中国国家体育总局与国际武术联合会共同发起以“和谐、健康、共享”为主题的一系列武术表演活动。一则太极宣传广告《太极拳，人类的共同财富》在有“世界十字路口”之称的纽约时报广场的户外大屏滚动播出，向世界展示武术太极的名片。活动期间在联合国、美国时代广场、纽约市政厅以及宾夕法尼亚大学进行多场演出和交流活动。

《太极拳，人类的共同财富》

人类文明不断进步，科技高速发展，人们的生活节奏越来越快，生活压力越来越大，我们将如何面对？

With the constant advancement of human civilization and rapid development of science and technology, the pace of our life is becoming faster and faster and the pressures of life are increasing, how will we face them?

太极拳，人类共同的财富

Taijiquan, the Common Wealth of Mankind

“太极”是中国古代哲学中对世间万物变化规律的总称，体现了无极到太极，太极生阴阳，再演化出万物的过程。

“Taiji” is a generic term regarding the laws of changes in all creatures on the earth. In ancient Chinese philosophy, this reflects a process in which Wuji（“Infinite”）gives rise to Taiji（“Supreme Ultimate”）. Taiji produces Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang evolve into all creatures.

太极讲阴阳平衡，它要求前后、左右、上下，最好形成一个圆，所有的位置都是圆的。

Taiji is about the balance of Yin and Yang. It requires that the front and the back, the upper and the lower, and the left and the right form a circle, and all the positions are round and balanced.

平衡的理念

The Idea of Balance

300多年前，中国焦作市温县的陈家沟，陈王廷首创了陈式太极拳，之后又发展为陈式、杨式、吴式、武式及孙式等不同的流派。受到了各国人民的喜爱，风靡了世界，这一古老的拳法为何有如此强大的生命力？

More than 300 years ago, Chen Wangting pioneered Chen Style Taijiquan in Chenjiagou, Wen County, Jiaozuo, China. It has since developed into different schools such as Chen Style, Yang Style, Wu Style, Sun Style and Wu Style, and is loved by people from different countries and got popular around the world. Why does this old boxing method have such a strong vitality?

太极拳以其中正安舒，含蓄内敛、急缓相间，刚柔相济的特点，诠释了自然和谐、健康共享的太极文化核心理念。

Taijiquan interprets the core concepts of nature. Harmony, health and sharing in taiji culture reflect characteristics of impartiality and comfort, modest and implicit, slow and rapid, hardness and softness.

我们来到这个世界最重要的是对生命的认识，练习太极拳的过程就是一个人体悟与感悟自身变化，挖掘自身潜能，提高自身修养，和谐人际关系，追求人的思想、身体系统、人与人之间、人与自然之间平衡的过程。

The most important thing for us to arrive at in the world is to know life. The process of exercising taijiquan is a process in which one realizes and comprehends one’s own changes, unleashes one’s own potential, improves self-cultivation, harmonizes interpersonal relationships, and pursues the balance of human thought and the internal system. It helps one understand one another, and the relationships between humans and nature.

通过修练太极拳，可以使你这个人的性格更和善，对于建立美好的家庭，建立和谐社会，或者说建立一个和平美好的世界，非常有帮助。

Practicing taijiquan can make your character kinder and is very helpful for starting a nice family and establishing a harmonious society; in other words, creating a wonderful world.

健康的运动

A Sport for Health

太极拳，是太极之道、自然之理、武术之体、健身之法，是中华民族智慧的结晶。

Taijiquan is the law of taiji, and incorporates the principles of nature; the principles of nature and the methods of cultivating the body’s well-being are a crystallization of traditional Chinese wisdom.

就是怎么样达到身体和心理平衡，心理的这方面，如何清理和调节，太极的这个分享是可以开始寻找的。

Taiji is about how to achieve body and mental balance. In terms of mentality, one looks for how to make arrangements and adjustments, and it is possible to start seeking this balance from taiji.

早在八十年代，中国科学院与北京体育大学共同对习练太极拳的健身功效和机理就进行过实证研究，证实了练习太极拳对人体的功效。近年来，世界许多大学及科研机构对太极拳的研究更加深入。

As early as the 1980s, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Sports University jointly carried out empirical researches on the fitness effect and mechanism of taijiquan exercise, demonstrating the effect of exercising taijiquan on thehuman body. Many universities and scientific research institutions around the world have deepened their studies of taijiquan in recent years.

美国《时代周刊》将中国古老的太极拳运动喻为完美运动。世界上从事太极拳运动的人口已近亿人。

The U.S.’s Time Magazine hailed China’s classic taijiquan exercise as a perfect exercise. Nearly 100 million people around the world are engaging in taijiquan exercise.

分享的智慧

Shared Wisdom

太极拳的生命力也得益于它开放分享的传承方式，从过去单一的师承式的传承到今天的互联网快速的传播。太极拳已经成为世界流行的时尚健身运动之一。

The vitality of taijiquan also benefits from its open and shared mode from its history and has achieved modern rapid spreading via the Internet. Taijiquan has become one of the world’s most popular fashionable fitness exercises.

太极拳已经成为世界体育竞技的项目，作为历届武术锦标赛中重要的内容之一，自2014年起，专门举办了世界太极拳锦标赛，太极拳推手比赛也越来越受欢迎，成为最具特色的武术搏击项目。

As part of every wushu championships, taijiquan has become a competitive sport in the world. Since 2014, The World Taijiquan Championships have been held internationally. Taiji Push Hands（Tuishou）is also becoming increasingly popular and emerging as the most distinctive wushu sparring event.

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