Wu Qin opera is an important method of traditional health guidance in China. Its creator Hua Tuo (about 145-208) was born in Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He wrote a lot in his life, but all of them died. Today's Biography of China's Tibetan Scriptures and the Secret Biography of Hua Tuo's Imperial Doctor are both famous works. Among Hua Tuo's disciples, the famous ones are Upp, Fan A, Li Dangzhi and others. Among them, there is Wupu Materia Medica, Li Dang is the author of Li Dang's Medical Record, and Fan A is good at acupuncture and moxibustion. It is said that he lived 100 years old.
20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced that Jiangsu Normal University was the heritage base of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Up to now, Wuqinxi has formed different schools, each with its own differences. In Bozhou, Anhui, my hometown, now it is mainly the Wuqin Opera spread by Dong and Liu.
Action description of wuqinxi
In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing recorded in detail in the Record of Cultivating Nature and Prolonging Life: A tiger killer, with his limbs off the ground, made the first three shots, but two shots, with his waist stretched long and his side feet raised to the sky, that is, he returned to the distance, but after seven times. Deer player, four limbs off the ground, back turn, left and right feet, three pairs of feet. Bear players hold their knees in their hands, look up, squat on the ground with their left and right hands, and hold the ground with their left and right hands.
The ape player climbs things in the air, stretches his body, holds seven things up and down, suspends his feet, stands seven times left and right, and presses his head seven times. Bird player, hands up, feet up, arms extended, eyebrows raised, strength improved, feet extended, arms kept at a distance of seven degrees, arms extended and retracted seven degrees. Husband's five-bird game, which is arbitrary, measured by sweat, powdered by sweat, eliminating grains, benefiting qi and eliminating all diseases, will prolong life.
In this book, Tao Hongjing not only describes the specific operation steps of Wuqinxi, but also puts forward the exercise principle of Wuqinxi-"Do what you can and sweat as much as possible".