Chenjiagou village in China is the village of the Chen family that created the Chen style taijiquan that is the oldest one. The Chinese government has officialy recognized the village and Wenxian county as the birthplace of Taijiquan. China 2010
Chenjiagou village in Henan province of central China is the village of the Chen family whose ancestor Chen Wangting (1600-1680) created the oldest style of Taijiquan. Wenxian County where the village belongs, has been officially recognized as the birthplace of taijiquan by the Chinese government in 2007. The village still maintains its traditional character but it is changing fast as the School of Taijiquan there gains reputation and more people from China and abroad are visiting or spending time there to train in taijiquan.
Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is the 19th generation lineage holder of Chen style Taijiquan and the president of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan school . He was born in 1945 in Chenjiagou and is a direct descendent of the creator of Taijiquan Chen Wangting and the grandson of Chen Fa'ke, renowned as the greatest Taijiquan master at the beginning of the 20th Century. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou. He was already a famous Taijiquan master in China when in 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He now has students in many countries and is a worldwide famous taijiquan teacher.
