其他大陆的人们认为大多数非洲国家,尤其是赤道穿过的非洲国家奇热无比,可是乌干达是个例外。这个国家有两个雨季和两个干季,即使是在干季,在夜间你也需要一床厚被子保暖,更不用说在雨季了。乌干达全年平均气温在15-30摄氏度之间,这颠覆了人们对非洲的刻板印象:非洲是火炉,离了空调可不行。相反,乌干达是个避冬天堂和避暑胜地。
除了宜人的天气,乌干达还有丰富的自然资源,这促进了旅游业的发展。她拥有世界第二大淡水湖泊,也是西尼罗河的源头,境内有众多的湖泊、河流、沼泽、草地、湿地、林地和山脉,也有诸多自然森林公园,这里是大象、狮子、羚羊、大猩猩、猎豹、河马等动物的家园。鲁文祖里山,在伊丽莎白女王森林公园境内,是非洲赤道地区有积雪覆盖的三座山峰之一,另外两座是肯尼亚山和乞力马扎罗山。
乌干达还是非洲观鸟圣地,有1050多种鸟类。鸟类种类占世界鸟类的10%。除了北部的默契森瀑布森林公园,南部维多利亚湖边的Mabamba湿地也是观鸟的好去处。
英国的战时首相温斯顿·丘吉尔赋予乌干达“东非明珠”的称号,这让全世界的众多游客慕名前来。
差点上钩
某天我在首都街头乘坐摩的,司机跟我攀谈了起来,他说他有个让人惊掉下巴、垂涎三尺的大生意,问我是否对黄金感兴趣,价格很合理。
“我有一些从别的地方走私过来的金子,我敢保证你会赚很多钱”,他附在我耳边说道。一听到“黄金”我脑子立马短路了,谁不想做黄金生意呢?我大胆的把我电话号码留给了他。
第二天,司机给我打电话了,问我是否愿意在一个秘密的地点见面。我有点矛盾了,意识到这个生意有风险,而且可能卷入刑事案件当中。我想到一个在乌干达居住多年好朋友李,给他打了电话,问问他有什么主意。他告诫我不要活在幻想中,在非洲不要卷入黄金和钻石生意,会有麻烦的。“既然看到前面有‘坑’了,那就不要踏进去了。”李提醒我说。
鲁班工坊
鲁班,2400年前中国周朝的一位发明家和木匠,被视为建筑从业者的鼻祖。小时候,我的语文课本中就有一篇关于鲁班的文章,讲的是他因手指被叶子上的叶齿割伤受启发而发明了锯。
以这位发明巨匠名字命名的鲁班工坊,致力于向非洲青年提供最新的技术和职业技能培训,目前已经在10个非洲国家落地生根。中国政府在2018年中非合作论坛峰会期间提出在非洲建立10个鲁班工坊的设想。
乌干达鲁班工坊,成立于2020年12月,是非洲10个工坊中的第6个,她位于乌干达东部Mbale市,由天津工业大学、乌干达埃尔共技术学院、天堂集团合建。天堂集团在Mbale建立了中乌工业园。
鲁班工坊将在电气控制、轧钢、持续锻造、提炼、冶金学入门等方面提供职业技能培训,这些课程契合了乌干达的经济发展。我个人认为如果可能的话,农产品加工尤其是植物提取培训也可以加进去。
“毫无疑问,鲁班工坊将会促进乌干达的工业化进程”,乌干达科学、技术和创新部长Elidoa Tumweisigye 博士这样认为,他又说,“该工坊也会促进乌干达乃至非洲的经济发展”
咖啡
无论在周末还是节假日,我总是喜欢去农村去看看,在这里可以亲近农民和了解他们的日常生活。他们用木炭做饭、养着土鸡、用公用的压水井取水。村子里有很多大大小小的咖啡树,其实家家户户种咖啡树不足为奇。咖啡,是一门利润丰厚的全球化生意:农民靠它养家;外贸公司靠它盈利;在超市里,你会看到众多乌干达本土品牌的袋装烘烤咖啡;在首都坎帕拉的Village Mall咖啡厅里,我们喝了一杯拿铁咖啡,对这个国家的税收增长也做了点贡献:红无疑问,咖啡,在乌干达是支柱产业,是税收的重要来源。
乌干达有两种咖啡:Arabica和Robusta,前者分布在东部的埃尔共山区,西南的鲁文祖里山区和西北的西尼罗河流域;后者是本土品种,分布在其他区域。根据乌干达咖啡发展局的报告,2021年2月份,乌干达出口了总计563763包60公斤装的咖啡,货值5055万美元,其中Robusta咖啡出口了500685包,货值4096万美元;Arabica出口了62078包,货值959万美元。可以看出,Arabica咖啡比Robusta咖啡单价高。
