Keep the feet together. Open and arc the arms forward, overlap the hands at the lower abdomen, then release them to the sides. Breathe comfortably before finishing.
Closing follows the eighth movement
This continues the same standing Health Qigong Baduanjin used in the first three lessons. The route follows the General Administration of Sport demonstration around 13:06–13:26, checked against the 2018 technical corrections. Left and right mean your own sides. Times locate the passage, not a required personal pace or range.
Complete the eighth movement’s final descent. Keep the feet together, heels grounded and hands at the sides. Do not reopen the stance or add another heel rise.
The film’s ending shows the arm arc and hands meeting before the abdomen, then cuts while they remain there. The subsequent hand release and settling before walking come from the same center’s 2018 written corrections; they are not claimed as visible final film frames.
Open the arms and bring the hands forward
- Raise the arms outward at the sides into a low diagonal, palms backward and fingers diagonally down. A similar arm position in Looking Back does not mean you turn the head here.
- Rotate the arms outward and arc the palms forward. Gradually bend the elbows and bring the hands toward the lower abdomen.
- Overlap the hands before the lower abdomen with relaxed shoulders and elbows. Let the gaze soften slightly forward and down. Keep the feet together and avoid pressing hard into the abdomen.
Section 5.10.1 of the publicly posted 2026 consultation draft also separates the side arc, meeting hands and final lowering. It is used only to corroborate routes consistent with the film and 2018 account, not presented as a verified final standard.
Keep breathing while the hands rest
The written corrections describe comfortable breathing with the overlapped hands, followed by separation and lowering. Beginners do not need a breath hold or forceful abdominal pressure. A brief rest is not a required number of seconds.
The hands overlap before the lower abdomen. This page does not infer different health effects from which hand is inside or turn the filmed demonstrator’s hand order into a universal prescription.
Complete the release at the sides
- After resting the hands and breathing comfortably, separate them and lower the arms naturally.
- Let the palms reach the outer thighs with fingers downward. Release the shoulders and arms and return the gaze forward.
- Settle with comfortable breathing before finishing or walking. Do not turn away to move equipment while still in the overlapping-hand position.
This completes the ending route; closing is not evidence that earlier errors have been cancelled or treatment effects secured.
Review the last three connections
Connect the seventh movement’s step together and hand release, the eighth movement’s heel rises and descents, and the closing arm arc and final release. Each starts from the previous finish, rather than resetting to the opening stance at every article.
Use the eight-movement directory for the order and the transition-review guide when you recognise poses but lose their connections. Finishing the closing does not replace recording discomfort or assessing a health concern separately.
References and sources
- General Administration of Sport: continuous Health Qigong Baduanjin demonstration
Science and Education Department, 21 May 2022. The Chinese edition records checks of the opening and first three movements on 17 October 2026. Timestamps locate passages, not a required personal pace. The initial English check accessed the hosting page only; the opening and first three movement account still relies on the earlier review. No video is republished. On 20 October 2026, reviewed time-sampled frame sequences around 06:24–13:26 of the same original file, with its SHA-256 matching the earlier ledger. This covers movements four to eight and the closing arc, generally sampled every one or two seconds and every half second for the wrist passage. The film ends with overlapping hands; the later release follows the written corrections. No new audio transcript, copied film or frame images are published.
- Health Qigong Administrative Center: common Baduanjin errors and corrections
Gong Lihui and Cai Li, 10 January 2018. Rechecked the opening and first three movements: hand height, gaze, bow hand shapes and routes, palm orientation, single-hand lifts and returns. Technical descriptions are not personal range-of-motion prescriptions. Full text reread on 20 October 2026 for movements four to eight and closing: arm rotation and level gaze, light thigh contact and head/pelvis routes, hand descent and arm-led rise, wrist route and enclosed-thumb fist, controlled heel descent and final release.
- Health Qigong Administrative Center: public Baduanjin consultation draft, 30 April 2026 attachment
Checked PDF pages 16–21, printed pages 11–16, for movements four to eight and closing. Used only to corroborate routes consistent with the existing demonstration and 2018 corrections. Different wrist-turn starting points and counts in movement seven are not combined. Breath holds, fixed doses, normalizing reactions, mechanisms and disease claims are not adopted. Downloaded, extracted and visually checked on 20 October 2026; no final published standard is claimed.
- Health Qigong Administrative Center: breathing methods and learning stages
Gong Lihui, 12 June 2018. Used for the distinction between natural breathing when beginning Baduanjin and later coordination. It does not prescribe a personal breathing rate or breath-hold duration.
