China Cultural Hearth of Taoism - -Wudang Mountain, is named by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1994 as a World Heritage site.

Wudang martial arts are a great contribution of Wudang Taoism, which is a famous branch of Chinese Taoism. It is said that the founding father of Wudang Neijiaquan is Zhang Sanfeng, an outstanding Taoist. When practicing asceticism at Wudang, he saw a fight between a pied magpie and a snake, which enlightened him a lot. Based on the postures of the two animals, he eventually created the unique Wudang boxing. It has been developed and enriched successively by the great masters over the generations and has now grown into one of numerous schools and varieties with rich contents.

Wudang boxing includes boxing varieties such as Taiji (shadowboxing); Xingyi (shadow boxing that imitates the movements of animals or birds of various kinds and integrates physical motions with concentration of the mind); Bagua (eight-trigram boxing); weapon arts such as Taijiqiang (Taiji spear) and Taijijian (Taiji sword); Qinggong (light skill); Yinggong (mastery skill); stunt and various Qigong (a system of deep breathing exercises) for health.

As a main sect of Chinese martial arts, Wudang martial arts are heading for the world and have drawn a lot of martial arts fans from outside China.