Tibetan traditional health-preserving sports culture

Author: Ding Linghui
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Throughout history, people from all over the world have placed great importance on longevity. The Tibetan people have accumulated extensive knowledge in health preservation and physical fitness through their struggle against diseases, forming a traditional health-preserving physical culture with unique ethnic characteristics. With the aim of exploring and promoting the essence of Tibet's outstanding ethnic traditional culture, this book summarizes and absorbs a large amount of Tibetan medical literature, historical records of the Tibetan people, Tibetan physical culture documents, and health-preserving literature compiled by domestic scholars. Combining modern health-preserving physical culture education practices and research findings in modern health preservation, it strives to reflect the characteristics of Tibet's outstanding ethnic culture while summarizing the theory and methods of Tibetan traditional health-preserving physical culture. This allows readers to gain a profound and comprehensive understanding of Tibetan traditional health-preserving physical culture and to learn practical and convenient methods for health preservation and fitness. This book fills a gap in the study of Tibet's outstanding traditional culture. The book has the following features:
1. The author provides a relatively complete and objective reflection of the cultural context of Tibetan traditional health-preserving physical culture.
2. The content of this book is extensive, offering a detailed introduction and discussion of Tibetan traditional health-preserving physical culture, filling a gap in the field of Tibetan studies.
3. During the compilation of this book, the author conducted in-depth research in Tibet, referencing over 50 books and periodicals. Most of the information reflected in these sources is factual, and the health-preserving content and methods introduced in this book are scientifically sound. It is an invaluable popular science book on physical fitness and health preservation, tailored to the characteristics of the Tibetan plateau environment.
4. The author of this book served as a youth worker in Mangkang County, Tibet Autonomous Region, and is a sports professional trained by the Tibet Autonomous Region. Driven by a deep affection for this land, he wrote this book in simple, accessible language, creating a work of this kind that is currently lacking in the Tibet Autonomous Region.