Wuqinxi is a traditional fitness method in China, which consists of five movements imitating animals. Five-bird drama is also called "Five-bird Exercise", "Five-bird Qigong" and "Hundred Steps Sweating Drama". It is said that it was created by Hua Tuo, a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Bird-hunting is one of the most popular and longest-lasting fitness methods in China, and its fitness effect has been praised by health experts in past dynasties. It is said that Hua Tuo's apprentice, Upp, lived to the age of 100 because of long-term practice of this method. 1982 On June 28th, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the then State Sports Commission of China issued a notice, regarding traditional China fitness methods such as Wuqinxi as one of the contents of "Healthy physical education class" promoted in medical colleges. In 2003, China's State Sports General Administration promoted the five-animal play and other fitness methods as the content of "Fitness Qigong" to the whole country.

Ape play

Heels together to establish a positive posture, arms drooping naturally, eyes looking straight ahead. (1) Left formula 1. Bend your knees with your legs, move your left foot forward gently, and extend your left hand horizontally from your chest to your mouth. When you reach the finish line, put your palms together into a hook and your wrists will naturally droop. 2. Gently move your right foot forward, follow your left foot to the medial malleolus of your right foot, and land your feet at an imaginary pace. At the same time, when your right hand reaches the chest-to-mouth level, lean forward as if you are taking something. When you reach the finish line, put your palms together to form a hook, and at the same time put your left hand under your left rib. 3. When the left foot retreats, the right foot retreats to the inner ankle of the left foot and the sole of the foot touches the ground. At the same time, the left hand leans forward from the chest to the mouth level, and finally becomes a hook hand, and the right hand shrinks to the right rib at the same time. (2) The right hand movement is the same as the left hand movement, but the left and right are opposite.

Ape play: choose a firm horizontal pole (such as horizontal bar, door frame, tree fork, etc.). ) slightly higher than yourself, stand at the height that your fingers can reach, grab the horizontal bar with both hands like an ape climbing an object, make your limbs hang, and do pull-ups for 7 times. Then hook the crossbar with the back of your left foot, put down your hands and hang your head; After a pause, change your right foot into a hook and fall to the county seat. So alternate left and right seven times each.

When practicing ape play, we should imitate the agility and activity of apes, and show the manner of jumping over mountain streams, climbing trees and pedaling, picking peaches and offering fruits. Ape games help to develop flexibility.