【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
Where there are overseas Chinese, there is traditional Chinese medicine. (It can be said) a history of overseas Chinese immigration, but also a history of the overseas development of Chinese medicine. It should be said that overseas Chinese, as international messengers and communication bridges, have promoted the wide dissemination and development of Chinese medicine and Chinese culture overseas.
【Commentary】As a treasure of the Chinese nation, what kind of "cause and chance" does traditional Chinese medicine base on to Southeast Asia? And how to "take root" in Southeast Asia and integrate and develop so far? What role do overseas Chinese play in this? Recently, Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China, was interviewed by the China News Agency's "East-West Question", telling the historical traces of traditional Chinese medicine accompanying overseas Chinese and Chinese people "sailing to sea".
【Commentary】Ning Yi introduced that China has a long history of exchanges between China and Southeast Asian countries in traditional Chinese medicine.
【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
According to Vietnamese historical records, as early as 257 BC, during the Warring States period of China, Cui Wei, a doctor from China, practiced healing in Vietnam, and he wrote a book called "Gongyu Jiji" that was once circulated in Vietnam. In the Qin and Han dynasties, counties were set up in today's northern and central Vietnam, and the diagnosis and treatment techniques and medical registration of traditional Chinese medicine spread south with the population, making northern and central Vietnam the earliest areas in Southeast Asia to be influenced by traditional Chinese medicine.
【Commentary】Ning Yi introduced that traditional Chinese medicine that has just entered Southeast Asia surpasses the level of local traditional medicine in terms of theoretical system, diagnosis and treatment technology, and practical results. Later, as a large number of overseas Chinese migrated to Southeast Asia, traditional Chinese medicine also went to the local ordinary society and was welcomed by the local people.
【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
The Vietnamese call TCM "Northern Medicine", Chinese Medicine "Northern Medicine", and local medicine "Southern Medicine" and "Southern Medicine". On the basis of absorbing the essence of Chinese medicine and combining Vietnam's geographical, social, human and disease characteristics, the Vietnamese traditional medicine system has gradually taken shape.
Southeast Asia is rich in animal and plant resources, and the distribution of mineral resources is also different from China. Ning Yi introduced that many animal and plant medicines, mineral medicines and spices produced in Southeast Asia have long become unique Chinese medicine resources and gradually entered the Chinese medicine system.
【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
After the middle and late Tang dynasties, spices used as medicinal herbs were the main goods we imported from Southeast Asia. The Song Dynasty sea ship relics unearthed in Quanzhou Bay in 1974 are a microcosm of China's trade exchanges with Southeast Asia. Among the cultural relics unearthed, the largest number of spices and medicinal materials, including pepper, betel nut, frankincense, ambergris, cinnabar, mercury, tortoiseshell, etc., are all bulk goods imported by China from Southeast Asian countries.
【Commentary】In the process of the spread and development of traditional Chinese medicine in Southeast Asia, what role do overseas Chinese play in it?
【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia have worked together to help each other, establishing many Chinese medicine hospitals and charities, as well as Chinese medicine shops and factories, and many associations such as Chinese medicine have also been established. They uphold the purpose of charity and promote Chinese medicine, while also extending medical care to other local ethnic groups. The spread of Chinese medicine to all parts of Southeast Asia has also promoted the integration and symbiosis of Chinese medicine and local culture.
【Commentary】The health preservation exercises of ancient Chinese doctors, such as Five Bird Opera, Tai Chi, etc., spread to Southeast Asia and influenced many local Chinese martial arts enthusiasts. Various religious and charitable sites in Southeast Asia that come from China are not only people's spiritual sustenance, but also places to seek medical treatment. Even some local food culture is influenced by the concept of "medicine and food from the same source" in Chinese medicine.
【During the same period】Ning Yi, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
Chinese emphasizes the homogeneity of medicine and food, and the overseas Chinese who go to Southeast Asia bring this concept and eating habits of traditional Chinese medicine into the local area, and combine the local customs and customs to derive the food culture with overseas Chinese characteristics. Bak kut tea is one of the representatives, Peranakan cuisine has its own system, in Vietnam their "first tea in the ages" lotus tea, take the sexual taste of lotus flowers, has the effect of clearing the heart and dispelling dampness. These eating habits are consistent with the concept of "harmony and harmony" in Chinese medicine, and retain the deep cultural connotation of Chinese medicine.
Ning Yi said that at present, traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in the world and promoting mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations. On the one hand, it is necessary to let the people living in the country increasingly recognize and accept Chinese medicine, so that they can obtain a broader space for development. At the same time, using modern theories to explain and explain the cultural concepts of Chinese medicine, and talking about the traditional Chinese philosophical ideas and values behind Chinese medicine, can enable more overseas people to understand and accept Chinese medicine.
Reporter Rang Baokui Menrui reported from Beijing
Responsible Editor: [Li Ji]