Knowledge Graph
Practice Entities
Browse 10 Practice entities — one of 10 primary types in the complete knowledge graph.
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Browse 10 Practice entities — one of 10 primary types in the complete knowledge graph.
书法 (Shūfǎ) is the art of expressive brush writing that embodies China's philosophical and aesthetic traditions. Combinin…
Fermentation (发酵, fājiào) is a biological transformation process in which microorganisms convert food substrates into ne…
Meditation (冥想, míng xiǎng) is the practice of training attention and awareness to achieve mental clarity, emotional cal…
推手 (Tuīshǒu) is a partnered sensitivity exercise from the tai chi tradition that develops tactile awareness, structural …
气功 (Qìgōng) is a system of breath, movement, and meditation practices for cultivating qi (vital energy). Originating in …
Silk Reeling (缠丝劲, chán sī jìn) is a fundamental internal movement practice within Chen-style Tai Chi, characterized by …
Standing Meditation (站桩, zhàn zhuāng), also known as "standing like a post" or "standing pole," is a foundational practi…
Tai chi is an ancient Chinese martial art that combines gentle physical exercise and stretching with mindfulness.
Tea Brewing (泡茶, pào chá) is the everyday art and practice of preparing and serving tea with mindful attention. Rooted i…
Tea Ceremony (茶道, chá dào — "Way of Tea") is the formal, ritualized practice of preparing and presenting tea as a spirit…
Practices are the Atlas's action layer — the repeated disciplines through which seasonal knowledge becomes skill. A practice entity is something a person does: push hands, standing meditation, tea brewing, foraging. Its entry records the form of the action, what it develops, and the conditions under which it is traditionally performed. The Atlas treats practice as the test of any concept: an idea that cannot be performed remains a description, and an idea that can be performed becomes knowledge.
Practice pages sit at the centre of the graph, because a practice is where a concept, a tool, a place, and a season all have to agree. Following a practice outward leads to the ideas it embodies and the objects it requires; following inward leads to the people who teach it. This is the layer where the Atlas is least like a reference work and most like a curriculum, and it is usually the best place to start reading if the goal is to do something rather than to know something.
Browse all Practice entities in the Atlas — each represents a node in the knowledge graph. Follow any card to see its relationships, seasonal timing, and subsite connections.