Health preservation culture is one of the common cultures in our country. It can be said that people attach great importance to health preservation at any time. The awareness of health preservation is also ubiquitous. Nowadays, it is often said on the Internet that "when people reach middle age, they always have a wolfberry cup." This is also the influence of modern people on the ancient rules of health preservation.

According to historical records, as early as the Qin Dynasty, people in our country conducted in-depth research on the health-preserving medicine of nourishing qi and activating blood. Cao Cao once wrote in "The Turtle Sustains Life": The blessing of nourishing happiness lasts for thousands of years. ”

This can also be pointed out from the side. Cao Cao actually understood that if he maintained his health, it would be very effective in extending his life, and the effect of extending his life through appropriate health methods was very obvious, and It is not an illusory immortality. It is also recorded in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic that "eat well and enjoy life in peace". However, health preservation developed by storm in the Song Dynasty.

We all know that music is very important to people. Generally speaking, people are good at cultivating sentiments by nature, as recorded in the "Book of Rites and Music" in ancient my country. It can be said that in the eyes of some musicians, music can connect all things. By this means, music can be understood by all things.

Just like some plants studied by modern science, when they hear pleasant music, they will also convey a pleasant way of growing. . And in people's minds, the way to maintain health is to "prevent rather than cure", which is the same as preventing illness.

Only when we strengthen our physical fitness, our physical fitness will improve. It will not be so easy to get sick, and the purpose of eliminating the root cause of the disease can be achieved instead of waiting until it is too late to treat it, so the way to maintain health is the same.

According to medical research, music is actually closely related to physical fitness, will and spirit, and when people appreciate music, the brain will secrete a kind of dopamine, which can make People achieve a pleasant purpose, a relaxed state of mind, and once people relax, their body functions will quickly adjust, so that they can relax their muscles and activate their blood circulation.

It can be said that music is good. An auxiliary effect is no less than that of drugs, and it has no side effects at all. Moreover, according to relevant records, music can also effectively promote people's intellectual level. And we all know that emperors in history pursued immortality. Immortality, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Qin Shihuang are the two emperors we know of who are most crazy about immortality.

Then Zhao Kuangyin also pursued immortality after he wore the yellow robe and ascended to the position of Song Taizu, but he also pursued immortality. Different from Qin Shihuang's method of pursuing immortality through elixirs, Song Taizu pursued the use of music to cultivate his sentiments, relax his mood, achieve his expectations of health, and thus prolong his life.

And he always used music to cultivate his life. Physical and mental, and what is even more amazing is that Song Taizu's younger brother Zhao Guangyi is also very obsessed with music, and Song Taizu's own composition ability can be said to have very high achievements among the emperors of the past

And in history. It is also recorded in the literature that Song Taizu was born with homophones and could make some ordinary musical instruments by himself. From this perspective, we can see that Song Taizu's musical attainments are still very good, although he did not achieve the achievements of others after him. But it can also achieve unprecedented achievements. Then his way of cultivating one's sentiments with joy has also reached the realm of prolonging life. This is worth learning from us.

It can be said that exercise has been used since ancient times, and as early as ancient my country, the idea of ??using exercise to achieve physical fitness has existed. Well, even in the early Qin Dynasty, there were already many types of sports, just like Cuju, the predecessor of football as we know it now.

From this historical document, we can also see that the methods of movement have been diverse since the pre-Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, there are countless health-preserving methods that have been practiced in reality. Nowadays, Cuju is a sport. It was very popular in ancient times, and many soldiers even used it for training. project to use.

And with the development of dynasties, it reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. It can be said that both ordinary people, dignitaries, and even the most noble emperor have participated in Cuju. in this project. Another ball game derived from Cuju is "Ma Chuan". This sport is also a sport that many emperors liked. Among them, Song Weizong Zhao Ji was the emperor who liked this health-preserving exercise the most.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was a fan of this sport. According to records in the history of the Song Dynasty, "Taizu was already over 50 years old, and he was still strong and strong, and he could still show off his heroic spirit when he conquered the country on his horse. ".

It can be said that luck is very effective in prolonging life. After all, we all know that in ancient times, when medical conditions were very backward, the average life span of ancient people was mostly around thirty or forty years old, and Taizu They are already over fifty, but they are still showing off their pride on a horse, which shows that health care is still very, very important.

The term "cultivation of one's character and character through calligraphy" has been used since ancient times. From the great writers in history, we can all see that they all used calligraphy to cultivate one's character and character. Like the great writers we are familiar with, The literary giant Lu Xun saved the country through literature. "It is better to follow literature than to practice medicine."

