40,000 People will Perform Taiji

Quan in Beijing Olympic Park

August 8th, 2009 in Beijing, which is the first anniversary of the Olympic Games and the first nationwide "National Fitness Day" is approaching. In the celebration of the Olympic Park Avenue Plaza, it will held 40,000-people Taiji Quan show to break the Guinness World Record. The event is not only a new Beijing's mass sports brand activities after the Olympic Games, but also will also allow people to add new vitality.

The organizers of this activity say that competitive sports in the Olympic Games create a lot of world record, and mass sports also hope to set a "world record." Beijing as the Olympic host city, in the "National Fitness Day", organizes large-scale sporting events, with 40,000 people playing Taiji Quan, will be a good way to bear the history.

According to the organizers, the number of people plays Taiji Quan in Beijing is more than 30 million. Also, a lot of universities open an elective course in Taiji Quan. So the number of people who are going to participate in this activity is particular large, and many people were worried about they cannot be elected by the organizers. According to presentations of the organizers, performers come from all kinds of jobs, such as government, enterprises, world champion in sports, scientists and technical workers and Movie Star, peasants, students, representatives of ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, and Japanese, South Korean enthusiasts in martial art.

The head coach Sanzhong Cui tells reporters that the number of people practice Taiji Quan is more than 100 million. Through the Taiji Quan exercises, it is good to keep fit and calm attitude. Unfortunately, however, people usually practice Taiji Quan in the community, the park, but the indoor of Taiji Quan is still blank which keep the majority of young people away from this sport.

Sanzhong Cui believes that young people should also practice Taiji Quan to alleviate their own pressure. This time organizers will focus on the topic "Why cannot Taiji Quan be in a novel way of fashion in the room" and this is indeed a wise idea. Taiji Quan is very good, but there is still a long way to go for young people accept it.