on the other hand, liu wanchuan, while experiencing difficult hardships of his own, was able to pass on his teachings to many students after the suppression of the cultural revolution had ended. from 1981 on, he taught ma gui's baguazhang openly in taoran pavilion park in beijing, teaching over fifty people in a class. it is thanks to liu wanchuan's teachings after the cultural revolution that the lineage of ma gui baguazhang continues to be openly taught throughout the world today.