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Modern people are paying more attention to exercise and many celebrities are leading the trend, while in ancient China there were also many fitness lovers.

Lu You: chosho

As a noted productive poet, Lu You from the Song Dynasty wrote more than 20,000 poems in his lifetime. According to historical records, he lived to 85 years old, the longest living poet in the Song Dynasty.

However, Lu You was weak as a child. During his later years, Lu You started the body building called chosho. Chosho was quite popular in ancient times, which was not roaring or whistling, but an elegant, serious and skillful health method. People opened their body, breathed in deep and then breathed out with a long and loud cry in rhyme.

Su Dongpo: long run, five kilometers per day

The great Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo, or Su Shi preferred to take long runs, and he thought that only by moving your body regularly could you have a strong body.

He would slow down when he breathed hard, and speed up when his breath balanced. Su Dongpo would run until he was sweaty, hot, blood circulating and limbs feeling refreshed.

Huyan Zan: cold bath

There was an annual festival in November during the early Tang Dynasty (618-907)called "Pouring cold", where a group of strong men, nearly bare, sang and danced in the street while crowds poured cold water on them. The festival, a sacrifice to god, was thought to be helpful to body building.

During the Song Dynasty, Huyan Zan recovered the tradition by removing the singing and dancing parts and keeping the pouring cold water part, as a way to exercise his kids' physical bodies.

1.What would Lu You do when doing chosho exercise? ______

A.Scream after opening his body.

B.Make a long and loud roar.

C.Whistle for a long time.

D.Breathe deep and shout with a rhyme.

2.While Su Dongpo was running, he ______ .

A.adjusted his running speed according to his breath

B.kept running at a high speed all the way

C.would run until his body was tired

D.practiced Qigong during the course of running

3.Why did Huyan Zan have his kids do a cold bath? ______

A.To teach them the hardship of life.

B.To honor his general-inherited family.

C.To make them have a healthy body.

D.To expect them to have a long life.

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