Huilan Zhang
Huilan Zhang
Huilan Zhang
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"Mother of yoga in contemporary China"
In China, when the word "Yoga" is mentioned, the figure of Cymbidium appears in people's minds. Therefore, Huilan teacher is also affectionately known as "the mother of contemporary Chinese yoga".
Out of selfless love, Cymbidium is willing to share yoga with others, and has never sought self-interest. She always said, "since I accepted this wonderful gift of Yoga more than 30 years ago, I have put myself in the position of serving everyone and want to share yoga with the Chinese people. This is the only way for me to express and repay my gratitude to the revered teacher Bai Zhongyan." Cymbidium decided to use television as the best way to achieve her wish. So she began the arduous task of producing first-class Yoga TV series for the Chinese people.
Sports career
Huilan Zhang
——
"Mother of yoga in contemporary China"
In China, when the word "Yoga" is mentioned, the figure of Cymbidium appears in people's minds. Huilan is also known as the "mother of Chinese yoga".
Before in China, only a few scholars have heard the word yoga. In 1985, with the 30 minute TV series of Cymbidium broadcast on CCTV-1 and CCTV-2 almost every morning and evening, yoga and Zhang Huilan entered thousands of households and were deeply loved by hundreds of millions of viewers. This program has reached a very high audience rating, which is evidenced by its uninterrupted broadcast from 1985 to 2000, which makes it one of the longest broadcast TV series in the history of Chinese TV.
Out of selfless love, Cymbidium is willing to share yoga with others, and has never sought self-interest. She always said, "since I accepted this wonderful gift of Yoga more than 30 years ago, I have put myself in the position of serving everyone and want to share yoga with the Chinese people. This is the only way for me to express and repay my gratitude to the revered teacher Bai Zhongyan." Cymbidium decided to use television as the best way to achieve her wish. So she began the arduous task of producing first-class Yoga TV series for the Chinese people.
In addition to the TV series, Huilan co authored Yoga Qigong and meditation, a 630 page best-selling book, with Bai Zhongyan, a contemporary master of yoga with profound and orthodox attainments, which has been ranked as one of the best selling books in China for more than 20 years.
In the 1990s, foreign countries began to pay attention to Huilan and her unique yoga practice. Since 1998, her yoga TV series have been broadcast in the United States through PBS television network, setting off a wave of modern yoga in the United States. Today, millions of people in dozens of countries have enjoyed or are enjoying Zhang Huilan's award-winning Yoga TV series, DVDs, music CDs and books, making her one of the most famous yoga teachers in the world.
Huilan's "yoga, qigong and meditation" and the latest three volumes of life series "lifestyle and natural healing", "pressure relief, centering, happy meditation" and "basic postures and techniques introduction" present the most fundamental essence of yoga's happiness to everyone, and give corresponding Yoga suggestions for life problems, so as to make yoga the most valuable in a simple and effective way Value and practical yoga techniques are shared with readers to help people get the deepest and most extensive benefits in body, mind and spirit.
After receiving the inspiration and strict special training from the profound and orthodox yoga master Bai Zhongyan, as well as the guidance of other yoga predecessors, she began to teach yoga courses free of charge all over the country. She is deeply eager to serve the Chinese people. She knows that bringing yoga to the Chinese people is her purpose in this life.
In 1980, at the invitation of the all China Youth Federation, Zhang Huilan accompanied Bai Zhongyan on a visit to China, where she held talks and gave speeches with domestic scholars, educators and other researchers on western social issues. Zhang Huilan and Bai Zhongyan are very supportive of Deng Xiaoping's national policies of "four modernizations" and "reform and opening up". They hope to help the Chinese people to accept the beneficial things of the West and minimize the negative effects as far as possible. Bai Zhongyan also wrote a song, "extract the essence and discard the dross", which was broadcast on many radio stations in China. This song shows their sincere desire to serve the Chinese people.
In 1982, Zhang Huilan and Bai Zhongyan accepted the invitation of the all China Youth Federation and China National Records Corporation to hold a series of concerts to introduce modern electronic music (rock and pop music) to the Chinese people. Their bands, Chaoyang and survivors, are the first two western rock bands to tour in China.
