The modern term "Qigong" includes ancient words such as "breathing", "guiding qi", "nourishing spirit", "calming qi" and "crossing the valley".
Exercises, internal skills, external skills, exercises, meditation, meditation, self-cultivation, respiratory health and so on, and even some martial arts such as Tai Ji Chuan, as long as they are based on internal skills, belong to the category of Qigong.
Qigong can be divided into two categories: transferring power and static power. The former is also called external work, and the latter is also called internal work. External work is based on internal work, and static pole can be vivid. As the saying goes, "internal work is full of vigor, external work is full of bones and muscles", which makes bones and muscles strong. Static work is not static, but "static outside and dynamic inside", which is a special state of body movement. As Wang Chuanshan said: "The still people are still moving, but they must not move." Quiet to nourish the heart, breathing as the main practice method; Exercise is mainly about body building, with limbs as the main exercise method. Whether static or dynamic, it is inseparable from the three basic means of practice, namely, intentional defense, breathing and posture. Static is yin, dynamic is yang, both static and dynamic are practiced, and the "three tones" are combined into one, yin and yang are harmonized, and the disease rises and falls. As Tao Hongjing's "Life Extension Record" said: "Being quiet leads to longevity". As can be seen from the above, Qigong is a physical and mental exercise method under the guidance of TCM health preservation theory.