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During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing recorded in his "Record of Prolonging Nature" in more detail: "The tiger opera is located on the ground with his limbs, throws three in front, but throws two in front, pulls two in waist, and leans his feet to the sky, and then returns to the distance. The deer opera is located on the ground with his limbs, and turns his neck back, and looks back, three and two in left and right, stretches his feet, and stretches his feet with his feet, and stretches his feet with his feet, and stretches his feet with his feet, and stretches his feet with his feet. The bear opera is standing up and holding his knees with his hands on the ground, and squats on the ground, and supports the ground with his hands on the left and right. The ape opera is climbing objects and hanging themselves, stretching their bodies with one seven in top and bottom, and hanging themselves with his feet with his feet. The right seven, the hand hook is standing, and each is pressed on the head is seven. The bird plays, stand up both hands, raise one foot, stretch both arms, raise the eyebrows and stir up strength, each is two seven, sit and stretch the feet, hold the feet and hold the feet and stretch the two arms and each is seven. The five animal tricks are Ren Li, and sweat is used as the measure of sweating. If you sweat, you can use powder to coat the body, eliminate grain and eat energy, eliminate all diseases, and those who can survive will be able to prolong life." Tao Hongjing not only described the specific operation steps of the Five Animal Play, but also proposed the training principle of the Five Animal Play--"Ren Li, and uses sweating as the measure of the Five Animal Play".

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The Wuqin Opera has developed to this day and has formed different schools, each with different styles. In the hometown of Hua Tuo, Bozhou, Anhui Province is now mainly the Wuqin Opera passed down by Dong Wenhuan and Liu Shirong.

The Five Animal Shows by Dong Wenhuan

The five-animal play routine inherited by Dong Wenhuan has 54 movements in total (13 styles of tiger play, 9 styles of deer play, 9 styles of bear play, 10 styles of ape play, and 13 styles of bird play). In addition, there are routines such as intergenerational practice, mutual restraint practice, spiritual ape play stupid bear practice, crane play pairing practice, simplified Chinese/Yi Wuan play (three movements per play, a total of 15 styles. Among them, the third movement of tiger, deer, bear, and ape play is the breath-regulating style, and the third movement of bird play is the white crane flying), and the movements are relatively simple and elegant.

The Five Animals Shows by Liu Shirong

The ancient version of Liu Shirong's "New exploration of Hua Tuo's Five Animals Play" not only has bare-gun routines, but also has instrumental routines - Hua Tuo's Five Animals Sword. Among them, Hua Tuo's Five Animals Play has 40 moves (each of 8 styles); Hua Tuo's Five Animals Sword is a personal experience of Liu Shirong's practice of Wu Animals Play, which is deeply explored the historical data of the Five Animals Play among the people, and widely collected the essence of skills. Through continuous research and modification, it was created on the basis of the traditional Five Animals Play. There are 44 styles (8 styles of tiger play, 8 styles of deer play, 8 styles of bear play, 10 styles of ape play, and 10 styles of bird play).

The Five Animals Plays circulated by Liu Shirong emphasized that "Five Animals Plays are also in the category of martial arts". When he practices the routines he has taught, "the movements are round and lively". Some poses seem to be not very round in appearance, but the intention and qi still have to operate according to the requirements of roundness."

Dong Wenhuan and Liu Shirong were a famous martial arts master in Bozhou, Anhui Province. However, in addition to the above differences, the two also have differences in some specific techniques. For example, the deer play gestures taught by Liu Shirong are bent with index finger and ring finger, while the five-animal play deer play gestures told by Dong Wenhuan are bent with middle finger and ring finger, etc.

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In 2001, after the establishment of the Fitness Qigong Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, the Shanghai Sports Academy commissioned the Shanghai Institute of Sports to quickly explore, organize and study the Five Animal Play. It also compiled and published "Fitness Qigong·Five Animal Play", which was published by People's Sports Publishing House in 2003. The movement arrangement of the "Fitness Qigong·Five Animal Play" is in accordance with the order of tigers, deer, bears, apes, and birds in the Three Kingdoms, and the number of movements is as follows in the description of Tao Hongjing's "Record of Promoting Nature and Destiny". Each play moves two movements, with a total of ten movements, respectively imitating the power of tigers, comfort of deer, calmness of bears, apes, and lightness of birds, striving to contain the charm of "Five Animals".

In 2006, Hua Tuo Wu Animal Drama was approved as a provincial intangible cultural heritage project by the People's Government, and in 2011, it was named the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

The Five Animal Play is an important Chinese traditional Chinese technique to guide health preservation. Its creator Hua Tuo (about 145-208), was born in Qiao County, Pei State in the late Eastern Han Dynasty (now Bozhou, Anhui). He wrote a lot of writings throughout his life, but all of them were lost. The current "Zhongzang Sutra" and "Secret Biography of Hua Tuo's Divine Doctor" are all famous works. Among Hua Tuo's disciples, the famous ones include Wu Pu, Fan A, Li Dangzhi and others. Among them, Wu Pu wrote "Wu Pu Materia Medica", Li Dangzhi wrote "Li Dangzhi Medicine Record", while Fan A was good at acupuncture and health preservation. It is said that he lived to his 100s.

Basic information

Chinese name

Five Animal Show

Foreign language name

Wu Qin Xi

effect

fitness

Features

Imitate animal movements

Play type

tiger, deer, bear, ape, crane

Table of contents

1 Generate background

2 style features

3 Historical evolution

4 allusions and legends

5 moves

6 historical records

7 Key points for training

8 Medical functions

9 major versions

10 important events

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The Five Animal Play is a qigong technique that uses the movements of five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape, and bird (crane) to protect and strengthen the body. It was created by Hua Tuo, an ancient Chinese doctor, on the basis of his predecessors, so it is also called Hua Tuo’s Five Animal Play. The Five Animal Play can cure diseases and maintain health and strengthen the body. When practicing, you can practice one animal play alone, or you can choose to practice one or two movements. When practicing one or two movements alone, you should increase the number of exercises.

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The Wuqin Opera is a bionic exercise that seeks static in the outside movement and inside stillness, with both rigidity and softness, and is practiced both internal and externally. It is similar to Chinese Tai Chi and Japanese Judo. When exercising, you should pay attention to relax your whole body, keep your mind on your dantian, breathe evenly, and make your appearance and spirit look like the Wuqin. By imitating animals, you can achieve the effect of external movement and internal stillness, seeking static in movement, hardness and softness, and combining hardness and softness, practicing the inside and outside, and practicing both internal and external.

Practice exercises

Imitation of expression

5 basic actions

Function, function

Bear drama

As thick and steady as a bear, it shows luck and resistance

The expression of walking, the clumsy and light

Bear's step, shakes fortune,

Resist the momentum, push the momentum

Strengthen the spleen and stomach,

Strengthen physical strength

Crane opera

It imitates its high and straightness, leisurely and contentment, showing its wings,

Light flying, falling geese, independent expression

crane stance, wings, independent momentum,

Falling geese, flying

Strengthen lung respiration,

Regulate blood and blood, clear meridians

Tiger drama

The eyes are bright, the head and tail are shaking, the thrust, the thrust, the twitch is strong, the strength is strong, the hard and the soft are both strong and the hard and soft are combined

Tiger stance, out of the cave, exert power, push and press, fight

Fill in lean marrow, strengthen the waist and kidneys

Deer opera
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