Pingyao promotes Tai Chi ball in its rural areas

Pingyao was awarded “Hometown of Tai Chi ball” in 2013. This year, the Pingyao Sports Association for the Elderly and Pingyao Tai Chi Ball Association decided to promote this ball game in the rural areas of Pingyao. During the promotion on May 28, a teacher showed some basic movements and skills of playing Tai Chi ball, while introducing the benefits of this ball game. A number of local people mastered some skills and became very interested in it.

Tai Chi ball, which originated in 1991, is a kind of ball game combining the movements in traditional Chinese Tai Chi and those of tennis. The movements of playing Tai Chi ball are round, mellow and full. It is a gentle exercise performed in a slow but constant motion. Therefore, it requires great strength and power. Tai Chi ball is very popular among the elderly people in north China, and it is a good game for health, which can relieve the pains in neck, waist and shoulders.

A group of women play Tai Chi ball.