Cloudy Dragon

Vigorous Body Movement with the Qi

Date: 26th – 30th October 2026

Location: The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Salisbury SP1 1JH

Times:       First day: 11am – 4.45pm
Other days: 10.30am – 4.45pm

As the Chinese saying goes:’ Dragons are  accompanied by clouds.’  This is what this piece of writing says in meaning. The dragon manifests clouds.  The clouds hide the dragon.  The dragon can easily be mistaken for the clouds or clouds for the dragon. It is hard to distinguish the two. 

Since the dragon in the Chinese tradition is merely a legendary animal, the above description of the dragon is also more of a poetic picture rather than the real scene. 

The significance of the dragon lies in its symbolic power.  It manifests thunder and it creates rain. It has a palace at the bottom of the sea and it has a seat in the heavenly palace. It can fly and it can swim.  It also blows fire. 

Throughout the entire Chinese Gong Fu (Qigong, energetic and physical healing practice in Chinese medicine, martial arts) tradition, the dragon is an important part of the practice.  Many kinds of Gong (methods of practice) are named after the dragon: The Flying Dragon, The Swimming Dragon, The Dragon Sword, Taming the Dragon, and so on. In Hua Gong we have the Cloudy Dragon. 

Hua Gong is a way of health, arts and spirituality through meditation and body movements. The Cloudy Dragon Gong is so far the richest and most advanced part the moving Hua Gong.
It is like The Advanced Hua Gong Forms extended and intensified. It is like the Internal Alchemy externalized. It is like the Five Animal and Turtle & Snake combined. It is like all the Animating the Internal Organs Methods converged. It is a highlight of the various Hua Gong methods. It is poetic and inspiring.

The practice of the Cloudy Dragon will upgrade our level of Qi overall. It will facilitate the Qi movement through the pathways so as to connect us more to the cosmic and spiritual source of energy and information, develop ‘pulse breathing’ – a way of body breathing that is more profound than deep abdominal breathing, and increase the degree of circulative, rotational and peristaltic body movement. These movements help us to realize the liveliness and inner functions of the body and bring much joy as well as benefits.

Parking

There is no parking available at The Guildhall.

The following car parks are a short walk away:

  • Old George Mall car park (4 mins walk) £7.90 for the day, shuts at 8pm. Ticket dispensed on entry, pay at machine upon exit, card or cash.
  • Salisbury Central Car Park (few mins walk), park in Long Stay section
  • Mercure White Hart car park (5 minutes walk) can be pre-booked through Justpark website £4 for the day
  • College Street and Culver Street car parks (7 min walk), all day parking at £9.50

Enquiries

Please email catherine@chineseheritage.co.uk