Five-animal play is a set of exercise methods compiled by Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in Han Dynasty, imitating the movements of five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. Regular practice can enhance physical fitness and prevent diseases. Hua Tuo is not only a surgeon who is good at surgery, but also a famous doctor who is good at using sports to prevent and treat diseases. He once said to his disciple Upp, "The human body wants to work, but it should not be too ostentatious. Shake, valley qi disappears, blood circulates, and all diseases are not born, such as Hu Shu, which is immortal. In order to guide things, the bear takes care of it in the afternoon, leads the waist and moves the joints, so as not to get old easily. I have a skill, called wuqinxi. One is called a tiger, the other a deer, the third a bear, the fourth an ape and the fifth a bird. If you are unhappy, you will play the game of birds, and if you are happy, you will sweat. Because you are covered in powder, your body is light and you want to eat. " This passage makes clear the content of Wuqinxi and the principle of preventing and treating diseases.

Wuqinxi is a set of health-care sports which is very suitable for the elderly to strengthen their health and treat diseases. Hua Tuo believes that the human body must exercise regularly to make food easy to digest and blood vessels unobstructed in order to be healthy and disease-free. After he created Wuqinxi, he not only practiced and practiced, but also taught widely. Because of its efficacy, it is highly praised by later health experts. Over time, it spread and taught, forming various schools of Wuqinxi, which have been passed down to this day. The tiger shape in Wuqinxi can benefit lung qi, strengthen kidney and waist, and increase physical strength; Bear shape can relax liver qi, strengthen spleen and stomach, help digestion and activate joints. Deer-shaped stomach qi has the effects of dredging qi and blood and strengthening waist and kidney; Ape-shaped kidney qi can increase arm strength and strengthen spleen and stomach; Bird-shaped heart adjustment is helpful to strengthen cardiopulmonary function, kidney and waist. It can be seen that Wuqinxi has a good effect on the five zang-organs and can be exercised all year round. Patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and emphysema. You can get a certain fitness effect by practicing wuqinxi. If you want to improve the quality of a certain sport or aim at a certain disease, you can practice a bird's play, such as muscle weakness, bear's play, slow motion, ape's play and bird's play.

Wuqinxi is developed from the introduction of ancient times, so practicing Wuqinxi should also master the basic essentials of introduction. Is to have the idea of exercise, with breathing and physical activity. When exercising, the three should be closely combined and integrated. Second, the practice of Wuqinxi must be taken from the image. In other words, practicing tiger play should be like a tiger, and we should learn the meaningful aspects of tiger activities for fitness.