Tai chi

concept of dualism and complementarity in Chinese philosophy, cosmology, traditional medicine, fengshui, and protoscience, opposing “yang“ (for solar, masculine, active, warm) with “yin“ (for lunar, feminine, passive, cool)

Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation

principle of supreme potential in Chinese philosophy

The jian (Mandarin Chinese: , , English approximation: , Cantonese: ) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period, one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian. Historical one-handed versions have blades varying from in length. The weight of an average sword of blade-length would be approximately 700 to 900 grams (1.5 to 2 pounds). There are also larger two-handed versions used for training by many styles of Chinese martial arts.

thumb|The Daoyin Tu, a Mawangdui silk texts|painting on silk depicting the practice of daoyin; unearthed in 1973 in [[Hunan Province, China, from the 168 BC Western Han burial site of Mawangdui, Tomb Number 3.]]

two-person training routine

thumb|right|Taijijian thumb|right|Pan Ying performing taijijian in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Taijijian () is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing drills for training with the double-edged sword known as jian.

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