"King Kong" and "Wu Qin Xi" are eight excellent traditional health preserving exercises in China, which belong to the category of Qigong. It can be spread for thousands of years, which shows its high health care value and is deeply loved and practiced by people in the folk. During the national anti-epidemic period, there was an upsurge of practicing medicine for all.
According to legend, the Five Animals Drama was created by Hua Tuo in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is inspired by the physical characteristics and living habits of five animals, such as tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. It is somewhat similar to today's pictographic boxing, such as monkey boxing, snake boxing and mantis boxing. It is said that Hua Tuo's disciple, Upp, once studied Wu Qin Opera. He is over 90 years old, and his ears and eyes are still bright, which shows the efficacy of this feat.
Eight-step King Kong is the most popular traditional health preserving method at present. Originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are two ways to describe it: one is to describe it as luxurious, like luxurious clothes and jade, and the other is to describe it as silky, gentle and elegant, continuous, which is the origin of the name Baduanjin. Each type corresponds to different viscera of the human body, such as holding triple energizer with both hands, climbing the waist and kidney with both hands, and so on.