除了出口的持续增长,咖啡的国内消费也勃勃发展。首都坎帕拉有很多咖啡厅。我曾经住在首都的Kabalagala数月,结束一天的工作后,我会去警察局旁的一个咖啡厅点上一杯咖啡;我也去bugolobi的Village Mall 的咖啡厅,邀上生意伙伴喝杯咖啡。几乎所有的餐厅都供应咖啡。在乌干达咖啡文化已然成型,甚至于农民闲暇之余喝自家研磨的咖啡。
乌干达咖啡发展局是监管咖啡行业的政府主管部门,它在为农民创收上可是不惜余力:它建议农民在收获季节只采摘红色的咖啡果,以提高品质;它鼓励农民加入合作社或加入大宗贸易网络;它建议农民砍掉老的咖啡树以获得化肥奖励。
瓶装的咖啡饮料是增加咖啡附加值的有效途径。我个人喜欢一种叫做“咖啡和大麦”的瓶装饮料,一打开瓶盖,就闻到浓浓的咖啡和大麦的芳香,有时候早晨我就用饮料代替早餐,尽管我知道这不是一个好习惯。
乌干达气候独特,地形多样,这孕育了高品质的咖啡。如果有机会来乌干达,一定要品尝当地咖啡;品咖啡,留住你的乌干达记忆。
工作签证费和农产品加工
2021年3月,乌干达内政部对工作许可收费做出一些改变,其中农产品加工签证费用从先前的每年2500美元下降到每年400美元。这是乌干达政府推出的致力于促进农业尤其是农产品加工的新举措,其目的是通过吸引对农产品的直接投资来增加农产品附加值。
举几个例子。一个凤梨在田间地头售价0.038美金,到了超市售价0.552美金,而一袋120克包装的凤梨干售价在2.5美金。凤梨容易腐烂,而袋装的凤梨干能保存360天。牛油果是另外一个例子,如果卖给跟中东做生意的中间商往往价格很低,但是如果把牛油果提炼出牛油果油,价格就会翻翻。Ho and Mu Foot Technology co.Ltd,这家位于乌干达Luweero的中国公司生产凤梨干、芒果干、菠萝蜜干,这些产品发回中国在天猫商城销售;由乌干达政府投资的Soroti果汁工厂,生产橘子汁、芒果汁和凤梨汁,已经在乌干达国内有了知名度。
乌干达政府不遗余力致力于增加农产品的附加值,这是最好的增加农民收入的途径,也能够增加出口创汇。细细想来,乌干达政府降低了工作许可费用,受益人何止是想来这里投资的外国商人,整个乌干达的农产品加工业必将受益。
2021年地球日
地球日是一个全球性的节日,设立这个节日是让人们关注、爱护这个星球,解决诸如森林退化、环境污染、气候变化等问题。今年的地球日的主题是“恢复环境”。此刻,所有的利益相关者,无论是政治家、宗教领袖、市县村还是学校,都应意识到唯有协力合作才能拯救地球。
森林对于环境而言是巨大财富。除了吸收二氧化碳,释放氧气,树木还能减缓土壤退化和环境恶化。树木也对野生动物的生存生活意义重大。
在植树造林和减少森林退化方面,乌干达已经形成共识。众多的年轻人行动起来参与“我种一棵树”计划,国家森林局跟警察联合执法严厉惩处、逮捕非法砍树者;乌干达饮料公司与国家水资源和环境部合作,发起了全国范围内种植4000万棵树的计划,乌干达Stanbic银行与Roofings集团合作,在超过200所学校里种植了15000棵树。有些乌干达商人开始利用花生壳和稻米壳去制作新型木炭,这是保护森林的有效途径。根据国家森林管理局的报告,乌干达森林覆盖率从2015年的9%上升到2021年的12.4。这个增长是显著的。如果我们继续保持植树造林的势头,森林覆盖率会持续增长。
塑料垃圾是另外一个问题。尽管塑料给我们的日常生活带来了便利,但是塑料也是环境的一大威胁,毕竟我们太喜欢扔垃圾了。
近期一艘由旧鞋子制作而成的帆船游弋在维多利亚湖,以唤醒人们对塑料如何破坏生态形态的警觉;一次性塑料产品应该被禁止使用;人们应该使用生物降解包装,以取代塑料包装;为鼓励更多企业参与进来,应该给予循环加工利用塑料的企业免税。总而言之,我们需要一场“塑料革命”
当我们庆祝地球日的时候,我们不能忘记气候变暖这个议题。温室气体排放加剧了气候变暖,而90%的气体是二氧化碳。
好消息是在地球日当天,全世界的领导人举行了气候峰会,允诺一致采取行动,减少二氧化碳排放。中国承诺中国的二氧化碳排放在2030年前达到峰值,在2060年前实现碳中和。中国是世界上最大的发展中国家也是人口第一大国,这份承诺体现了一个“负责任大国”的形象。刚果(金)、加蓬、肯尼亚、南非、尼日利亚,代表非洲参加了峰会,意味着解决气候变暖问题离不开非洲的参与,即使像加蓬这样森林覆盖率85%的国家也不能置之度外。
