Zhaobao Tai Chi is one of the oldest and most primitive forms of Tai Chi in China. It is said to have been founded by Wudang Taoist Zhang Sanfeng and inherited and developed by descendants in Zhaobao Town. Its characteristics are smooth and rounded movements, delicate movements, concise routines, and emphasis on the unity of body and mind, and the combination of inside and outside. Zhaobao Tai Chi is not only a fitness art, but also an exquisite martial art, and is known as the “living fossil of Tai Chi.”
Hou Chunxiu (1904-1985), the 10th generation inheritor of Zhaobao Taijiquan, was the honorary president of the Xi’an Wudang Zhaobao Taijiquan Research Association. Master Hou Chunxiu was born in Zhaobao. At the age of 18, he…
Zheng Boying is one of the tenth generation inheritors of Zhaobao Taijiquan. He is a disciple of He Qingxi. In the 1931 Kaifeng National Martial Arts Competition, he won the honor of “high level of…
Du Yuanhua is one of the ninth generation inheritors of Zhaobao Taijiquan. He is a disciple of Ren Changchun. He is from Yizhuang, Boai County. He was a student of Wenxiang in the late Qing…
He Qingxi (1857-1936 AD) was born in the sixth year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign in the Qing Dynasty. He was the ninth grandmaster of Zhaobaoquan. He was the eldest grandson of He Zhaoyuan. He was…
He Zhaoyuan (1811-1890 AD) is one of the eighth generation inheritors of Zhaobao Taijiquan. After his skills were perfected, he became a guard of Li Tangjie, a veteran of three dynasties in the Qing Dynasty….
Chen Qingping (1795-1868 AD, also known as Chen Qingping or Chen Qingping, Chen Qingping) is the seventh generation master of Zhaobao Tai Chi. Because he is both civil and martial, he is called the civil…
Zhang Yan is the sixth generation inheritor of Zhaobao Tai Chi. He is an outstanding master who pioneered the promotion of Zhaobao Tai Chi outside the local area and visited abroad. Because of his comprehensive…
Zhang Zhongyu is the fifth generation inheritor of Zhaobao Taijiquan. He chose his neighbor Yuan Fakong as his personal disciple. At that time, Yuan Fakong opened a Chinese medicine store in Damingfu, and he often…
Chen Jingbo is the fourth generation inheritor of Zhaobao Taijiquan. He has reached the ultimate state of Taijiquan skills and was called “the master boxer” by his contemporaries. He made friends with martial arts and…
Zhang Chuchen succeeded Xing Xihuai and became the third generation master of Zhaobao Dajiquan. He was loyal and simple, and he followed the rules. There was no record of his outstanding deeds after he achieved…
Xing Xihuai was born in the 23rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (approximately from 1595 to 1671) and lived in the South Street of Zhaobao Town. After Xing Gong’s apprenticeship, he studied the…
Master Jiang Fa was the first founder of Zhaobao Tai Chi. He was born in the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1514 AD). He learned Tai Chi from Wang Zongyue in the…
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