Health preservation originally refers to the activities of maintaining life, strengthening body and preventing diseases through various methods, so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging life. In the modern sense, "health preservation" refers to the active physical and mental maintenance activities for material and spirit according to the laws of human life process.

In essence, health preservation is to maintain our internal organs and let our life continue.

So, what are the traditional health exercise methods?

Traditional health-keeping exercises are summed up by the working people in our country through long-term exploration and practice, and are the crystallization of human health-keeping wisdom, which mainly includes the following contents:

First, qigong

Qigong is a unique health preserving method in China. By concentrating, breathing, gentle exercise, etc. , induce human potential, promote the function of each system and enhance physical fitness. After long-term practice, you can gain great strength if you are lucky. Can break bricks and stones, can withstand heavy pressure and heavy blows, and can also be light. You can hang a piece of paper and keep it. People can climb a balloon without breaking the ball. People can step on an egg without breaking it.

qigong

Second, Baduanjin

Among the ancient guided health preserving techniques in China, Baduanjin is one of the most widely spread and has the greatest influence on the development of guided health preserving techniques. This method is divided into eight sections, each with one action, hence the name "Eight-section Brocade". Simple and easy to learn, saving time, and the effect is extremely remarkable. Suitable for the masses, mainly middle-aged and elderly people.

Baduanjin Qigong/Baduanjin

Three-and six-character formula

Six-character prescription, that is, six-character prescription regimen, is a regimen handed down from ancient China, that is, breathing. Its biggest feature is that with the growth of people's age, it strengthens the internal tissue function of human body, fully induces and mobilizes the potential ability of viscera to resist diseases and prevents premature aging.

The six-character formula is a breathing method. It affects the qi and blood circulation of different zang-fu organs and meridians through different pronunciation modes of six words, such as Hui, Ha, Hu, Chui and Xi.

Six words

Four. Yijinjing

Yijinjing originated from the introduction of ancient Chinese medicine and has the effect of strengthening the body and preventing diseases. It has been widely circulated among Buddhists and folk martial arts practitioners for a long time.

"Yi" means flexibility, change and detachment, "Jin" means bones and muscles and fascia, and "Jing" means guidance and rules. Yijinjing is an internal method to change the bones and muscles and get through the meridians of the whole body by practicing the true qi of dantian.

Yijinjing

Five, wuqinxi

Wu Qin Opera is an important achievement of China's traditional guided health care, and its creator is Hua Tuo (about 145-208), who is called "imperial doctor". The movements of Wu Qin's plays are arranged in the order of tigers, deer, bears, apes and birds in the History of the Three Kingdoms, and the number of movements is recorded in Tao Hongjing's Health Record. Each play has two movements, a total of ten movements, which imitate the ferocity of the tiger, the calmness of the deer, the calmness of the bear, the dexterity of the monkey and the agility of the bird, and strive to contain the charm of the "Five Birds Play".

Five animal exercises

Sixth, Tai Ji Chuan.

Tai Ji Chuan, a national intangible cultural heritage, is a kind of traditional boxing in China, which combines rigidity with softness. It takes Taiji and the dialectical thought of Yin and Yang in China's traditional Confucianism and Taoism as the core concept, and integrates many functions such as nourishing and nourishing, strengthening the body, fighting and fighting, combining the changes of Yin and Yang and five elements, meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, ancient guidance, breathing and so on.

There are many schools of traditional Tai Ji Chuan, among which the common schools are Chen, Yang, Wu, Sun and How. Each school has a relationship of inheritance, learning from each other, and each school has its own characteristics, showing a state of letting a hundred flowers blossom.

A traditional China Tai Ji Chuan (Tai Ji Chuan)

On June 5438+February, 2020, at the15th regular session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, the "Taiji Biography" project was included in the UNESCO representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.