Yangsheng – The Chinese Way of Health Cultivation

Yangsheng literally means “nourishing life”. By nurturing body, mind and spirit in harmony with the rhythm of nature you are able to foster your health and well being.

Traditional Chinese Medicine signifies three different sources of energy that keeps us alive: The air we breathe (qi), the food we eat and the inherited Jing essence we were born with. Jing is “life energy” that we got a limited amount from our parents when we were born. Jing is the main power to help us grow up, develop and get strong. We can take care of this energy and promote our health and well being by Daoist practice of self-care, called Yangsheng.

Practice love and compassion, live in harmony with the laws of nature, and develop mindfulness through cultivating a calm and serene state of mind and care for your body through proper nourishment, rest, relaxation and daily exercise.

China Culture Center Beijing is happy to help and support you with this goals. We therefore invented new tours and classes for this 2010 spring, customized on Yangsheng.

Health Cultivation Tour to Hangzhou & Lanxi
April 23.eve.-25 /Repeat: May 21eve.-23

A Master in Yangsheng from Beijing will lead your throughout this journey, practise health exercises and meditations in the most charming places including tea testing and Zen martial art learning in a monastery and a visit to a TCM hospital >>> more

Zen Weekend Retreat in Temple
May 7eve.-9

Experience the calm and peace of life as practiced by Zen Buddhism in the seclusion of our temple courtyard retreat on Red Conch Mountain in the outskirts of Beijing. Our Zen master will show you how to dissolve stress from your life >>> more

 

Chinese Medicine Museum Tour
Tuesday, May 11, 09:30-12:30
Visit the China Medicine Museum in Beijing, where it stores wide selection of artifects and specimen and a good showcase of Chinese medicine history. Come with CCC to learn everything about Chinese Medicine, from the History, herbs and acupuncture, etc.
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Chinese Medicine Course
Mons & Weds, April 26 - May 26, 10:00-12:00
(no class for the first week of May)

This 8 session course covers the basic philosophy and cosmology underlying Chinese medicine, the varying schools of thought in history, the acupuncture channels and their relationship to illness, the four diagnostic methods, Chinese herbalism. >>> more

 Wudang Yangsheng Taichi Classes
Sunday, April 18-May 30, 10:30-12:00

Master Jiang, a taoist from Mount Wudang, most famous taoist mountain in China. He is a disciples of the leading Wudang Taichi school. He travels to Beijing every year for 2 months and give authentic Wudang Taichi classes for CCC. >>> more

Three Real "Old China" Experiences 
The below are three unique CCC tours, some of the rare places where you can still feel the picturesque charm of ancient northern central China

Ancient Zhengding Town & Yujia Stone Village
Saturday & Sunday, April 17-18

This is a well-received bus tour. The Buddhist temples in Zhengding are well worth seeing, but the real highlight of the trip is Yujia stone village - one of the rare places where you can still feel the picturesque charm of ancient China. >>> more

Beijing Amblers: Wise Water Village
Sunday, May 9, 09:00-18:00

The Wise Water Village has longer history than the Ming Village (Chuan Di Xia) and has not a tourist spot yet. The countryside, agriculture rugged terrain and rural life are all deserving and informative. It has a welcoming feeling. >>> more

Ecological Change in Modern China - Seminar, trip and hike
May 14-16  (seminar will be on May 10, 19:30)

This seminar and trip combination is an introduction to ecological change and its human dimensions in China, and a chance to see a natural world - mountains and great walls,which are still very beautiful, and meet some interesting people. >>> more