During the tour speech in 1980, Zhang Huilan and Bai Zhongyan were invited by publishers of some social science books. Publishers hoped to compile their speeches into books, so that more social scientists can see them, and prepare for eliminating the negative impact of entering the open country at the same time. In order to do this work, Zhang Huilan and Bai Zhongyan spent a lot of time and energy on social investigation, data collection and Book compilation. Finally, after their tour, the 600 page western social diseases was published by life, reading and Xinzhi Sanlian bookstore in 1983. After learning the importance of TV media to promote yoga, Cymbidium began to work hard to produce world-class Yoga TV series.
China known to every family Chinese mainland in 1985. Zhang Huilan, yoga and yoga have entered hundreds of millions of China's families. They have been deeply loved by millions of people. Yoga has been popular with people. Cymbidium has become a household legend in mainland China. Only a very few scholars in China used to hear the word yoga in the past. "In 1985," This situation did not change until Huilan's TV series was broadcast on CCTV in 1985.
From 1985 to 2000, CCTV-1 and CCTV-2 broadcast Huilan's 30 minute TV series almost every morning and evening. In the past 15 years, Huilan's TV series has never been interrupted and has become one of the longest broadcast programs in the history of Chinese TV. Her yoga TV program has been regularly broadcast on Provincial TV stations.
Huilan's series of TV programs had such a far-reaching influence, far beyond the scope of yoga, and played an important role in China's opening up at that time. At the beginning of the program, people were dressed in a single color. The land of China was gray, black and blue. The streets were colorless and lifeless. When people turn on the TV and see the colorful and beautiful corolla and clothes of Zhang Huilan, as well as the sea with a dark blue background, it's really refreshing and pleasing. People realize that there is still such a beautiful and colorful world waiting for us to recognize and explore, so as to arouse great interest and open up our mind to see the beautiful and charming Yoga world.
In addition to TV programs, Huilan and Bai Zhongyan, the contemporary master of yoga with profound and orthodox attainments, CO authored Yoga Qigong and meditation, a 630 page best-selling book. This book has been popular in China for more than 25 years and has been printed several times. It has attracted millions of readers and has become a continuous best-selling classic of yoga in China.
On January 25, 2016, Zhang Huilan, the first yoga master to introduce yoga to China, was awarded the India famous lotus medal for her outstanding contribution to the global spread of yoga. On February 1, Indian Prime Minister modi sent Sina Weibo to congratulate Ms. Zhang Huilan on winning the prize. Zhang Huilan is known as the "mother of yoga" for her introduction and dissemination of yoga to China through CCTV. Zhang Huilan is one of the only two Chinese people who have won this award in the 62 year history of the award.
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Huilan is always thinking about how to make yoga practice easier, safer and more effective, so she has developed a series of yoga products, which have been loved by yoga practitioners all over the world. With deep and sincere care for the Chinese people, Miss Cymbidium continues her service of spreading yoga, publishing more and more DVD, VCD, music CD, books, children's yoga products, etc. Out of selfless love, Cymbidium is willing to share yoga with others, and has never sought self-interest. She always said: since she accepted this beautiful gift of Yoga more than 30 years ago, she has put herself in the position of serving the public and wants to share yoga with the Chinese people. This is the only way for her to express and repay her gratitude to the revered teacher Bai Zhongyan.
Zhang Huilan also helped Bai Zhongyan conceive the content of "social problems in the western world" and did the work of assistant editor. This book is specially compiled by Bai Zhongyan in order to help Chinese people better understand some personal and social problems in the West.
Her numerous works include:
Book series (co authored by Zhang Huilan and Bai Zhongyan)
Western social diseases edited by Bai Zhongyan and edited by Zhang Huilan (1983) life · reading · Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore
Yoga Qigong and meditation (1986) this classic book of yoga, CO written by Zhang Huilan, the "mother of contemporary Chinese yoga", and Mr. Bai Zhongyan, published by the people's Sports Publishing House, not only stands up to the time-honored and ancient yoga art, but also has passed the verification of time. This book is authoritative and profound. In China, many yoga teachers not only follow this book for practice, but also take it as a teaching model
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