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Five Animal Play refers to five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird.

Tiger play: Hua Tuo Five Animal Circus in the tiger play, in the practice of the need to hands and feet on the ground, the body of the front vertical backward three times, and then lead the waist, head up, do the tiger walking movement, forward seven steps, backward seven steps, the momentum of the mighty.

Deer play: Hua Tuo five bird play in the deer play in the practice need to feet on the ground, and look back twice, then the left foot to the right, the right foot to the left, repeat the action two to three times.

Bear: When practicing Bear, you need to lie on your back, hold your knees with both hands and raise your head, land on the ground seven times to the left and seven times to the right, then squat up and press the ground with both hands to the left and right.

Ape Play: When practicing the Ape Play in Hua Tuo's Five Animal Circus, you need to climb on an object with both hands and let your body hang in the air, stretch your body seven times, and then do pull-ups seven times.

Bird Play: When practicing Bird Play in Hua Tuo Five Animal Circus, you need to stand on the ground with one foot, open your arms in the shape of a flying bird, then take a sitting position, straighten your lower limbs, and flex and extend your arms seven times.

Introduction of the Five Animal Circus

The Five Animal Circus is a traditional Chinese fitness method that consists of five types of movements that mimic those of animals. It is also known as "Five Animal Exercise", "Five Animal Qigong", and "Hundred Steps of Sweat". It is said to have been created by Hua Tuo, a medical doctor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Wuqiqiu is one of the longest running fitness methods in China, and on June 28, 1982, China's Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and the then State Sports Commission issued a circular to make traditional Chinese fitness methods such as Wuqiqiu one of the contents of the "health care and physical education classes" promoted in medical universities. In 2003, the State General Administration of Sport of China popularized the re-arranged Five Animal Circus and other traditional Chinese fitness methods as part of the "Fitness Qigong" program.