China's traditional health-preserving culture integrates many methods such as disease prevention, treatment, fitness and self-cultivation. Based on China's philosophy, it combines the ideological essence of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, medicine and martial arts, which not only has the practical value of strengthening the body and prolonging life, but also embodies the characteristics of Chinese cultural character, national psychology and way of thinking. China's traditional health preservation has a wide range of sources and rich contents, which is dizzying. Understanding the traditional health-preserving culture in China aims at expressing the all-round influence of health-preserving on human life. It is a kind of learning, a kind of traditional learning in China, with both theory and method. At present, this ancient learning is giving new vitality, and it has been paid more and more attention by people today. It is not enough to learn some health-preserving methods piecemeal, but we must understand the health-preserving theory and its ideological essence.