This is a set of exercise-based fitness regimen. It is the crystallization of China ancient people's long-term sports practice.
Hua Tuo absorbed the achievements of predecessors and concentrated them, and compiled and created five bionic leading techniques: tiger play, deer play, bear play, ape play and bird play. Hua tuo wuqinxi originated in Bozhou, which is a set of health-preserving techniques created by Hua Tuo, a great doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, according to the laws of Yin and Yang, five elements, dirty images, meridians, qi and blood, observing the movements of animals and using the images and movements of tigers, deer, apes, bears, birds and other animals.
Hua Tuo's five-beast drama was first seen in Chen Shou's Biography of Hua Tuo in the Western Jin Dynasty, and Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, introduced the specific actions of the five-beast drama. Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties were very popular. Sun Simiao, Liu Zongyuan, Lu You and others all discussed or described the mechanism of Wuqinxi and the rehearsal scenes at that time.
. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it developed rapidly and monographs increased. During the period of the Republic of China, hua tuo wuqinxi mainly spread in Xiaohuazhuang, Bozhou, Huatuo's hometown, and its surrounding areas. Lu Wuju, Dong, Liu and other generations of descendants will continue to carry forward the Five Birds Opera.
Hua tuo wuqinxi truly reflected the development and changes of Chinese people's fitness culture, initiated sports medical treatment for getting rid of diseases and keeping fit, and showed the profound aesthetic connotation of health philosophy and Taoist culture, which has important historical value and health medical value.