In Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the idea of health preservation was closely related to the development of medicine. People have accumulated some knowledge beneficial to physical and mental health in the long-term struggle practice. According to Shang Hongfan, "Without happiness, one says longevity, the other says corning, the fourth says friendship and virtue, and the fifth says dying in the exam". Among them, Longevity, Corning and Final Exam are all about health and longevity. On the basis of the original guidance, the thought of health preservation in Shang and Zhou Dynasties promoted the gradual development of health preservation. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, guidance was a popular health preserving method. Its contents include respiratory movement and limb movement. During the Warring States period, a rough system was formed in theory and practice. Guidance is a unique medical exercise and health preserving technology in China, which embodies the health preserving method. In a narrow sense, guidance only refers to human physical activities. Broadly speaking, it leads to physical activities, including breathing, breathing and self-massage. Guiding health care is a new creation of the ancients, which can prevent and cure diseases and prolong life. It has been loved by several generations, and it is even more popular today. During the Qin and Han dynasties, guided health care became more and more standardized. During this period, the health-preserving concepts of Huainanzi, Hengtan and Wang Chong came into being. Guiding learning is a specialized knowledge, and there was a monograph in the Western Han Dynasty. Hua Tuo and Wu Qin opera, he is good at medical skills and surgery. In terms of health care, "the skill of knowing nature will last for a hundred years." On the basis of predecessors' guiding theory and according to human physiology and some medical principles, Hua Tuo expounded the role of exercise in health, longevity and health preservation. This specific guiding theory is the development of the pre-Qin thought of "keeping in good health by exercising". The appearance of Wuqinxi indicates that the guidance has developed from a single technique to a complete set of movements, which has had a certain influence on Baduanjin, Yijinjing and Tai Ji Chuan in some aspects. The Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are important periods to guide the development of medical care. His development is closely related to the prevalence of metaphysics, Taoism and Buddhism, which have influenced the field of health preservation to varying degrees, making health preservation mysterious. In terms of health care methods, they emphasize spiritual cultivation or taking a "panacea" and despise physical activity. Representative figures are Ji Kang, Ge Hong, Tao Hongjing and Yu Yan. During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty believed in Taoism. With their support, Taoist longevity is more popular than before. However, due to the development of medicine, people's understanding of life diseases has taken a step forward and some effective scientific means have been taken to make health preservation develop healthily. However, it should be noted that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, despite the rapid development of medicine, there were still some famous health experts, such as Sun Simiao and Sima Chengzhen, who wrote many health books and claimed to be their own opinions. It emphasizes practical results in health care thought and has its own system in health care methods. However, because the rulers believed in Taoism and pursued longevity, some emperors had to die one after another because of their fathers. The development of science and culture in Song Dynasty, especially the development of medicine, provided favorable conditions for the inheritance and innovation of health preservation. Scholars and Taoists' collection and research on guidance and evolution, as well as the appearance of "Baduanjin", all reflected the progress of guidance and health care at that time. Baduanjin is deeply loved by Chinese people, and it is a kind of disease-prevention aerobics with eight consecutive segments. This kind of guidance is simple, can cover all parts of the body, and put forward the influence of each part on a certain part of the body, which is more popular than other guidance methods. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Baduanjin developed greatly and formed many schools. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taoism made remarkable achievements on the basis of the previous generation. First, monographs on guiding theory have been published one after another; Second, many health care experts have collected, sorted out and compiled a large number of valuable introductory texts with illustrations. Among them, the famous time has developed to a new stage; Explain that the introduction is becoming more and more mature and perfect. Because of its high use value, this introduction has been circulated at home and abroad for a long time.
The Chinese nation's long-term ideal of being quiet and indifferent, conforming to nature and harmonious, and the pragmatic spirit of paying attention to personal cultivation have led to the emergence of health-preserving techniques such as introduction, which have been integrated into ancient sports, showing a characteristic of ancient sports in China: health-preserving characteristics. As a basic behavior needed by human existence, the theoretical core of health care technology is "the view of overall optimization of life", which originated from China's earliest philosophical thought-Yin-Yang theory and evolved synchronously with human thought and culture. It can be said that health care technology is the most closely combined technology with ancient thought and culture in ancient traditional sports activities, and it is a typical representative of oriental sports culture. For thousands of years, China's traditional health care theory has been the guiding ideology for people to engage in sports activities in order to prevent diseases, keep fit and prolong life. This is also a remarkable feature of China's ancient traditional sports which is different from ancient western sports.
From the perspective of modern science, Taoism is based on ancient simple philosophy, and its thinking and exploration of nature laid the foundation of China's ancient philosophy. China mainly has the ancient materialism "Yuan Qi's Thought", the ancient holistic view of nature of "harmony between man and nature", and the life theories of "harmony between form and spirit" and "harmony between essence and spirit". The Taoist theory of inner alchemy is the essence of China's health preservation. Taoist inner alchemy is the core of cultivation, aiming at the smooth flow of qi, blood and body fluid in meridians, focusing on exercising endocrine glands, and achieving the purpose of prolonging life by refining qi and connecting qi, thus achieving the three treasures of essence and spirit and balancing body and mind. It is believed that health-keeping sports in China, as a sport and another branch, will have a far-reaching impact in the world like mass sports.