In ancient times, it was believed that learning calligraphy played a very important role in rejuvenating the mind and calming the mind. Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once said, "Smile and play with a pen and inkstone, and your illness will be relieved."

We can also see from history that many calligraphers have a very long life, because calligraphy does play a very important role in cultivating one's moral character, and everyone knows that calligraphy is a kind of mental activity, and it is very important for people. Your patience, willpower, etc. all have a testing effect. Some calligraphers have agility in thinking and their willpower, and their characters are very calm, just like the Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty whom we are familiar with.

Although according to historical records, Zhao Gou was a peaceful and traitorous monarch, his attainments in calligraphy could be said to be unrivaled among the emperors of the Song Dynasty. The calligraphy style is very elegant, and he is very good at writing cursive and running script.

Although he did not have great achievements in politics, he is very famous in his articles and works, the most famous of which is his "On Health Preservation", which can be said to have devoted most of his life to it. His level of calligraphy makes him a masterpiece of calligraphy in history.

This is also something that emperors of all ages have made mistakes. After all, human nature is to reproduce. This can be said to be natural. However, according to ancient records, "The method of abstinence and health has been around since ancient times, and ancient Chinese medicine believes that if you indulge too much, your kidney qi will be depleted, and your energy and spirit will be insufficient. You will be very weak, just like a serious illness, and your eyes will be empty.

After all, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, "kidneys are the foundation of human nature. It can be said that if your kidney qi is insufficient, your eyes will be empty." People will appear very lackluster." According to our modern medicine, it means kidney deficiency and kidney deficiency. So the idea of ??abstinence and nourishing essence was proposed by Sun Simiao, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty who is also familiar to us. < /p>

The way to maintain health in his opinion is "to adjust your energy and spirit first, and then to supplement it with appropriate exercise. Only in this way can it help your physical and mental health." And it should not be too emotional. After all, excessive emotional fluctuations will also have an impact on your physical health, so this view proposed by Sun Simiao is also very consistent with modern medicine.

After all, in modern medicine. From a psychological point of view, if a person's mood swings too much, it will lead to a bad mental state. If your mental state is not good, your body's defense mechanism will decline, which will easily lead to illness. In the ancient emperor's harem, there were countless concubines. It can be said that the saying that there were three thousand beauties in the harem was not just a myth.

The word "abstinence" is easy to say, but for some emperors in ancient times, it can be said that it did not exist. After all, in the eyes of the emperor, some emperors would give up their country for beauty, let alone abstinence. But there was a strange emperor in the Song Dynasty, who truly lived up to the word "abstinence."

After all, the emperor we know, although he is a noble person, eats the best and uses the best, but because of the reason of "desire", there are very few emperors. It is very long-lived. However, as far as the Song Dynasty was concerned, Zhao Gou was the only emperor who lived to be 70 years old, and he was also the first emperor to achieve abstinence.

We can also know from historical records that the reason why Zhao Gou can live a long life is not only due to abstinence, but also due to his natural talent. It can be said that he was able to One glance can make ten lines, and he can praise a thousand words a day, and he is physically strong. "So from this point of view, the reason why Zhao Gou can live a long life is also inseparable from his physical fitness.

So why is Zhao Gou so good? Can he become a pure-hearted emperor? It is recorded in "Records of the Government and the Wilderness" that "in the third year of Jianyan, enemy soldiers came to Yangzhou, and Zhao Gou was frightened while having sex." From this record It can also be seen that Zhao Gou was very unfortunate. He was so shocked during sexual intercourse that he was unable to do anything since then. This was also very sad.

But it was also for this reason that he became abstinent. , which also extended his life, which was also a great blessing among misfortunes. After all, he was the only emperor in the Song Dynasty who could live so long.

From ancient times to the present, both emperors and common people have been interested in immortality. A pursuit is very common, but in our opinion, immortality is very unrealistic. However, we can still achieve the goal of prolonging life through many health preservation methods. After all, even Cao Cao would not pursue the illusory immortality.

It can be seen from this that immortality does not exist, but it is still feasible to achieve longevity through health preservation. Strengthening the body, cultivating one's character, cultivating one's sentiments, and restraining desires are also ways to achieve health preservation.

The Chinese way of maintaining health includes thousands of years of cultural health theories such as medicine, diet, religion, and martial arts. Maintaining health also requires cultivating the mind, and the way of maintaining health is also broad and profound. .

References: "Huangdi Neijing", "Baopuzi", "Remains of the Court and the Wilderness", "History of the Song Dynasty"