Modern medicine has proved that Wuqinxi, as a medical gymnastics, can not only stretch the muscles and joints of human body, but also improve the functions of lungs and heart, improve the oxygen supply of myocardium, increase the blood output of myocardium and promote the normal development of tissues and organs. Wuqinxi skillfully combines animal's body movements with human's breathing and breathing, which makes the Taoist technique of "stretching the bear to pass the bird" ("Zhuangzi") develop into a set of traditional health care techniques with China national characteristics. As the earliest bionic medical fitness gymnastics with complete achievement in China, Wuqinxi has a certain influence on the guidance of later generations, Baduanjin, even Qigong and Wushu, and has not only been spread and developed, but also become one of the sports valued by the courts in past dynasties.

Wuqinxi is a traditional fitness method in China, which consists of five movements imitating animals. Five-bird drama is also called "Five-bird Exercise", "Five-bird Qigong" and "Hundred Steps Sweating Drama".

Wuqinxi is one of the most popular fitness methods in China. 1982 On June 28th, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the then State Sports Commission of China issued a notice, regarding traditional China fitness methods such as Wuqinxi as one of the contents of "Healthy physical education class" promoted in medical colleges. In 2003, China's State Sports General Administration promoted the five-animal play and other fitness methods as the content of "Fitness Qigong" to the whole country.