What are five kinds of animals?

Wuqinxi imitates five kinds of animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird.

Hua tuo wuqinxi is a traditional sports event popular in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, and one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Hua tuo wuqinxi, which originated in Bozhou, is a set of regimen created by Hua Tuo, a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who inherited the ancient guided regimen, observed the movements of animals and animals according to the laws of Yin and Yang, Five Elements, dirty images, meridians and qi and blood in traditional Chinese medicine, and used the images and movements of animals such as tigers, deer, apes, bears and birds. Hua tuo wuqinxi, the five movements have their own characteristics, each with its own emphasis, but they are a whole.

20 1 1 On May 23rd, hua tuo wuqinxi was approved by the State Council to be included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage, and the heritage number was ⅵ-63.

Characteristics of wuqinxi

First, fight tigers. When practicing tiger play, you need to land on your hands and feet, move back and forth three times, then raise your head like a tiger and move back and forth seven steps.

Second, Lu Xiu. When practicing deer play, you need to land your feet, look back twice, then extend your left foot to the right and your right foot to the left, and repeat it two or three times.

Third, bears play. When practicing bear play, you need to lie on your back, raise your head with your hands on your knees, land on the left and right seven times, then squat down and press your left and right hands on the ground. Bears play cool, imitate the image of bears, and take advantage of their stupidity, strength and generosity.

Fourth, ape play. When practicing ape play, you need to climb things in the air with your hands, stretch your body seven times, or hook things with your lower limbs to make your body hang upside down. Then hook the object and do pull-ups seven times.

Five, bird play. When practicing bird play, you need to stand on one foot and open your arms to let the birds fly. Then sit down, straighten your lower limbs, bend down and touch them with your hands, and then bend your arms seven times each. Birds play lightly, imitating the movements of birds spreading their wings and flying.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-hua tuo wuqinxi.