. This not only demonstrated the profound understanding of life and health in Chinese civilization, but also provided a tangible and participatory sample of traditional wisdom for the construction of a human health community through a practical model of "combining movement and stillness, prevention and treatment, and mind and body". Intangible cultural heritage is no longer a cultural symbol on the stage, but has become a health bond that connects the past and the present and transcends national boundaries, allowing the Eastern health preservation methods to regain new vitality in the contemporary era.

                   Picu District Martial Arts Association

                   June 1st, 2025