地球是我们共同的家园,我们需要现在就行动起来恢复她的尊严。在一定意义上,每一天都应该是地球日。
祖国的疫苗
中国驻乌干达大使馆在2021年1月31日举行了春节聚会,向在乌干达的部分同胞分发了春节礼包,里面有面罩、口罩、洗手液以及大使的一封信。信中大使强调,中国政府始终关心驻外同胞的健康和安全,也敦促同胞们继续遵守抗疫卫生操作标准、佩戴口罩、勤洗手、保持社交距离,这样才能保护自己的生命,毕竟生命是第一位的。我们都很高兴能够收到大使馆的信件和礼物。
自从疫情爆发以来,我们持续收到中国驻乌干达大使馆的信息,提醒我们保护自己,一旦身体不适或者有肺炎症状应该及时就医。
中国外交部长王毅在2021年3月的一场记者会里说,中国政府正在启动“春苗行动”疫苗接种计划,旨在保护驻外同胞的安全。这是多么激励人心的消息。4月,按照自愿接种的原则,我们在网上注册了个人信息。5月我们兴奋起来,因为在大使馆的协调下,疫苗到达了首都坎帕拉。在5月20日,我们接种了第一针疫苗。接种后,我感觉良好。
随着第二波疫情的暴发,穆塞维尼总统6月6日和6月18日两次讲话,宣布新的封城措施,以阻断病毒的传播。同时,乌干达当地华人侨领号召中国同胞们团结起来,踊跃捐助,向困难同胞施以援手。医生们也在微信群里分享治疗方法,并要求人们即使在6月底接种第二针后也要继续遵守抗疫操作步骤。
6月21日,我接种了第二针疫苗,接种后我感觉很好。我相信第二针疫苗能够让我们体内产生更多的抗体。
深深的感谢祖国,谢谢她把疫苗带给我们,感谢“春苗行动”拯救了我们的性命。
今天我还想跟大家分享疫情爆发的这些月来我的健身方法。这些方法,有点像瑜伽,又超过瑜伽,但是遵循了中国的传统道家学说。
第一步是拍打身体的各个部位,敲头、搓脸、拉耳朵、揉脖子、敲肩膀、拍打手臂、肘窝、腋窝、背部、腰部、腹股沟、大腿、膝盖、最后脚踝处。每个部位各7下。拍打的好处是,它有益于血液循环,减少衰老,降低血压,增强骨头强度等等。
第二步是站桩,就是膝盖微曲站立,手放在肚脐眼处。从腹部发力深呼吸,手仍然保持在腹部。通常,这个运动做20-60分钟即可,做完后浑身出汗,会特别舒服。
站桩会焕发身体各部分机能,比如头部、肺部、胃部、肾脏、肝脏等,以本人愚见,站桩适合各年龄段的人去练习,也是封城期间锻炼身体的好方式。
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英文稿:
The Fantastic Uganda
People from other continents believe that most African countries, especially those countries at Equator are extremely hot. However, this is not the case for Uganda. The country has two dry seasons and two rainy seasons. Even during the dry season, you will need a thick cover to keep you warm during the night, let alone during the rainy season. The average temperature in Uganda all the year round is between 15℃and 30℃, which contrasts to the stereotypes some people have that Africa is burning furnace where one cannot survive without an air conditioner. Uganda on the contrary is a paradise where one can escape to during a snowy winter or a burning summer.
