The village is situated in the middle part of the Qingfeng Mountain affordable China travel packages, 5km from East Wenxian County of Jiaozuo. Originally, it was called Changyang village, but later changed its name because a Zezhou native (in Shanxi Province) called Chen Bu moved and lived here generation after generation, so almost all the people in the village are his descendents. That is why the village is renamed after his surname. Also, it is named as "gou", meaning ditch, because there is a deep ditch extending from the south to the north in the village.

Chen Bu, who was good at martial arts and the Chinese boxing, set up martial organization in the village. Inheriting the old custom of boxing practicing in the Chens', the ninth generation in the Chens' ---Chen Wangting invented a new Chinese boxing named Taijiquan according to his ancestors' boxing passed down and his knowledge about Taoist breathing exercises as well as main channels of human body in Chinese medicine. The boxing is named so because it is in fact a combination of yin and yang (two opposing principles in nature in Chinese thought). Later, the fourteenth generation, Chen Changxing spread Taijiquan around. He had many disciples, of which Yang Luchan in Yongnian, Hebei, is the most well-known. Since then, the Chens' shadow-boxing has developed into several schools, among which the Yang, Wu and Suns are the major ones.

As an essential part of Chinese martial arts, shadow-boxing has gained special popularity since 1980s. It has been designated as a special tourist item by the National Tourism Bureau and become one of the key products in top 10 China tour packages Henan tourism development.

As a kind of exercise beneficial for body-building and health as well as a type of martial arts and a game in sports competition, it is welcome by both the elder and the young as one of the national treasures in Chinese traditional culture. For hundreds of years, more and more people have been practicing it, promoting it as a Taiji Culture combined with vigor and gentleness. Nowadays, it has spread over China and even to other countries in the world. Moreover, it has also been listed as an important game in all kinds of national or international martial arts competition. As the birthplace of Taijiquan, Jiaozuo has successfully held several Annual Taijiquan meetings. Therefore, it is not only a kind of body-exercise and boxing but a valuable treasure in history, sports, tourism and spiritual field of Jiaozuo.

Once entering the Chenjiagou Village, you step into a sacred place of Taiji Culture. Here lies the memorial hall in memory of generations of Taiji masters, the well-known Chenjiagou Martial Arts Museum and the legendary site which is said to be where the famous master---Yang Luchan had once ever learnt how to practice shadow-boxing from his master Chen Changxing. In front of the memorial hall, there is a bronze statue of Chen Wangting, who is the inventor of Taijiquan, also some tablets, on which introductions of those Taiji masters are written, have been erected by those Taiji fans in China and abroad to show respect to them.

The Chenjiagou Martial Arts Museum travel to China provides enough information about the Taiji masters over all these years. On the walls of the hall in the museum, there are exhibition boards for the introductions of different masters, especially the nineteenth generation in the Chens'----- Chen Xiaowang, who is notable for his unrivalled martial arts practicing and has won many championships in the National Taijiquan Competitions. Almost parallel to him are Chen Zhenglei, vice superintendent of Henan Martial Arts Museum as well as the National Top Ten Martial Arts Masters, Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai, all of whom are quite well-known for their unique skills with many disciples all round the world.

Over several hundred years ever since its invention in the 17th century, shadow-boxing has developed into the most popular sports. In 1992, Wanxian County was recognized as the Hometown of Martial Arts by the state. Every year, a large number of Taiji fans come here either to learn practicing it or to go sightseeing. Thus Chenjiagou Village is also considered to be a sacred place of Taijiquan. Ever since 1992, the Annual Taiji meetings has been successful held in Wenxian five times, with more than 17,000 people from over 70 Taiji organizations in more than 30 different countries participating in it. Especially in 2000, when the meeting site was moved to Jiaozuo City, the number of people who took part in it reached the peak, bringing the popularization of this global pith to a climax. At present, it is estimated that there are over 80 million people in the world practicing shadow-boxing and more than 1,000 concerning organizations have been set up. And in Chenjiagou Village, it is said that over 80% people are able to practice Taiji. Amazingly, even very little kids can practice some movements of Taiji when playing games. That is why a popular saying is spread here till now, "Once drinking the water in Chenjiagou Village, you will know how to practice one or two movements of shadow-boxing.''

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