Four foreign Taoists sit for meditation in Xiaoyao Valley on Mount Wudang. Hubei province's Mount Wudang is a Mecca for Taoists and martial arts pilgrims keen to learn the way of the fist and tai chi.

David C. Atherton has a degree in East Asian studies from Harvard and recently returned from a year studying Chinese language and history at Beijing University WUDANG, China — Having seen “Crouching ...

Krtinov Sergei from Russia competes during the 7th Wudang Taichi International Fellowship Competition in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province, on Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo by Du Zixuan/Xinhua) The World ...

As cold winds howled through the Jade Void Temple on Wudang Mountain in central China's Hubei Province, a Taoist priest dressed in a flowing black robe led a group of students in a focused Tai Chi ...

On April 12, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a special global promotion for Hubei Province, central China. The Wudang Mountains, the holy place of Taoism, once again made a stunning ...

Jake Pinnick practices martial arts at Yuxu Gong Temple in Shiyan City in central China's Hubei Province, Nov. 29, 2024. An American who traveled to the Wudang Mountain to study martial arts in 2010, ...

The "Hubei Culture and Art in the View of Sino-German—2012 Wudang Culture Forum" was held on Wudang Mountain from April 19 to 20. The event was in celebration of both the 40th anniversary of the ...

A sprawling ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains was founded in the heyday in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), but reached its zenith during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when Emperor Zhu Di ...

The palaces and temples which form the nucleus of this group of secular and religious buildings exemplify the architectural and artistic achievements of China's Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Situated ...

Jake Pinnick from Illinois arrived in China in 2010. A 34-year-old American man who spent the last 15 years practising martial arts and Taoism in China has been granted foreign permanent residency, ...