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| Chen Xiaowang, a 19th-generation inheritor of Chen-style tai chi. (China Daily/Cui Meng) |
He has remained committed, even in the hardest times.
"People had nothing to eat during the early 1960s," he recalls.
"We devoured tree bark and grassroots. But I kept practicing tai chi."
Chen faced a choice in the 1970s - make money at a stable job or struggle with an uncertain future while performing tai chi.
Many people then had spent years mastering the martial art but never found fame or fortune. Some even fell ill because they pushed themselves too hard.
"I told myself to not worry about the results," Chen recalls.
He made a rule that, no matter what happened, he'd do his routine at least 20 times a day.
Chen practiced so intensively that his toes swelled. But he kept doing his routines while trying to keep his toes off the ground.
Strong wind, thunder hit Liuzhou City in S. China's Guangxi
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