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Transcript: Looking back at the history of Chinese Qigong,
one will find that it originated more than 3000 years ago from the
Zhou Dynasty. The earliest and most famous book on medicine comes from
the Warring States period and is titled "the Yellow Emperor's Manual
of Internal Medicine". That book stated "Breathing is the essence of
life, regulate the breath can preserve one's spirit and relax the
muscles". This almost sums up the art of Qigong briefly. A type of
Qigong exercise is called Daoyin that was popular in Han Dynasty. In
1973, Chinese found a silk scroll inside the tomb of Emperor Ma of the
Han Dynasty. The scroll contained 44 human figures performing Daoyin
exercises. Part of the Daoyin exercise holds true for all Qigong
nowadays including Tai-Chi Chuan, Eight-section of brocade, and other
internal arts. Since Han Dynasty, Qigong has become prevalent, until
today.