Diweichuan
Lineage & School of Heritage
He began practising boxing at the age of twelve and successively became a disciple of Wei Peilin and Yao Jizu, fourth-generation bearers of Wu-style Taijiquan. Nearly ten thousand people have studied Wu-style Taijiquan under him, and more than a hundred disciples have formally entered his lineage.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1942 in Yongnian County, Hebei Province. He is a Wu-style Taijiquan master and holds the seventh duan of Chinese wushu. He has studied Taijiquan theory and technique comprehensively and systematically and has fully grasped the essence of Wu-style Taijiquan. In order that Wu-style Taijiquan be taken up from childhood, he founded the Yongnian Wu-style Taiji Martial Arts School together with his disciple Jia Haiqing, and in 2003 he established the Handan Wu-style Taijiquan Society. His achievements have been included in reference works such as A Dictionary of Chinese Folk Martial Artists and A Grand Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Martial Artists.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Taijiquan (Wu-style Taijiquan), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has many times led teams to international and domestic wushu competitions and has repeatedly won individual and group awards.
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