Besides its fantastic weather, Uganda also has abundant natural resources, which provides great potential for tourism. She hosts the second largest fresh water lake in the world – Lake Victoria – which nourishes the West Nile. The country also processes several lakes, rivers, swamps, grasslands, wetlands, woodlands and mountains. There are also several National parks in Uganda, which are home to numerous animals such as elephants, lions, kobs, gorillas, cheetahs, hippos etc, all of which attract tourists from all over the world. Uganda is also home to the Rwenzori Mountains, located within the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The mountain is one of three mountains in Africa on the equator covered with snow. The others are Mt Kenya and Kilimanjaro.
Uganda is also home to over 1,050 bird species ,making it a preferred destination for bird watching in Africa. The number of bird species in Uganda make up 10% of all of the world bird species. Apart from Murchison Falls National Park in the north, Mabamba swamp is also a good location for birding trip.
The wartime British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill christened Uganda the Pearl of Africa and this mantra has been a driving force to attract tourist from across the globe.
Surviving a jail bait
One particular day I was travelling on a “bodaboda” (motorcycle taxi) in the capital city. This rider started to engage me in a conversation. The rider interested me to an unusually jaw dropping and mouthwatering deal. He asked me whether I was interested in trading in gold at very reasonable prices. “I have some gold that has been smuggled from somewhere. I am sure you would make a lot of profit from this deal,” he whispered persuasively to my ears. On hearing his proposition, i was enthusiastic and eager to deal in gold trade and I intrepidly left him with my phone number.
The following day he gave me a call and asked whether I would be able to meet with him at a secret location. I was ambivalent on whether to meet him or not because it was illegal and I could be involved in a criminal act. I immediately called my friend Lee for some advice because he had spent many years in the country. He told me not to live in a dream world and not to put my life in in danger by involving myself in risky businesses such as trading in gold and diamond in Africa. “A danger foreseen is half-avoided,” Lee cautioned me.
Luban Workshop
Luban, a Chinese inventor and carpenter during the Zhou Dynasty 2400 years ago, is revered as the father of builders. When I was a child, I read a story of how Luban invented the saw after his finger was cut and left bleeding by leaves with sharp margins.
Luban Workshop, a project named after the great inventor and designed to provide state-of-the-art technical and vocational training to the African youth, currently has operations in 10 African countries. This initiative was first announced by Chinese Government during the Beijing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in September 2018.
The Ugandan branch of the Luban workshop, the sixth out of the 10 in Africa, a joint project between Tianjin Polytechnic University , Uganda Technical College Elgon and Tian Tang Group, was established in December 2020 in Mbale, in eastern Uganda, where the famous Sino-Uganda Industrial Park is based.
The workshop will offer vocational skills training in electrical control, steel making technology, continuous casting technology, refining technology and introduction to metallurgy, among others. The courses they offer cater well to the development of the country. In my view, courses on agro-processing especially the plant extracts can be added if possible.
“Without any doubt, Luban Workshop will enhance Uganda’s industrialization agenda,” said Dr. Elioda Tumweisigye, the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovations.” “The facility will serve the economic development of Uganda and Africa at large,” he added.
Coffee
Whenever on weekend or on holiday, I always love driving into the countryside where I can be close to the farmers and understand their everyday life. They cook using charcoal, rear chicken and fetch water from bore holes. It is also not surprising to see most households with coffee trees; big and small in their backyards. Coffee is a lucrative business worldwide and farmers can make money by planting them. Exporting companies can benefit greatly from the coffee business. If you go to supermarkets, you will find packed roasted beans labeled with Ugandan coffee brands. Even the cup of Latte coffee we drink at the coffee bar at Village Mall in Kampala contributes to an increase in Uganda’s revenue. Without doubt, coffee is a big part of Uganda’s business and revenue.
