How did the ancients keep fit?

Do you know how the ancients kept fit?

In fact, as early as thousands of years ago, our ancestors paid great attention to physical exercise. The earliest extant colored silk scroll of Taoist health-preserving movement was unearthed from the Han Tomb No.3 Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan Province, which was a work in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty.

Let me introduce some ancient fitness equipment to you first.

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This word means brick in ancient times, that is, moving bricks. The brick-moving movement has a historical basis. The great-grandfather of the great poet Tao Yuanming was a military commander and once served as commander-in-chief. His grandfather is an official at leisure and has a lot of bricks at home. Every morning, he moves the bricks outside and comes back before dark. Others were puzzled when they saw it, so they asked him why. He said: I am an inspirational person and want to do great things. I can't live so comfortably and leisurely every day. I'm afraid my strength will run out. At that time, I already knew I was going to exercise.

There is also a stone lock icon. When I was a child, I saw others playing with this thing and flying around in the sky with a stone lock. If a person fails to catch it, he may have to "eat".

Stone locks originated in military camps in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It used to be a necessary training equipment for people who practiced martial arts in ancient times. The main contents of the top-ranking examination in ancient martial arts are: bow, knife, stone, horse and step, also known as "ancient pentathlon", in which "stone" refers to stone lock.

Stone locks were very popular in the Republic of China. No matter what happens, the local people like to play with stone locks after dinner, just like we went to the gym to "strike the iron" today. Stone locks can exercise the whole body and were the best fitness equipment at that time. The method of making stone locks is also relatively simple, that is, a stone is chiseled into the shape of an ancient bronze lock, and the size ranges from 40 kg to 100 kg. Now it can also be customized and made as much as needed, and the stone lock is still an intangible cultural heritage.

There is also a broadcast gymnastics wuqinxi icon.

This was created by Hua Tuo, who is not only a doctor, but also a fitness expert. I want to say here that fitness is not just about exercising muscles, but the most important thing is to exercise and stay healthy. That's the point. Wuqinxi includes tigers, deer, bears, apes and birds. However, the specific movements of Wuqinxi have long been lost, and the current version was compiled by later generations.