Tien Shan Chi Kung
Khan Tegri, master of the Tien Shan range
Chi Kung is an offspring of prehistoric Chinese Shamanism, which is known
to be at least ten thousand years old, but is probably much older than that.
When civilization started in China four thousand years ago the shamans
moved up into the mountains to, as they put it: "get far above the dust of
civilization" and became hermits. Their practices came to be known as Chi
Kung, Chi meaning life energy and Kung means knowledge or work.
About 1500 years ago a group of Taoists wandered into Northwestern China, near
Mongolia, and ended up at the Tien Shan, the highest northernmost mountain range
in the world, where they developed this Chi Kung. Tien Shan means Sky or
Celestial Mountain and also Cloud Mountain or Heaven Mountain. It is a practice
for health, longevity, and spiritual growth for hermits. They wanted longevity
in order to have more time for spiritual growth and being full of energy and
youthful vitality in their old age was also considered helpful.
In China the more powerful Chi Kung systems were kept secret because they
greatly benefited the holder. Greater creativity, endurance, intelligence,
longevity, compassion, and psychic advantages represent a form of power
which was carefully guarded.
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In the heart of Asia lies the enormous, mysterious massif of the Tian Shan
Mountains, from which rivers flow East from the timbered ridges of the Sayan, to
sink and die in the hot sands of Western Khayan. It stretches over a huge
portion of Central Asia.
The cradle of peoples, histories and legends; the native land of bloody
conquerors, who have left nearby their capitals covered by the sand of the Gobi,
their mysterious rings and their ancient nomad laws; the states of monks and
evil devils, the country of wandering tribes administered by the descendants of
Genghiz Khan and Kublai Khan, the Khans and Princes of the Junior lines: that is
Tien Shan.
The land of mysterious doctors, prophets, sorcerers, fortune-tellers and
witches; the land which has not forgotten the thoughts of the long deceased
great potentates of Asia and of half of Europe: that is Tien Shan.
The land of nude mountains, of plains burned by the sun and killed by the cold;
the land of boiling hot springs and of mountain passes inhabited by demons; of
sacred lakes swarming with fish; of wolves, rare species of deer and mountain
goats, marmots in millions, wild horses, wild donkeys and wild camels that have
never known the bridle, ferocious dogs and rapacious birds of prey which devour
the dead bodies cast out on the plains by the people: that is Tien Shan.
Tien Shan, the land whose disappearing primitive people gaze upon the bones of
their forefathers whitening in the sands and dust of their plains; where are
dying out the people who formerly conquered China, Siam, Northern India and
Russia.