There are mainly two types of coffee in Uganda; Arabica and Robusta. Arabica is grown in the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon, the Southwest Rwenzori Mountains and the northwest West Nile region. Robusta, an indigenous species, is grown in the rest of the country. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority, coffee exports in February 2021 amounted to 563,763 60-kilo bags, worth US$50.55m. This comprised 500,685 bags of Robusta valued at US$40.96m and 62,078 bags of Arabica valued at US$9.59m. As we can see, Arabica is more valuable than Robusta.
In addition to the increasing volumes of exports, domestic consumption is also booming. There are many emerging cafes selling Ugandan Coffee all over the country, especially in Kampala. I had been living in Kabalagala, a Kampala suburb for some months, I used to drink coffee in a shop close to Kabalagala Police Station after a day’s work and I always visited Village Mall’s Cafe with my friends as we talked business. Almost all restaurants serve coffee. The coffee drinking culture is taking shape in Uganda and even farmers can grind their own coffee beans by themselves at home and relax while drinking the coffee.
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the government agency which regulates coffee is trying it’s best to increase farmers’ income. Farmers are advised to selectively choose red cherries and join cooperatives or form groups for bulking purposes and farmers who stump the old trees will receive fertilizers to boost productivity.
In regards to adding value to coffee, bottled coffee drinks are a good way of adding value save for the restaurant and coffee shops where you can be served with a hot drink.I love coffee and malt – a bottled drink which always replaces my breakfast, though I know it is not a good habit.
Uganda is a country with great potential and with unique weather and diverse topography which nurtures the good quality of coffee. If you have a chance to visit the country, be sure to enjoy a good cup of coffee. That would be a splendid and unforgettable experience.
Work permit charges and Agro-processing Industry
In March, 2021,Uganda’s Ministry of Internal Affairs made some changes on the work permit charges, among which, the visa for Agro-processing reduced to $400 per years compared to the previous $2,500 per year. This is a remarkable incentive the government of Uganda offers to boost the agriculture, specifically the agro-processing area. The measure is aimed at adding more value on the agro produce by attracting more foreign direct investment into processing.
To name a few. One pineapple is priced at $0.138 in the farmland and at $0.552 in the supermarket, while a packed dried pineapple slice with merely 120g is priced at $2.5.A pineapple can be easily rotten but the packed slice has a durable life of 360days.Avocado is another case. It sells cheap to middlemen who operate business with Middle East, but the oil extracted from avocado will create more added values.
Ho And Mu Food Technology (Uganda) Co. Ltd, a Chinese agro-processing enterprise in Luweero, Uganda, sells packed pineapple slices, mango slices, jack fruit slices to China markets with the help of TianMao.com ,the largest Chinese E-Commerce retailer, operated by Alibaba Group. Fruit factory in Soroti, invested by Uganda government, produces juice from oranges, mangoes and pineapples and now its trademark of Teju Juice has been well known in domestic market.
The Uganda government is sparing no effort to adding value of the farmers’ produces. This has always been the best way of increasing farmers’ outcome and earning more forex by exporting. So when we look back to the reductions on the work permit charges, the beneficiaries are not only foreign investors, but also the national agro-processing industry.
Earth Day 2021
The Earth Day is an event celebrated world wide, to demonstrate support for the planet by tackling the issue of deforestation, pollution climate change, among others. The theme for this year is “RESTORING THE ENVIROMENT”. At this point, all stake holders for example politicians, religious , district, local village leaders, schools, and many others realize that the planet is in danger hence needs to join hands to save it.
Forests are a treasure and play a big role in our environment. In addition to absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen we breath, trees can reduce soil erosion and effects of pollution. They are also beneficial to wild life.
For the case of Uganda , aggressive awareness is created especially on deforestation and planting new trees. The youth have been urged to participate in the campaign of ONE TREE PLANTED. The National forest Authority (NFA) is taking tough measures along with security organs to protect the forest by arresting those found cutting trees illegally. Uganda breweries Ltd along with the Ministry of water and Environment have taken an initiative to plant 40 million trees country wide. At the same time Stanbic Bank Uganda is partnering with Roofings group of companies, they took up a campaign and have planted 15,000 trees in over 200 schools across the country. Some Ugandan Businessmen have began to use groundnut and rice husks for charcoal. This would be another way of saving the forest from being cut for the purpose of making charcoal. According to NFA, there was an increase in the coverage of the forest, from 9% in 2015 to 12.4% in 2021. It was an incredible increment ! If the campaigns can be intensified, we could do better to increase the forest coverage.
