China celebrates International Yoga Day at Great Wall of China

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On Wednesday,around one thousand Chinese yoga practitioners will celebrate the International yoga Day in Beijing,following a week of events held across China.

On Tuesday morning,dozens of Chinese Yoga lovers gathered at the great wall of china,in a first such event organised by the Indian Embassy in Beijing,along with the Chinese people association for friendship with foreign countries and Yogi yoga institute in Beijing.

Twenty young yoga ambassadors from India,10 girls and 10 boys under 30 years of age selected by the ministry of Ayush and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga,are touring china and holding workshops in the lead up to yoga day in an effort to demonstrate authentic yoga techniques,in a country where there is wide popularity for yoga but also a dearth of trained teachers.

There are more than 10,800 Yoga schools in china and millions of practitioners,according to the "China Yoga Industry Report," an official study that examines the yoga explosion in china that will be released this month.

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