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  • Fishing ships unloading fish for the market at 1 am. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Sushi prepared by Chef Shinichi Irino (67). Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Chef Shinichi Irino (67) preparing sushi for the customers. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Preparing the fish before the sushi restaurant opens at 5 am. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Octapus for sale in Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Cutting of the purchased before they can be transfered to the buyers' trucks.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Chef Shinichi Irino (67) preparing sushi for the customers. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Chef Shinichi Irino preparing sushi for the customers. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Preparing the fish before the sushi restaurant opens at 5 am. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • After most of the morning sales are done, people who work in the market find some moments of rest around 8 in the morning. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shellfish for sale in Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Pufferfish or as it is called in Japanese "Fugu" is also soled in Tsukiji market. Fugu that is very popular to Japanese people, is lethally poisonous so the restaurants that serve it in Japan need to posses a special license. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shrimps in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shrimps in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Clearing eel off their bones. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna that has already been bought  is transfered to the cutting area of the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Fishing ships unloading fish for the market at 1 am. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Night view of the Tsukiji fish market as seen at 1 am from the Katsidoki bridge on Sumida river.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Night view of the Tsukiji fish market as seen at 1 am from the Katsidoki bridge on Sumida river.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Preparing the fish before the sushi restaurant opens at 5 am. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Preparing the fish before the sushi restaurant opens at 5 am. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • People queueing around 9 am outside Daiwa, a famous sushi restaurant in Tsukiji market. The restaurant opens every day at 5:30 in the morning and it's clients start queueing from 5 am to enter. At the time passes the queue grows longer and  people have to wait for almost hours before they get in.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Transfer of purchased fish to the buyers' trucks. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Fish transfer vehicles are running up and down the narrow corridors of the market in high speed making it look unbelievable how they can avoid accidents. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • After most of the morning sales are done, people who work in the market find some moments of rest around 8 in the morning. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shop selling wale meat from wales that is said they have been killed for scientific reasons. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shop selling wale meat from wales that is said they have been killed for scientific reasons. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Shell-fish in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Cutting eel. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Sea pineapple in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Lobsters in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Night view of the Tsukiji fish market as seen at 1 am from the Katsidoki bridge on Sumida river.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Preparing the fish before the sushi restaurant opens at 5 am. Daiwa sushi is one of the most famous sushi restaurants of Tsukiji market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Kind of porgy fish in the market. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Selling and buying of fish in the Tsukiji. Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • Tuna auction. Frozen tuna arrives with fishing ships from all over the world, the buyers examine the thin slices that are cut from the tuna's tail as quality samples and at 5 am the tuna auctions begin.  Tsukiji fish market  is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind. The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.
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  • A taste of the Orient. in "Capali Carsi" the biggest covered market, in Gagaloglu..ISTANBUL, Androniki Christodoulou/WorldPictureNews
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  • A taste of the Orient. in "Capali Carsi" the biggest covered market, in Gagaloglu..ISTANBUL, Androniki Christodoulou/WorldPictureNews
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  • A taste of the Orient. in "Capali Carsi" the biggest covered market, in Gagaloglu..ISTANBUL, Androniki Christodoulou/WorldPictureNews
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Street market in Chenjoagou village
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  • Fish shop in an old covered markets in "Beyoglu"..ISTANBUL, Androniki Christodoulou/WorldPictureNews
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures. At he lower part of the picture a maquette showing the plan for development of Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching foreignTaijquan teachers and students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Park next to a river in Chenjiagou where it is said that master Chen Wangting created Tajiquan.
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  • Wang Ling Fan (12) on her dormitory bed. She is a cousin of master Chen Ziqiang. She has been living and stusying at the Chenjiagou School of Taijiquan for 3 years and she will sty untill she becomes 20 years old.
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  • Statues showing Taijiquan postures at the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Grandmasters Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing (center left and right) during a visit to their family's ancestral graves where together with other members of their family they pay their respects to their ancestors with a ceremony.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grangmaster Chen Xiaowang loughing after being prased by a local politician who came to visit him at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Chen Xiaowang lives abroad and he only spends limited time in China. During that time he is very busy teaching but also having various meetings to help promote Taijiquan and his village Chenjiagou. He has helped to build a new museum of Taijiquan there and make his village known internationaly via his students in many countries around the world where he is teaching seminars.
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  • Chinese teachers practicing during a breack at a seminar taught by Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Master Chen Xiaoxing, executive president of Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, granding awards to Taijiquan teachers after a demonstration at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School
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  • Monument in Chenjiagou village with the symbol of Taiji (Yin-Yang)
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  • Students trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Taijiquan demonstration by students of the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou  village.
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  • The symbol of Taiji (yin-yang) in one of the rooms of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures and display of weapons used in taijiquan.
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • A chinese student of Taijiquan standing by the wall were it is said that Yang Lu-chan used to secretly watch master Chen Changxing teaching taijiquan to his students at that inner yard of his house. It is said that Chen family's taijiquan was only taught to its members so Yang Lu-chan chose this way to learn but he was later accepted by master Chen Changxing as his official student. He later developed his own style of Taijiquan which is known as Yang style. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang with one of his official students, outside a temple after a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang giving a speach outside the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), where he will take part in a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang guided by one of his students to the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680) where he will take part in a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang presenting some of his calligraphy works to foreign and Chinese students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Calligraphy is very important for him as he considers it almost equal to his Taijiquan skill.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • The gate of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Taijiquan student (left) talking with teacher Chen Hui (right) before a demonstration at Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • Evening trainning is double sword at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School
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  • Poster with members of the Chen family with the  four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou at the bottom of it. I is located in the center of the village very near the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • The oldest shop of Chenjiagou village.
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  • Wan Jian Yu (27) in his room. He has been living and studying at the Chenjiagou School of Taijiquan for 4 months already and he wants to stay for at least a year. He has done many jobs with his latest being a designer for advertising but he wants to become a Taijiquan teacher.
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  • Master Chen Ziqiang, Vice president and chief coach of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan school. He is the 20th generation lineage holder of Chen family Taijiquan.
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  • Teacher Chen Hui showing pushing hands techniques to students which are trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village. Most students of the school live at the dormitories and rooms of the school untill they complete their studies.
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  • Students trainning outdoors at  the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou village
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  • Taijiquan demonstration by students of the Taijiquan school in Chenjiagou  village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang (left) and master Chen Ziqiang (right) during a visit to their family's ancestral graves where together with other members of their family they will pay their respects to their ancestors with a ceremony.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang in the mausoleum of the founder of Taijiquan and 9th generation of Chen family Chen Wangting (1600-1680), during a ceremony to accept a number of students as his official students and new members of the Chen family.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching foreignTaijquan teachers and students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Street scene in front of the gate (right) of the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School, in Chenjiagou village.
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