Plastic is another issue. Despite the fact that plastic materials play a role in our daily life, on the other hand they also impose a big threat to our environment because of “ Our throw away culture”.
A kind of boat made of shoe waste was launched in Lake Victoria to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics by devastating our echo system. A ban should be imposed on the single use of plastics. Biodegradable bags could be an alternative for packaging. Plastic Recycling business should be encouraged by exempting tax because more factories of this nature could open to make use of this plastic waste hence solving the problem of Environmental unfriendly waste. In other words, we need a “Plastic Revolution”.
During the celebration of the Earth day, another issue of concern which shouldn’t have been left out is global warming being the driver as in the emission of green house gases of which 90% composed of carbon dioxide
The great news in the climate change Summit on the Earth day was that leaders vowed to take collective action to the cause of reducing the emissions. China reaffirmed commitments to peak emissions before 2030 and go carbon neutral by 2060. He made a responsible pledge even China is the largest developing and most populated country. Presidents from D.R Congo, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria attended the summit which show that African countries are the main stake holders in an effort to tackle climate change threat. Even a country like Gabon which has a 85% coverage of forests joined in to the effort in battling climate change.
Our planet is a shared home , so we need to act now to restore its dignity. Everyday is the Earth day.
Motherland extends vaccine support to nationals in Uganda
It was on January 31, 2021 when the Chinese Embassy in Uganda hosted a colorful Chinese New Year ceremony and distributed Spring Festival packages to Chinese Living in Uganda. The packages contained face shields, masks, hand sanitizers and a letter from the Chinese Ambassador which emphasized that the Chinese Government has always cared about the health and safety of Chinese citizens living abroad. In this, the Ambassador reiterated that it is important for all Chinese citizens living in Uganda to continue maintaining all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) such as putting on face masks, washing hands with soap and keeping physical social distancing in order to be safe and he urged that among all things life is the most valuable. We were excited and pleased of the gifts we received and the letter the Ambassador presented to us.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have continuously received updates on the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Uganda by the China Embassy and also reminders to protect ourselves from COVID-19 and to seek immediate medical attention from the hospitals in case we are not feeling well or suspecting that we have signs of COVID-19.
Wang Yi, China’s foreign affairs minister during a press conference in March 2021 said that China is going to launch a “Spring Sprout Vaccine” program to help secure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens abroad. This was an exciting and encouraging news to us. In April, we were informed to register online voluntarily and in May we were excited to learn that the vaccines had arrived at Kampala with the help of the Chinese Embassy. It was on 20th, May that I received the first dose of vaccine. Everything was fine with me after I got the jab.
Things changed with the outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The President of Uganda H.E Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation on June 6th and 18th respectively where he introduced new measures to curb the spread of the virus and a lock down was opted for. Meanwhile, the Chinese leaders in Uganda called on all Chinese nationals to unite and donate funds, medical supplies, sanitizers, etc. to help fellow Chinese stuck in the pandemic. Doctors shared therapies on line with us and warned us to observe the SOPs all the time even after we are injected the incoming second dose of the vaccine in Late June.
On 21st June, I took the second jab of vaccine. I felt Ok after the injection and I am of a belief that the second jab will create more antibodies and protect us as well.
I wish to extend great thanks to our Mother Country for bringing vaccines to us and thanks to “Spring Sprout Vaccine” program, which saves our lives.
Today I am delighted to share with all Ugandans and Chinese friends some exhilarating exercise that I have been rehearsing for the last months since the outbreak of pandemic. The exercise is more of Yoga and follows the traditional Chinese native Taoism. The first step is flapping all parts of your body 7 times starting from the head, face, ears, neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, arm pits, back, waist, groin, thighs, knees then lastly the ankles. Flapping is very good because it improves blood circulation, reduces aging, normalizes blood pressure, and improves the bone density and many others.
The second step is Zhan Zhuang, It means one stands with slightly curved knees and the hands holding the belly, taking a natural deep breath from the bottom of the belly while the hands touch the belly. Generally this exercise is supposed to take 20 to 60 minutes. After completing this exercise, one can experience sweating all over the body and it gives a refreshing feeling. Zhan Zhuang refreshes all parts of the body including the head, lungs, stomach, kidneys, liver etc. In my view, it is the best exercise for all ages, and this is a best way of keeping fit and healthy during the lockdown.
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