Hua Tuo created "Five Birds Play" on the basis of "Two Birds Play" in Zhuangzi. Its name and function are recorded in Biography of Fang Shu and Biography of Hua Tuo in the later Han Dynasty: "I have a skill, which is called the play of tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. It is also a guide to eliminate diseases and benefit hoofs and feet. If you are unhappy, play the role of a bird and sweat happily. Because you are covered in powder and light, you want to eat. In general, he is over 90 years old, with bright eyes and strong teeth. "
Wuqinxi 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.
In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing recorded in detail in the Record of Cultivating Nature and Prolonging Life: "Tiger players, four limbs off the ground, throw the first three times, but two times, lead the waist long, side feet to the sky, that is, return to the distance, but each pass 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 raised, feet raised, 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, let it be casual, take sweat as the degree, sweat as powder, eliminate grain food, benefit qi and eliminate all diseases. Those who can survive will definitely live longer. "In this book, Tao Hongjing not only described the specific operation steps of Wuqinxi, but also put forward the exercise principle of Wuqinxi-"Do what you can and sweat as much as possible ".
In 200 1 year, after the establishment of the Fitness Qigong Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, Shanghai Institute of Physical Education was entrusted to quickly carry out the excavation, arrangement and research of the Five Animals Drama, and compiled and published the Fitness Qigong Five Animals Drama, which was published by People's Sports Publishing House in 2003. The movements of "Fitness Qigong Wuqinxi" are arranged according to the order of tigers, deer, bears, apes and birds in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, and the number of movements is recorded in Tao Hongjing's Health Record. There are two movements and ten * * * in each play, which imitate the fierceness of the tiger, the calmness of the deer, the dexterity of the monkey and the lightness of the bird, and strive to be subtle.
In 2006, hua tuo wuqinxi was approved as a provincial intangible cultural heritage project by the people's government, and 20 1 1 was named as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects by the State Council.