On August 25, the 9th World Kungfu Championships kicked off in Emeishan City, 
Sichuan Province, China. Some 6,649 athletes and coaches from 53 countries and 
regions gathered in Emei to test their skills, learn from each other and foster 
friendship through martial arts.

Hailed as the "Olympic Games of Wushu", the World Kungfu Championships is held 
every two years, currently the largest, highest-level and most influential 
major sports event in the global wushu sphere. The Championships is organized 
by the International Wushu Federation and the Chinese Wushu Association. This 
is the third time for Emeishan City to organize such event after successfully 
hosting the 7th and 8th World Kungfu Championships in 2017 and 2019.
    
The competition this year consists of domestic and overseas events, and 
individual, duilian (Choreographed Sparring) and jiti Events (Group Routine), 
covering multiple schools of traditional wushu. Of these, individual events are 
divided into men and women groups, and competitors are classified into five age 
brackets of children, teenagers, juniors, middle-aged adults and seniors. 

During the competition, Emeishan City will issue "Enjoy Emei" consumption 
coupons, and hold a series of exciting activities such as Golden Summit Swords 
and Wushu Exhibition and Performance Show, Wushu Kungfu Performance Show, Wushu 
Masters Forum, AI Wushu Interactive Experience, Wushu Cultural Tourism 
Commodity Exhibition, Cultural Tourism and Sports Site Exploration and 
Observation.

Emeishan City is the seat of the eponymous world cultural and natural heritage 
Mount Emei, an Excellent Tourism City of China and Home of Advanced Wushu of 
China. With a history of three thousand years and a unique style of "coupling 
strength with gentleness, accomplished both internally and externally", Emei 
wushu is well-known as one of the three major wushu schools in China alongside 
Shaolin and Wudang. Since 2008, Emei wushu has been inscribed on the list of 
national intangible cultural heritage, becoming a brilliant cultural symbol of 
Emeishan City.
 
Source: Chinese Wushu Association

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   Caption: Athletes are competing at the 9th World Kungfu Championships on 
August 25th.