Yoga enthusiasts practice yoga at a wetland park on International Yoga Day, in Zhangye, China. (File Photo)(REUTERS)
The number isn’t large but the enrollment of a dozen Chinese students for the first post-graduate degree on yoga offered at the China-India Yoga College (CIYC) in the southern Chinese city of Kunming is a sign of “widespread attention” the ancient Indian practice is getting in China, a state media report said Monday.
The 12 students enrolled late last year and when they graduate after three years – the last one in India learning among other things, Sanskrit – they will be the first students holding post-graduate degrees on yoga in China.
The CIYC was opened at the Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming in 2015 in collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China that year.
In September 2017, 40 undergraduate students enrolled at the college where yoga teachers from India are part of the faculty.
2017年9月，首批40名瑜珈專業本科生入學，學院的教人员工中包含来自印度的瑜珈教员。
An interview of the first master’s students of yoga in China reflected the “charming spirituality of the ancient practice”.
對首批瑜珈硕士生的采访反应出“這类古老的健身方法布满魅力的灵性”。
Yoga performances at the unveiling ceremony. [Photo/yunnan.cn]
Zhang Mengping, who worked at a yoga club in Zhejiang province before enrolling for the course, said yoga helped her find inner peace.
在首批12名硕士钻研生中，入學前曾在浙江一家瑜珈馆任职的章梦萍暗示，瑜珈让她找到了久违的心里安静。
She felt good to see the “…links between the ancient Chinese and Indian knowledge systems”.
能在中印两國古老的常识系统里，碰撞出新的火花，让她感受出格好。
Lang Gongxun, CIYC vice-president, said that there was huge professional demand in China’s yoga industry, and the college was hoping to trai生髮水，n comprehensive professionals able to improve the healthy development of this sector.
There’s no doubting the popularity of yoga in China.
无庸置疑，瑜珈在中國很受接待。
In fact, the first branch of CIYC was opened in Yunnan province in the city of Lijiang last month.
究竟上，中印瑜珈學院的第一家分院已于上个月在云南省丽江市建立。
Government-sponsored research revealed in 2017 that China had 10,800 registered yoga centers.
2017年一项官方查询拜访显示，中國共有1.08万所注册在案的瑜珈场馆。
Yoga performances at the unveiling ceremony. [Photo/yunnan.cn]
The China Yoga Industry Development Report (CYIDR) said that old links between “pure” yoga from India and traditional Chinese culture including Tai Chi and traditional Chinese medicine aided the spread of the practice in China.
China, in fact, had backed India’s move at the UN to make June 21 as International Yoga Day, giving a fillip to hundreds of yoga clubs and organization in China.