Just a nice piece of artwork of these massive limestone mountains in China.  It if from the hermitages in mountains such as these that Qi Gong came.
In the remote areas of China, not unlike the one pictured above, Buddhist and Taoist adepts sought to increase their internal energy and keep it flowing freely throughout their long days of seated meditation.

It is said that an Indian Buddhist named Bodhidarma (or Tamo, or Damo) first brought Qi Gong to a Taoist temple in China. This would suggest that Qi Gong's roots are in India.

All the same, China embraced all that Bodhidarma brought, including his Buddhism. In fact, Buddhism and Taoism got along so well, they had a child, and that child is called Zen Buddhism. To this day, Bodhidarma is considered the very first Patriarch of Zen Buddhism.

The word Qi (Chi) is used to describe breath, vapor, air, and of course, the internal energy that Chinese medicine is so adept at strengthening. Gong (Kung) means work, or achievement.

While you're thinking about that, consider these:


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