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Bai3 Fa1 Bai3 Zhong4

The idiom Bai3 Fa1 Bai3 Zhong4 is a Chinese version of “A Hundred Shots, a Hundred Bull’s Eyes” . Here is a story of where it came from. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was an expert archer in the state of Chu named Yang Youji. To test his skill, a person [...]

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Foot Coordination Skills

Ancient foot coordination skills included Juggling Bowls and Kicking Balls. Juggling Bowls is similar to present-day Juggling Objects with Feet. In the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), people paid much attention to hand skills and thus foot coordination skills did not become an independent performance item. In the pre-Qin period and the Han Dynasty, Cu Ju, which [...]

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