Zhan Zhuang
Zhàn zhuāng ( Chinese 站樁 / 站桩 , Pinyin zhàn zhuāng - “literally standing pole , standing column ”) is a form of Qigong and is practiced in calm, carefully balanced positions.
Zhan Zhuang literally means “standing like a stake” (“ post , support or column”). The details of the positions can be adjusted to the strength and strength of the practitioner. Therefore this form of qigong is suitable for people of different constitution.
The system of basic exercises as it is known today was established by Grand Master Wang Xiangzhai (1885–1963).
One of his most important students, Professor Yu Yongnian (* 1919), is the current head of the Zhan Zhuang Qigong lineage. In 1953, he introduced Zhan Zhuang to various hospitals in China as a method of treating the chronically ill .
Zhan Zhuang came to the West in the mid-1980s through Master Lam Kam-Chuen, a long-time student of Professor Yu. Master Lam has lived and taught in London since 1975 . He is the author of several books, including a. the first book about Zhan Zhuang published in the West.
literature
- Lam Kam-Chuen: The Way of Energy . Fireside, 1991, ISBN 0-671-73645-0 (English).