Is acupuncture a world cultural heritage?

Acupuncture is a world cultural heritage.

Acupuncture is a unique medical method created by working people in ancient China, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages and world cultural heritages.

In 2006, state administration of traditional chinese medicine established the application committee, expert group and office for the intangible cultural heritage of the world of traditional Chinese medicine to organize the research and application for the protection of intangible cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine. In September 2008, "Traditional Chinese Medicine" was declared as a representative list of human intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. Later, due to the specific requirements of the declaration rules, it was declared as "acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine" in June 5438 +2009 10.

20 10 passed the evaluation of the affiliated institutions of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Office in May, and was deliberated and approved by the fifth meeting of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Committee in May, 20 10+0/610, and "acupuncture of traditional Chinese medicine" was officially listed in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of mankind".

The history of acupuncture and moxibustion

It has been mentioned many times in ancient books that the original tool of acupuncture and moxibustion is bian stone, which is called bian stone. This kind of bian stone appeared in the Neolithic Age about 8,000 to 4,000 years ago, which was equivalent to the later period of clan commune system. Stone tablets have been found in archaeology in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period, medicine got rid of the shackles of witches and had a professional doctor. According to the biography of Zuo in Chunke, when a famous doctor treated Jin, he pointed out that he should "attack him, miss him, and get his medicine." "Da" and "Attack" here refer to acupuncture and fire moxibustion.

From the Warring States to the Western Han Dynasty, with the progress of ironmaking technology, metal needles were gradually popularized. Metal needles gradually replaced bian stone, thus expanding the practical scope of acupuncture and accelerating the development process of acupuncture and moxibustion. During the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, there appeared many medical experts who were good at acupuncture. Among them, The Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B written by Huangfu Mi became a complete monograph on acupuncture and moxibustion. During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, acupuncture monographs increased obviously. During this period, acupuncture spread to Korea, Japan and other countries.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, acupuncture developed into a specialized subject. At that time, the medical education institution Taiyi Department had acupuncture specialty. Subsequently, acupuncture continued to develop in depth. In16th century, acupuncture was introduced to Europe. But in Qing dynasty, doctors paid more attention to medicine than acupuncture, which hindered the development of acupuncture to some extent. 1949 after the founding of new China, acupuncture has been greatly developed.

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