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Advocate and practitioner of ba duan jin, Zhang Yan, and her team won the 2020 Gansu Provincial Ba Duan Jin Contest in November. The contest, involving 33 teams, drew more than 1,400 participants. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Ba duan jin offers health benefits by coordinating body movements with breathing and a relaxed mind, Shen Wendi and Ma Jingna report.
"With your fingers crossed, inhale, then slowly lift your arms above your head."
Long Jing, 66, is demonstrating a ba duan jin exercise in a video she posted on the Douyin video app.
As one of a handful of high-level professionals in Lanzhou, Gansu province, Long has been teaching ba duan jin for over 15 years. Each morning from 7 am to 8:30 am, she used to organize morning exercise sessions at the biggest square in the city, attracting 100 to 200 participants every day.